New Delhi: Affecting around a tenth of rural populations in India every year, 'scrub typhus' infection, spread by the bite of an infected larval mite (chigger), could be an "under-recognised ...

Scrub typhus, a mite-borne bacterial infection, may be a major yet under-recognised cause of fever-related hospitalisations in India, researchers have cautioned after estimating that 10 per cent of ...

Hospital studies suggest that scrub typhus is a leading cause of severe undifferentiated fever in regions across Asia where the disease is endemic, but the population-based incidence of infection ...

A scientific debate has emerged regarding the possibility of producing 'dark oxygen' without sunlight, through metallic nodules found deep in the ocean. The discovery challenges long-held beliefs ...

The hospital has already screened over 1,500 patients using AI-powered mammography and chest nodule detection in recent months, said Guru N. Reddy, founder and chairman of Continental Hospitals.

Deep-sea nodules are packed with valuable metallic resources such as cobalt and manganese, critical components in electric car batteries and other devices. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in ...

The findings were also consequential for mining companies eager to extract the precious metals contained within these polymetallic nodules. Researchers said that potato-sized nodules could be ...

Nodules were also more easily identified on the denoised scans. The average effective radiation dose for ultra-low-dose scans was 2% of the average effective radiation dose of the standard CT scans.

Pacific nation Kiribati says it is exploring a deep-sea mining partnership with China, dangling access to a vast patch of Pacific Ocean harbouring coveted metals and minerals. Beijing has been ...

Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. (NORI), a subsidiary of Canada's The Metals Company (TMC), wants to begin mining polymetallic nodules in the Pacific as soon as 2026. It plans to file an exploitation ...

typhus, lassa fever and Pathogen X, among others. The technology’s inventor, Dr. Krishnan Chittur, was motivated to find a better diagnosis method after his infant daughter was diagnosed with an ...