Science Ahead

Three years back in a motorcycle accident, Claudia Mitchell, 27, had lost her left arm and now she can feel the sensations with her artificial arm! After a pioneer operation, her artificial arm was given the sense of touch by rerouting some of her...

A multinational team of researchers has reportedly discovered the explanation for the sudden halt in the growth of some tumors, which seem to go into a long period of dormancy. According to their findings, the immune system has the ability to stop...

If 30-year-old UCLA mathematician Joseph Teran's dream comes true, it can mean a boost in the success rate of surgeries, leading to a lot more lives saved. According to his concept of surgical simulation, surgeons would be able to practice surgery on..

For people who are at the risk of developing an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, thanks to their genes, a brain scan may now help detect the same, a new study has found. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD is an anxiety disorder, where a person is...

Discovering that cancer-growing cells start in bone marrow, scientists said this is something to look forward to in finding better treatments for cancer patients. Preliminary studies were made by the Australian researchers and confirmed positive...

Nanoparticles are increasingly executing their magic in various fields of sciences - especially in medicines, security and electronics. And it is real impressive when they are even controlled remotely! The MIT scientists have developed...

The word 'fingerprinting' straightaway reminds us of a stronger security check. This authentication technique has been helping law enforcement officials identify potential criminals for decades. And, its application has gained wider usage over the...

Hair loss affects about 35 million men and 21 million women in the United States alone. 40 percent of men have noticeable hair loss by age 35 and 65 percent by age 60. And to worsen the matter, the sufferers of hair loss often decline to admit their..

While on one hand, the Queensland University of Technology researchers are finding if daily doses of fish oil can actually help children suffering from attention deficit disorder, on the other, scientists are making sure that people suffering from...

Using cloning to produce monkey embryos and then extracting stem cells from them reminds of yet another so-called 'breakthrough' in the field of science research where South Korean researchers reported making stem cells from cloned human embryos...