A single treatment with a gene therapy drug has shown promise in curing patients with haemophilia -- a disorder in which blood does not clot normally, results of a clinical trial in Britain show.
Poachers, predators and deforestation are not the only threats that chimpanzees now face. New research finds that even a human "common cold" virus can give them a deadly blow.
Researchers have identified a rare mutation that causes unusually low sensitivity to pain, a finding that could be used to identify new treatment for people suffering from chronic pain.
The UN has warned about the health and environmental dangers from the processing of e-waste -- the discarded electronic and electrical material -- by the informal sector in India without proper safeguards.
Japan will join the NASA for building a new space station on the Moons orbit. This new space station known as deep space gateway would support missions to send humans to Mars and other inhabitable planets.
India would develop smaller rockets to carry small satellites. The agency says it has already completed preliminary procedures and could develop the satellite in 2 years once approval.
An analysis in 2013 by LWL-Museum für Naturkunde in Münster revealed that the fossil is a marine reptile from the Triassic period between 251 million and 199 million years ago.
Doing high-intensity workout at least three times each week may fight against the early stage Parkinson's disease, and may also avoid worsening of motor system's risk, claimed researchers.
Depression Urduja is set to turn into a tropical storm before it hits the Philippines province Eastern Samar on December 15, leading to tropical cyclone warning signal being issued over several areas.
YouTube video shows a strange object emitting a red beam of light at the International Space Station. Sometimes this could be the result of lens flares, but the question is about the origin of this periodic red beam
The Geminid meteor shower will peak on the night of December 13 and, with the crescent moon being in its fading phase, this could be the strongest shower of 2017.