London: A global shortage of medical isotopes, used in more than 80 percent of heart and bone scans and in detection of cancer, will hamper diagnostic examinations over the coming weeks....

Washington: A machine that took 20 years to build could either shake the foundations of particle physics or entrench it more firmly, besides addressing some of the most fundamental questions facing sc...

Washington: Linseed is believed to protect against cancer, but the taste is a real turn-off for most people. ...

Washington: Cell metabolisms have evolved to handle potentially harmful changes like gene deletions and mutations, according to evidence unearthed by Northwestern University team. ...

Washington: A team led by Indian origin scientist Shyam Prabhakar has discovered a gene enhancer, HACNS1, that may have helped in the evolution of human thumb that gave us our identity. ...

Sydney: Biological clocks of humans, animals and even plants are intricately linked with day and night. But when they fall out of sync, they have potentially damaging consequences. ...

Toronto: A new Canadian study shows that thinking too much can lead to overeating and thus obesity....

Washington: Dogs suffering from lymphoma will be able to receive canine bone marrow transplants in a clinical setting, thanks to North Carolina State University....

Washington: Scientists have detected for the first time chemical signals that single cells in the immune system use to communicate with one another over short distances....

Sydney: A newly-identified brain receptor that stimulates growth in adolescence but whose expression is stunted in schizophrenics may hold the key to treating this dreaded disease....