London: Hey Dolly, let's go swimming! Dolphins have 'names' by which they call for each other just like humans do, a new study has found.
The marine mammals use a unique whistle to identify each othe

London: Sunetra Gupta, an India-born chemist and physicist has joined the big league of female scientists like Marie Curie in a first-of-its-kind art exhibition at the prestigious Royal Society here.

The 39th scientific assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR-2012), the world’s largest interdisciplinary forum on space science that is currently under way at the Infosys campus here, has

Melbourne, Jan. 28: Scientists have developed what they claim is the world’s first hack-free software which can protect systems from failure or malicious attacks.

The seL4 microkernel has been develo

London, Nov. 29: Scientists have claimed to have unlocked the secret of eternal youth in mice which they say could pave the way for a “forever young” drug for humans soon.

The landmark research on mi

London, Nov. 14: Scientists have released three million genetically-modified mosquitoes in the Cayman Islands to fight dengue fever.

Batches of the male mosquitoes were released in a 40-acre area, to

Melbourne, Nov. 10: Australia is all set to announce its amended point system that would swap cookery and hair-dressing students with scientists, encouraging high skill professionals to settle down in

Giving fresh hope to women who are unable to have children, scientists have developed the world's first artificial ovary which is capable of maturing human eggs as effective as a real one.

Researche

Welsh scientists say their successful cloning of a human virus could lead to new treatments for life-threatening diseases.
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a major infectious cause of congenital malfor

Scientists in South Africa have unearthed ancient stone points which were believed to be used to hunt by prehistoric humans some 64,000 years ago.

The University of Johannesburg researchers, who mad