Category: Science

New Delhi: Symptomatic long COVID may be associated with self-perceived cognitive difficulties such as memory problems, according to a study. Long COVID is described as experiencing persistent symptoms of the disease more than four weeks after initial infection. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the US noted that over one in three…

New Delhi: Heatwaves in India are becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change, with over 90 percent of the country in the “extremely cautious” or “danger zone” of their impacts, according to a new study.  The study, conducted by Ramit Debnath and colleagues at the University of Cambridge, also revealed that Delhi is particularly…

New Delhi: Researchers have identified a gene in multiple mammalian species that could pave the way for a highly effective, reversible and non-hormonal male contraceptive for humans and animals. The team at Washington State University (WSU) in the US identified expression of the gene, Arrdc5, in the testes of mice, pigs, cattle and humans. When they…

New Delhi: Atmospheric scientists have developed a new way of measuring wind by creating an algorithm that uses water vapour movement data, that could help predict extreme events such as hurricanes and storms. The researchers from University of Arizona, US, got the water vapour data from the two operational satellites of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…