Tweaking chips to locate concealed explosives
September 13th, 2012 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, Sep 13 (IANS) Israeli engineers have developed small affordable chips that will be able to see through packages and clothing to image whether they are carrying contraband and ... Read more...
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Women work harder in relationships: Meryl Streep
September 8th, 2012 - 4:33 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 8 (IANS) Actress Meryl Streep believes women work more to keep relationships happy than men because they "want them to work".The 63-year-old insists ladies invest time and effort ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Mosquitoes sniff out victims for blood
July 3rd, 2012 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 3 (IANS) Mosquitoes have an uncanny ability to sniff out potential victims for blood, thanks to a large part of their tiny brains being devoted to the sense ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
‘Kim Jong-il’s death was extensive intelligence failure’
December 20th, 2011 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) South Korean and US intelligence services failed to pick up any clues even after 48 hours of Kim Jong-il's death last Saturday, demonstrating an extensive intelligence ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Motorola smartphone to recognise your fingerprint
May 5th, 2011 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 5 (IANS) It's a phone, a laptop, a PC and recognises its owner by his fingerprint. Motorola's ATRIX is being marketed as the world's most powerful smartphone packed ... Read more...
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Ultra-sensitive sensor to help detect cancer signs, hidden explosives
March 22nd, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 22 (ANI): Princeton engineers have developed an ultra- sensitive sensor that could help detect a wide range of substances, from tell-tale signs of cancer to hidden explosives.The sensor, which is ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
iPhone swipe enough to pay for your shopping
January 27th, 2011 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 27 (IANS) Technology will now enable people to make purchases by swiping their mobile phone across a till scanner-to be rolled out this summer.Consumers will be able to buy ... Read more...
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Soon, you could ’swipe’ your iPhone instead of a credit card!
January 27th, 2011 - 11:41 am ICT by ANI
London, Jan 27 (ANI): There's plenty you can do with them - play music, send pictures and what not - but soon, you could be using your iPhones for shopping.Barclaycard and the ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Species Of Giant Crayfish Sighted In Tennessee Represent A New Species
January 21st, 2011 - 7:53 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
January 21, 2011 (Pen Men at Work): A formerly unidentified species of giant crayfish (GC) has been unearthed by two marine biologists in Tennessee, with the species labeled Barbicambarus simmonis, which is ... Read more...
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New species of giant crayfish found in Tennessee and Alabama
January 20th, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 20 (ANI): Two aquatic biologists have discovered a distinctive species of crayfish in Tennessee and Alabama that is at least twice the size of its competitors.The new crayfish belongs to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Device that turns PC into porn tv on sale in China
January 17th, 2011 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Jan 17 (IANS) Pornography from around the world for free is the promise of vendors selling a new device at one of the popular markets of electronic products in China's business ... Read more...
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Army officer completes first ‘lethal’ BASE jump in India (Lead)
October 29th, 2010 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Though trained to intercept enemy communications, jumping off heights for the thrill of it is his passion. Lt. Col. Satyendra Verma of the Indian Army, also an ... Read more...
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‘Wireless’ humans could backbone new mobile networks
October 29th, 2010 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 29 (IANS) People could form the backbone of powerful new mobile internet networks by carrying wearable sensors.
The sensors could create new ultra high bandwidth mobile internet infrastructures ... Read more...
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Army officer becomes first Indian to BASE jump
October 29th, 2010 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) An officer of the Indian Army Friday jumped off a 450-foot tower in the capital, successfully completing India's first BASE jump -- an adventure sport that is ... Read more...
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Apple announces another delay for the white iPhone 4
October 28th, 2010 - 8:39 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
California, Oct 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Apple has announced another postponement of its white iPhone 4.The new date for the release of the white iPhone 4 is now Spring 2011 and some analysts ... Read more...
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Assassin bugs lure spiders by mimicking prey caught in webs
October 28th, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 28 (ANI): Scientists from Macquarie University, Australia, have discovered that a species of insect lures spiders by mimicking prey caught in webs.The team found that assassin bugs plucked the web's ... Read more...
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China to explore deep space
October 2nd, 2010 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 2 (IANS) China will set up its own deep space communication network in three to five years which will help in the exploration of the solar system, a top scientist ... Read more...
