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Drug from flowering plant holds promise in low-cost treatment of heart ailment

Trials show that digitoxin—active ingredient in foxglove—lowered mortality & hospitalisation in patients with reduced heart-pumping function, insufficient emptying of left ventricle.

Early Earth meteorite, or comets—scientists narrow down theories about origin of water on Moon

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Indian scientists discover method for precise detection of mpox, could be used for antiviral therapy

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

At IIT Kanpur, engineers are working on an artificial heart that’s affordable & built to last

The research team has obtained a patent for the device's design and is in the process of building a prototype. It will be relatively affordable compared to those available in the market now.

Once, you could die of a ‘broken heart’. Now ‘too much’ happiness can kill you too

Researchers in Germany have described patients with takotsubo syndrome triggered by happy events. And it was observed mostly in men.

Do people die when the heart stops? There’s a gap in what we know

We still don’t know how long to wait after a heart stops to determine death.

Covid has unique ability to cut through heart muscle, leave lasting damage, US study says

San Francisco scientists say in pre-print paper that this could be the reason why 50% Covid-19 patients end up with cardiac dysfunction.

1 in 7 college athletes had heart damage after Covid recovery, finds US study

Doctors are recommending cardiac screening for competitive athletes who have recovered from Covid-19, including for those who didn't show any obvious symptoms.

Israeli researchers print first ever heart using cells from the patient

Using fatty tissue from the patient, researchers took three hours to print a completely biocompatible heart that's 2.5 centimeteres in size.

On Camera

Beneath the ice — what a lost US base from the Cold War reveals about Greenland

A failed US plan to hide missiles under the ice now provides vital clues for understanding Greenland’s future and climate risks.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.