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San Francisco : Google on Monday sued high-tech speaker and audio technology company Sonos again, alleging that the company infringed on its patents around smart speakers and voice control technology. The tech giant filed two lawsuits in…

New York : As speculated earlier, the 12th century BCE, a time when humans were forging great empires and developing new forms of written text, did not coincide with an evolutionary reduction in brain size, say a team of researchers…

London : A team of international researchers from the UK, US and Germany, has built a new easy-to-use test that could diagnose non-infectious diseases like heart attacks and cancers more quickly. The new test, called CrisprZyme, works by…

Moscow : Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree banning "unfriendly" investors from making transactions with their shares in strategic Russian enterprises and projects until the end of the year. The decree, published on the…

London : The risk of heart attacks and strokes temporarily increases in the four months after a gout flare, finds a study.The research, by experts at the universities of Nottingham and Keele in the UK, showed that gout patients who suffered…

Moscow : Russian President Vladimir Putin said that there can be no winners in a nuclear war and must never be fought.He made the remarks on Monday in his greeting to the 10th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the…

New York : Adding strawberries to your cereal, salad or smoothie can likely help protect your brain from Alzheimer's disease, suggests a study.The researchers from RUSH University in the US found that a bioactive compound found in…

New York : Higher insulin dose is positively associated with cancer incidence, finds a study.The study, published in JAMA Oncology, looked at the correlation between daily insulin dose and cancer incidence (the number of new cases) among…

London : Plant-based dietary alternatives to animal products are better for the environment and for human health, according to a study.The study, published in the journal Future Foods, argued that because these foods are 'specifically…

Hyderabad : As many as 80 per cent of patients with diabetic foot in rural areas need amputation while only 20 per cent of patients in urban areas face this situation, said doctors at a conference here on Sunday. Foot care is most…