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Data clippers to enhance future planetary missions
September 20th, 2010 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 20 (ANI): Sailing in the space may not be too far as upcoming missions to space could employ fleets of 'data-clippers'- manoeuvrable spacecraft equipped with solar sails- to ship vast ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Piaggio’s Vespa to run on Indian roads again (Lead)
August 26th, 2010 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The iconic Vespa scooter will be back on Indian roads some time next year, 12 years after it was withdrawn by the Italian two-wheel major Piaggio, that ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Whoopi Goldberg smashes her iPhone 4 because of its technical problems
July 19th, 2010 - 8:35 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York City, July 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Whoopi Goldberg has announced on ABC's ‘The View’ that she literally murdered her iPhone 4 when she smashed her phone on the ground due ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Vatican’s radio masts blamed for causing cancer in kids
July 15th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 15 (ANI): A medical expert in Italy has claimed that radio masts operated by the Vatican's radio station are causing cancer in children.Professor Andrea Micheli, from Milan's National Tumour Institute, ... Read more...
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Ant communities have suicide bombers too!
July 14th, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 14 (ANI): Self-bombing terrorists don't just exist among humans, as ants too commit suicide in a very dramatic way while taking others out with them, according to an ecologist.In a ... Read more...
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Consumer Reports Slams the “Flawed” iPhone4
July 14th, 2010 - 1:51 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
July 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The engineers from Consumer Reports has stated that they do not recommend the flawed iPhone4 from Apple, even if it is considered the “must ... Read more...
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Consumer Reports says that it can’t recommend iPhone 4
July 13th, 2010 - 10:48 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, July 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) One of the most respected consumer organization - Consumer Reports has declared that it cannot recommend the new iPhone 4.Consumer Reports announced yesterday ... Read more...
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Car device prompts driver to stay in proper lane
June 5th, 2010 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 5 (IANS) When the steering wheel starts vibrating strongly, it indicates your car is too close to the edge of the road. WayPilot, a new Norwegian product, helps to keep ... Read more...
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Defective gene causes foetal abnormalities (Lead)
May 31st, 2010 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 31 (IANS) Researchers have identified the genetic defect that causes severe foetal abnormalities.
The work, co-led by geneticists at the University of Leeds and colleagues in Paris, Rome and San Diego, ... Read more...
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Defective gene linked to foetal abnormalities
May 31st, 2010 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 31 (IANS) Researchers have identified the genetic defect that causes severe foetal abnormalities.
The work, co-led by geneticists at the University of Leeds and colleagues in Paris, Rome and San Diego, ... Read more...
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Why female water fleas change their fashion trends every season
May 4th, 2010 - 3:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 4 (ANI): While studying fashion trends for water fleas, Swedish researchers have uncovered the mystery behind why do females change the way they look each season while males look the ... Read more...
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300m-yr-old cockroach ancestor revealed in new 3-D model
April 14th, 2010 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 14 (ANI): Scientists have unveiled a new three-dimensional 'virtual fossil' model of an early ancestor of the cockroach that lived around 300 million years ago.Researchers at Imperial College London have ... Read more...
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Scientists turn ancient cockroach fossil into 3-D model
April 14th, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 14 (IANS) An early cockroach ancestor that lived around 300 million years ago was unveiled in unprecedented detail here in a new 3-D 'virtual fossil' model.
Scientists at Imperial College London ... Read more...
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Security alert at ISRO facility after shootout (Second Lead)
March 16th, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 16 (IANS) Security was stepped up around the sensitive Deep Space Network (DSN) facility of India's space agency ISRO near here following a shootout early Tuesday with two unidentified ... Read more...
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Desert ant in Tunisia first animal known to navigate by stereo smell
March 2nd, 2010 - 5:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 2 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have discovered that desert ants in Tunisia are the first animals known to navigate by stereo smell.According to a report by BBC News, ... Read more...
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Mosquito nose transplant may help in malaria fight
February 16th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 16 (ANI): Scientists at Vanderbilt and Yale universities have made a major breakthrough in the fight against malaria.They have successfully transplanted most of the 'nose' of the mosquito that ... Read more...
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Assassin bugs stalk and lure their victim
February 14th, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 14 (ANI): A new study by scientists in Australia has shown that assassin bugs stalk their victim on its home territory, or lure it away and eat it.For the study, ... Read more...
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Locusts perform complex tasks even with dot-sized brains
December 25th, 2009 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 25 (IANS) Locusts perform complex tasks even with pinhead-sized brains, says a new study.
Take, for instance, climbing a ladder. We rely on our vision to find the successive rungs. Similarly, ... Read more...
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