Flying 1,000 km per day: Tiny Indian Falcon stuns scientists with marathon flight

Flying 1,000 km per day: Tiny Indian Falcon stuns scientists with marathon flight

Three new aerial travellers are rewriting the limits of endurance in the natural world. On November 11 2025, wildlife scientists tagged three Amur Falcons, Apapang (an adult male), Alang (a young female), and Ahu (an adult female), as part of the Manipur Amur Falcon Tracking Project (Phase 2) led by the Wildlife Institute of India. … Read more

Scientists discover why type 1 diabetes is worse in children

Scientists discover why type 1 diabetes is worse in children

James GallagherHealth and science correspondent Nye family Gracie Nye in hospital when she was first diagnosed with type 1 diabetes Scientists have discovered why type 1 diabetes is more severe and aggressive when it develops in young children. Type 1 is caused by the immune system attacking cells in the pancreas that control blood sugar … Read more

Andhra Pradesh faculty shine in Stanford’s Global Top 2% Scientists list

Andhra Pradesh faculty shine in Stanford’s Global Top 2% Scientists list

Faculty from higher educational institutions in Andhra Pradesh have made it to the list of top 2 % of world scientists and researchers, compiled by a research group at Stanford University in collaboration with Elsevier, for the year 2025. Seven faculty members from SRM University-AP have been recognised in this year’s list. They include Associate … Read more

Women biotech scientists await funds for research

Women biotech scientists await funds for research

The DBT, which is under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), has been running the Biocare programme since 2011. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Almost five months after being selected for the DBT Biocare programme, an initiative by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) to encourage women scientists, none of the 75 chosen candidates has received … Read more

Scientists build online tool to calculate effectiveness of blood pressure medications

Scientists build online tool to calculate effectiveness of blood pressure medications

New Delhi: Researchers have developed an online tool that can calculate the extent to which blood pressure medicines prescribed by a doctor will be effective, potentially allowing treatment to be tailored to suit a patient’s needs. The team, including researchers from The George Institute for Global Health in Australia and India, built the tool after … Read more

Virtual labs with AI scientists produce promising result in Stanford study

Virtual labs with AI scientists produce promising result in Stanford study

Virtual scientists in a virtual lab at Stanford University are coming up with unorthodox ways to address clinical challenges, researchers reported on Tuesday in Nature. The virtual lab is modeled after a well-established Stanford School of Medicine research group, complete with a principal investigator and seasoned scientists, the report says. As in human-run research labs, … Read more

King’s College scientists’ lab-grown human teeth breakthrough

King’s College scientists’ lab-grown human teeth breakthrough

BBC There is no shortage of teeth to admire at the King’s College Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences While many species can regenerate their teeth, human beings only get one chance at growing a healthy set of adult pearly whites. That is, until now. Scientists from King’s College London have managed to grow … Read more

Saliva test may turn tide on prostate cancer claim scientists

Saliva test may turn tide on prostate cancer claim scientists

Institute of Cancer Research/PA Wire The at-home test would not require a visit to the GP, and appeared to perform better than current testing methods according to the study A saliva test may help “turn the tide” on prostate cancer, UK scientists claim. It analyses men’s DNA to work out who was born with the … Read more