Scientific facts

 

Researchers created a new surgical technique to help doctors detect and remove cancerous cells.

The new technique, which lights up tumour cells during surgery. It will help doctors to spot undetectable tumours measuring just a tenth of a millimeter. The new technique tracks tumors and make it glow under fluorescent light.  It increases success rate in tricky cancer operations. Researchers used a special camera to highlight cancer cells and display them as green glowing patches on a monitor.
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Scientists discovered a natural preservative that could spell the end of rotting food. Researchers at the University of Minnesota identified the substance, called bisin, which destroys the bacteria that make meat, fish, eggs and dairy products decompose.
 

 The researchers said the preservative could extend the food's life for several years. They claimed that it can even work for opened bottles of wine and salad dressing.
Bisin occurs naturally in some types of harmless bacteria. It prevents...

Astronomers discovered that the planet named TrES-2b was darker than any planet or moon in our solar system. This planet reflects less than one percent of the sunlight falling on it. NASA’s Kepler spacecraft was used by the astronomers to make this observation.
 

TrES-2b was discovered in 2006 by the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey. It orbits its star at a distance of only three million miles. The star heats TrES-2b to a temperature of more than 1800 degrees Fahrenheit.

TrES-2b orbits ...

A scientist from Iran developed a gas-filled aspirin that can enhance the cancer-fighting ability of the drug. The new Aspirin was dubbed NOSH, which stands for Nitric Oxide and Hydrogen Sulphide. The new Aspirin

reduces the harmful side effects of taking aspirin.
 

Aspirin is effective against Cancer. But it can also cause bleeding in the gut and ulcers. The gas-filled Aspirin protects the gut from damage by producing nitric oxide and hydrogen sulphide. NOSH-aspirin was 100000 times mor...

 US Scientists recently developed cells that can destroy leukemia within three weeks. It could lead to new and effective treatments for the fatal blood cancer.

A new technique was engineered that involved leukemia patients being treated with their own T cells. T cells are a type of white blood cell that was genetically modified to attack and destroy tumours within the body of the patient.  White blood cells are unable to distinguish tumour cells from healthy tissue, which allows the cancer ...

Scientists achieved a major breakthrough in the fight against Type 1 diabetes by developing a treatment which would save the sufferers from a lifetime of insulin injections.
 

The new treatment was codenamed DiaPep277. It will block the process which causes the body's immune system to attack the

pancreas in people with Type 1 diabetes. The treatment will be available in the markets within three years.

   
In Type 1 diabetes, the patient's faulty immune system targets the pancreas. Without...

A metal developed by a team of researchers from University of California at Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology is shown resting on a dandelion fluff without damaging it.

With a density of 0.9 mg/cc, the metal, which is about 100 times lighter than styrofoam, is the world's lightest
material. The scientists were able to make a material that consists of 99.99% air by designing the 0.01% solid at
 the nanometre, micron and millimetre scales, the 'Science' repo...

 Scientists have created what they claim is the world's smallest car - the size of
which is a single molecule, making it invisible to the human eye.

A team at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands says the only real ways that it
has any visual similarities to a car is that it has four wheels and a barebones internal framework.

The car is powered by electrical pulses that respond to millivolts of energy. For every halfturn of its wheels,
the car needed another jolt of energy. Ev...

 Manufacturer of paracetamol combination products will now have to print a
 statutory warning on the drug boxes stating "Taking more than the daily dose of
paracetamol may cause serious liver damage or allergic reactions".

Besides, the Drug Controller General of India has asked the state licensing authorities
 ( Food and Drug Administration) not to grant fresh licenses or renewals to products with
combination of paracetamol, containing more than 325 mg per tablet or capsule.
The decision of li...