Life-Saving Stem Cells Can Be Regrown in Damaged Umbilical Cord, Claims Study

Life-Saving Stem Cells Can Be Regrown in Damaged Umbilical Cord, Claims Study

Do you know a newborn’s umbilical cord is home to life-saving stem cells like lymphoma and leukaemia? This is one of the major reasons parents, these days, opt to store the blood in an infant’s umbilical cord. Notably, if pregnancies get affected by gestational diabetes, the stem cells of the…

Genetic Evidence of Typhoid and Plague Causing Pathogens Found in DNA of Ancient Civilisations

Genetic Evidence of Typhoid and Plague Causing Pathogens Found in DNA of Ancient Civilisations

Scientists had attributed the fall of several ancient civilizations including the Akkadian Empire, the Old Kingdom of Egypt, to factors like climate change and shifting allegiances. However, a new study proposes that this could be due to some extinct pathogens. Archaeologists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology excavated…

New Flexible Wearable Device Can Analyse Health Data by Mimicking Human Brain

New Flexible Wearable Device Can Analyse Health Data by Mimicking Human Brain

Fusing wearable technology with artificial intelligence, researchers, at the University of Chicago, have developed a flexible stretchy device that records heath data and processes by mimicking the functioning of a human brain. Today, a range of wearable fitness bands and other health devices exist in the market. However, most of…

Zhao’s Denial, Users’ Distrust: Here’s What We Know About WazirX-Binance Debacle So Far

Zhao’s Denial, Users’ Distrust: Here’s What We Know About WazirX-Binance Debacle So Far

The crypto community of India finds itself perplexed in the backdrop of an ongoing heated Twitter feud between WazirX co-founder Nischal Shetty and Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. WazirX, a known name among Indian crypto exchanges, is undergoing a probe from India’s financial watchdog, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), over alleged predatory…

Researchers to Scan Ocean Floor for Meteorite That Crashed on Earth in 2014

Researchers to Scan Ocean Floor for Meteorite That Crashed on Earth in 2014

A mysterious object from space crashed into the ocean off the coast of Papua New Guinea in 2014. Called the CNEOS 2014-01-08, the meteorite has still kept scientists puzzled about its origin but initially, it was speculated that it could be an interstellar object. After its discovery, researchers namely then…

Instagram Will Soon Test Tall Photos for Compatibility With Fullscreen Reels

Instagram Will Soon Test Tall Photos for Compatibility With Fullscreen Reels

Photo and video sharing platform Instagram might have halted its controversial redesign, but that doesn’t mean the company plans to stop focusing on full-screen content. During the weekly Ask Me Anything, CEO Adam Mosseri confirmed that Instagram will begin testing ultra-tall 9:16 photos “in a week or two.” “You can…