Posts Tagged ‘researcher’

According to a new study related to belly fat and heart failure, the body mass index (BMI) and the waist size of people influence their risk of being hospitalized with the heart failure condition or even death from the same. The findings of the study indicated that each additional BMI point increased the risk of heart failure hospitalization or death by 3 percent in women and ... Full story

Melbourne, Apr 7 (ANI): Oestrogen, the female sex hormone, reduces a woman's ability to burn fat after having a meal, say researchers. The finding, by Sydney endocrinologist Associate Professor Tony O'Sullivan, of the University of NSW and St George Hospital, Sydney, may help explain why ladies store fat more efficiently than men. The study has been published in the journal, Obesity Reviews. To reach the conclusion, the researchers ... Full story

Wellington, April 6 (ANI): Suffering from sleep apnoea? Well, the humble banana may prove to be your ultimate saviour, according to a study. Obstructive sleep apnoea sufferers experience recurrent choking when the throat closes during sleep. Therefore, it is a potentially life-threatening disorder. However, an Australian research team has found that downing an unconventional nightcap of a banana smoothie may help keep sufferers' throats open and ... Full story

Washington, April 6 (ANI): Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a religious application that alerts Muslim mobile users when it's time to perform the five daily prayers called salat. The application known as Sun Dial is currently being discussed this week at the human-computer interaction conference, CHI, in Boston. "We have to understand religion because it's such a central part of peoples ... Full story

Washington, April 2 (ANI): A new research has shown that for millions of years carbon dioxide (CO2) has been stored safely and naturally in underground water in gas fields saturated with the greenhouse gas, a finding that brings carbon capture and storage a step closer. Some models predict that CO2 would react with rock minerals to form new carbonate minerals, while others suggest that ... Full story

Washington, Apr 2 (ANI): Portuguese researchers have identified a vital component of olive oil that gives greatest protection from heart attack and stroke. Lead researcher Fatima Paiva-Martins from University of Porto has discovered an antioxidant called DHPEA-EDA that protects red blood cells from damage more than any other part of olive oil. "These findings provide the scientific basis for the clear health benefits that have been seen ... Full story

London, Apr 2 (ANI): Scientists have revealed that exposure to common infections might lead to the development of childhood leukaemia. The researchers claimed to have identified a molecule called TGF, produced by the body in response to infection, which appears to trigger multiplication of pre-cancerous stem cells at the expense of its healthy counterparts. Researchers had previously identified a genetic mutation linked to stimulation of pre-leukaemic cells. ... Full story

London, April 2 (ANI): In what may lead to a change in the way air pollution is evaluated, scientists at Lund University in Sweden have shown that the tiny particles from traffic fumes are far "stickier" than other smoke and dust particles. Research leader Jakob Londahl came to this conclusion after measuring how many airborne particles stay behind in the lungs. For that purpose, the researchers ... Full story

London, Apr 2 (ANI): Baby birds can count and perform basic arithmetic, say researchers. The study, conducted by scientists from the universities of Padova and Trento, has shown chicks' ability to add and subtract objects as they were moved behind two screens. Lucia Regolin, the study's author, said the animals "performed basic arithmetic" to work out which screen concealed the larger group of objects. In the study, scientists ... Full story

London, Apr 1 (ANI): A new study has found that more than half of Britons are suffering from a condition that has been identified as "computer rage". People suffering from it become so frustrated with their computer equipment that they tend to verbally or even physically attack the machines to vent their anger. As per the research, 54 per cent of people have verbally assaulted their computers, ... Full story

Washington, April 1 (ANI): Scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have reached a step closer to developing a new drug to inhibit tumour growth in cancer patients, and potentially help in the healing of wounds. The researchers looked at angiogenesis - the body's formation of new blood vessels from existing blood vessels - and how some blood ... Full story

London, Apr 1 (ANI): Fish have the limited ability to count directly up to four, say scientists. Christian Agrillo, an experimental psychologist at the university of Padua in Italy, said that it was during a study on North American mosquito fish that their limited mathematical ability was observed. The researcher said that the fish used its mathematical ability to count the number of other fish around it. "We ... Full story

Washington, Apr 1 (ANI): Women with a history of childhood abuse are twice as likely to suffer from severe mental problem, suggests a new study. However, the same association has not been found in men, which suggests that both boys and girls respond to traumatic and upsetting experiences differently. During the study, the researchers looked at people aged 16-64 and divided them into two groups. Those in the ... Full story

London, April 1 (ANI): Masturbating or having sex may help men suffering from hay fever clear those bunged noses, say scientists. Sina Zarrintan, a neurologist from the Tabriz Medical University in Iran, says that the logic behind this proposition is based on the fact that the nose and the genitals are both connected to the same part of the nervous system that controls certain reflexes ... Full story

Washington, March 31 (ANI): In a new research, a team of Penn State engineers has identified a tiny microbe that can take electricity and directly convert carbon dioxide (CO2) and water to methane, producing a portable energy source with a potentially neutral carbon footprint. "We were studying making hydrogen in microbial electrolysis cells and we ... Full story

Washington, March 31 (ANI): Diets rich in meat and fats and low in complex carbohydrates may increase the risk of colon cancer, say U.S. researchers. Speaking at the Society for General Microbiology meeting at Harrogate, University of Pittsburgh's Professor Stephen O'Keefe described an expanding body of evidence to ... Full story

London, March 31 (ANI): Scientists based in America and Britain have found that just one greenhouse can produce a million doses of virus-blocking chemical, giving new hope that one day an anti-HIV protein may be derived from plants. A research article on this finding suggests that a protein produced in Nicotiana ... Full story

London, Mar 31 (ANI): For women who think being slim makes you look younger, a new study has found that people over 40 look younger if they have fatter face. During the study, the researchers compared 186 pairs of identical twins, and found shedding pounds could age a woman by an average of four years. Lead researcher Dr Bahaman Guyuron says: "The perceived age of an individual ... Full story

London, Mar 31 (ANI): Spanking during sex might be stressful at first but it helps bring couples closer together, according to a study. According to scientists from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, sadomasochistic (S and M) activities like spanking, bondage, and flogging increase relationship closeness. During the study, lead researcher Brad Sagarin looked at 13 men and women at an S and M party in Arizona, and ... Full story

Washington, Mar 31 (ANI): A small cup of coffee in the morning might just help you push a little harder during your morning workout, and scientist have now found what makes caffeine reduce the pain during distance training and competitions and enhance an athlete's performance. A former competitive cyclist, University of Illinois kinesiology and community health professor Robert Motl admitted to having had coffee with his ... Full story