The study showed that the algorithm is generic, and efficient both in revealing fake users and in disclosing the influential people in social networks.

In a breakthrough, scientists have found an antibody, a monthly dose of which could halve the number of debilitating attacks of migraine on patients who have exhausted all other treatments.

Ketamine is likely to have fast-acting benefits in treating symptoms of depression as well as reducing suicidal thoughts, say researchers, including one of an Indian-origin.

A good research pushed through social media -- primarily Twitter -- gets more citations, a team of researchers has found.

Washington: American astronomers have captured the most distant normal star ever observed, some 9 billion light years from Earth, thanks to a rare cosmic alignment.

Washington: NASA is inviting people around the world to submit their names online to be placed on a microchip aboard NASAs historic Parker Solar Probe mission, to be launched this summer.

New York: Love to savour your ice cream in its solid state for longer and hate to see it melt? Scientists have found a solution to this problem in a banana plant extract that they say could be key to a creamier and longer lasting ice cream.

"Chandrasekaran has been elected as the eighth President of the institute for the period 2018-21 and takes over from K. Kasturirangan," said the city-based institute in a statement here.