Toronto: Honey bees may help monitor pollution in cities and help pinpoint the exact sources of environmental pollutants such as lead, a first-of-its-kind study has found. The study, publish... Read more

London: Concentrations of pharmaceuticals have increased in freshwater sources all over the world over the past 20 years, with levels of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin having potentially damag... Read more

London: Researchers have developed an innovative, low cost test for earlier diagnosis of sepsis which could help save thousands of lives. The simple system for sensitive real-time measuremen... Read more

Washington: The record-breaking 15-year-long Mars mission of NASA’s Opportunity rover was declared over after the US space agency failed to contact the robotic explorer for over eight... Read more

Melbourne: Climate change could lead to decline of underwater kelp forests by impacting their microbiome, according to a study. In humans, it has been observed that changes in the microbes i... Read more

Washington: Scientists have found a way to clean soil contaminated by heavy oil can and make it fertile again. Researchers from Rice University in the US fine-tuned their method to remove pe... Read more

London: E-cigarettes are almost twice as effective as nicotine replacement treatments, such as patches and gum, at helping smokers to kick the butt, a study claims. The research, which invol... Read more