PM’s ‘chair’ offered to Cambridge professor
May 20th, 2012 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 20 (IANS) There may be many aspirants eagerly wanting to occupy the chair of the country's prime minister but a 'chair' in the name of incumbent Prime ... Read more...
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Warm ocean currents cause ice loss from Antarctica
April 26th, 2012 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 26 (IANS) Warm ocean currents attacking the underside of ice shelves may help explain recent ice loss from Antarctica, says a new study.
A team of scientists used ... Read more...
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Crows are smart enough to think and learn
December 15th, 2011 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 15 (IANS) Crows are smart enough to learn and use tools -- they fly off roofs or poles as soon as you pretend to aim a gun at ... Read more...
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How well our brain functions is based on our family’s genes
March 4th, 2011 - 11:33 am ICT by ANI
Washington, March 04 (ANI): A new study, led by University of Melbourne, has shown that how well our brain functions is largely based on our family's genetic makeup.The study provides the first ... Read more...
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Melting glacial ice sheets ‘may not raise sea levels after all’
November 22nd, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 22 (ANI): Glaciologists have been worried sick that the West Antarctic ice sheet will collapse over the next few centuries, raising sea levels dramatically, but a new study counters this ... Read more...
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Repeated exposure key to remembering faces
September 10th, 2010 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 10 (ANI): Faces and words that reactivate neural patterns in the same region of the brain over and over again are more likely to be remembered, revealed a study.People find ... Read more...
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Soon: ‘Acoustic fingerprints’ to turn keypad phones into touch screen ones!
September 9th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 9 (ANI): Mobile phone users who have always longed for a touch-screen phone have reason to rejoice, for new software renders the entire casing and LCD display of a standard ... Read more...
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Brain training games ‘don’t improve IQ’
April 21st, 2010 - 1:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 21 (ANI): People who use brain-training software to boost their mental skills are likely to be disappointed, for a new study has shown that computerized cognitive training does not make ... Read more...
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Life on Saturn’s moon would have been strange, smelly and explosive
April 13th, 2010 - 6:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 13 (ANI): Had life evolved on the frozen surface of Saturn's moon, Titan, it would have been strange, smelly and explosive compared to life on Earth, according to a research.Astrobiologist ... Read more...
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Brain scan allows patient in ‘vegetative’ state to communicate
February 4th, 2010 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 4 (ANI): A patient previously considered unconscious, or being in a 'vegetative state', can understand and communicate, a groundbreaking research has shown.Experts using brain scans have discovered for the first ... Read more...
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Soon, a camera that can capture your entire life
October 17th, 2009 - 1:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 17 (ANI): A UK-based firm will soon launch a camera that a person can wear as a pendant to record every moment of his or her life.Originally developed as the ... Read more...
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How ’superswarms’ of krill form some of Earth’s largest gatherings of life
October 10th, 2009 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 10 (ANI): Scientists have discovered how 'superswarms' of krill assemble together to form some of the largest gatherings of life on the plant.Krill are small shrimp-like crustaceans that gather ... Read more...
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Naked mole rats may offer cancer cure
September 23rd, 2009 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 23 (ANI): Rochester University researchers believe that naked mole rats may help provide cure for cancer.The bald rats never get cancer, and if their trick can be copied it could ... Read more...
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Antarctica’s secret water network far more dynamic than believed
September 15th, 2009 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 15 (ANI): The first complete map of the lakes beneath Antarctica's ice sheets reveals the continent's secret water network is far more dynamic than we thought, and could be acting ... Read more...
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Key to designing a hit video game
September 13th, 2009 - 3:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 13 (ANI): Two researchers at University of Birmingham, UK claim to have found the key to designing a hit video game.According to Russell Beale and Matthew Bond, it may just ... Read more...
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Scientists comparing human and canine genomes to find cure for brain cancer
July 7th, 2009 - 1:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 7 (ANI): Researchers at North Carolina State University say that comparing human and canine genomes, they have come to the conclusion that a gene commonly believed to be involved in ... Read more...
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‘Sleep talking’ PCs use 80 percent less power
April 25th, 2009 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 25 (ANI): Computer scientists at UC San Diego and Microsoft Research have created a device that will put computers in a doze, which could mean energy savings of 60 to ... Read more...
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Progressive hearing loss in humans and mice linked to microRNA mutation
April 13th, 2009 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 13 (ANI): By conducting parallel studies in human and mouse, two groups of scientists have found that a new kind of gene, called a microRNA, is linked with progressive hearing ... Read more...
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China to build inland research base at Antarctica
January 7th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 7 (ANI): A Chinese expedition is all set to build an inland research base at Dome Argus, or Dome A, in Antarctica, 4,093 meters above sea level.According to ... Read more...
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Iraq accused of discarding due process in Hussein trial
September 25th, 2008 - 6:25 pm ICT by ANI
Cambridge (UK), Sept.25 (ANI): Nearly two years after an Iraqi court sentenced Saddam Hussein to death, Western lawyers who helped guide the court, have contended that Hussein was railroaded to the ... Read more...
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Upside down rainbow spotted in the UK
September 17th, 2008 - 3:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 17 (ANI): An astronomer in Cambridge, UK, has captured on camera an upside down rainbow, which is considered to be an anomaly of nature.According to a report in ... Read more...
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Pak Education Minister reveals Musharrafs cousin received millions in UK
September 5th, 2008 - 11:15 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sept 5 (ANI): One of the first cousins of former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf received a sum of 88,579 British Pounds (Rs 12.4 million approx) after he was appointed adviser ... Read more...
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Standardized terms in conservation will help analyze ecological threats better than before
June 22nd, 2008 - 11:04 am ICT by ANI
London, June 22 (ANI): Experts are aiming to standardize terms in conservation, with using common terms for the problems and tools in the field, so the discipline can become truly scientific ... Read more...
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Cambridge cycle couriers mobile phones monitor air pollution on the move
January 3rd, 2008 - 5:16 pm ICT by admin
London, January 3 (ANI): Cellphones carried by cycle couriers are helping monitor air pollution in Cambridge, UK.Eiman Kanjo, a computer scientist at Cambridge University, has revealed that this has become possible due ... Read more...
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