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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

How the Bagram airbase from the 1950s is geopolitically significant in the 21st century

Days after Trump lay claim to the Bagram base, Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan “firmly opposed the reestablishment of military bases in and around Afghanistan by the countries responsible for the current situation”.

Mumbai’s been driving India’s data centre market, but water shortage, power demand pose risks

According to a report by Macquarie, India’s data centre market is estimated to double by 2027. India currently has 1.4 gigawatts of operational data centre capacity.

Navy Chief calls for collective solutions to maritime challenges in ‘complex & dynamic’ Indo-Pacific

At 11th edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue in New Delhi, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said there are three major currents shaping this maritime 'dynaxity'.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.