Jacqueline Laurita skips Real Housewives reunion because of her hatred of Teresa Giudice
August 3rd, 2012 - 7:45 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New Jersey, Aug 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Teresa Giudice and Jacqueline Laurita friendship has nosedived. The two beauties that used to act in popular drama series ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ have severed ... Read more...
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New model to measure organic carbon in surface waters
March 5th, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 5 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new carbon model to estimate sources and losses of organic carbon in surface waters in the United States.The result has indicated that streams act ... Read more...
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Young kids prefer to share prizes after working together
February 13th, 2011 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 13 (ANI): A new study has shown that young children choose to share prizes after working together.In the study, three-year-old children shared with a peer after they worked together to ... Read more...
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Why teens are more vulnerable to drug addiction, behavioral disorders
January 27th, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 27 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh have recorded neuron activity in adolescent rat brains that could reveal the biological root of the teenage propensity to consider rewards over ... Read more...
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Caffeine negatively affects kids: Study
December 16th, 2010 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 16 (ANI): In a new study, researchers found that 75pc of children surveyed consumed caffeine on a daily basis, and the more caffeine the children consumed, the less they slept.Caffeine ... Read more...
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Irrigation may offset climate change effects in some regions: Study
September 8th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 8 (ANI): Expanded irrigation might mitigate the effects of climate change in some areas, a new study has revealed.But some major groundwater aquifers, a source of irrigation water, are projected ... Read more...
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Smoking may cause depression in teens: Study
August 28th, 2010 - 12:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 28 (ANI): While many teenagers may grab a cigarette on and off to 'relieve stress' or to simply drive away the blues, they are in fact, driving themselves towards depression, ... Read more...
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How honeycomb clouds exhibit self-organization
August 15th, 2010 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 15 (ANI): Researchers have shown how honeycomb clouds disappear in one place and reappear in another.Researchers claimed that rain causes air to move vertically, which breaks down and builds up ... Read more...
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How gain and loss affect optimistic and pessimistic brains
August 5th, 2010 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 5 (ANI): Our belief in whether we would succeed or fail at a given task-and the consequences of winning or losing-directly affects the levels of neural effort put forth in ... Read more...
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New method to synchronize clocks developed
July 21st, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 21 (ANI): Researchers have found a new way to accurately synchronize clocks.The clocks in computers, telecommunications, and other complex systems must stay accurate to within nanoseconds because their oscillators -- ... Read more...
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Fish dislike their own reflections
May 18th, 2010 - 12:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 18 (ANI): When facing themselves in a mirror, fish become feisty but fearful, say two Stanford biologists."It seems like something they don't understand," said Julie Desjardins, a post-doctoral researcher in ... Read more...
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Telephone therapy ‘as good as face-to-face consultations’ to beat the blues
May 11th, 2010 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 11 (ANI): Telephone consultation can be as effective as face-to-face discussion in the treatment of clinical depression, a new study suggests.Experts from Brigham Young University conducted a trial run, which ... Read more...
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Glial cells can protect or kill neurons in retina
February 2nd, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): Scientists from University of Montreal and McGill University's Montreal Neurological Institute have discovered that glial cells, which normally protect neurons in the retina can also kill them, resulting ... Read more...
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Black carbon deposits on Himalayas threaten Earth’s ‘Third Pole’
December 15th, 2009 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 15 (ANI): A new research by scientists from NASA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has determined that black soot deposited on Tibetan glaciers in the Himalayas is threatening the ... Read more...
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Marine reserves can be effective tool for managing fisheries
November 10th, 2009 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 10 (ANI): Biologists at the University of California, Santa Cruz have said that studies conducted in California and elsewhere provide support for the use of marine reserves as a tool ... Read more...
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Living near fast food joints actually lowers your obesity risk
October 27th, 2009 - 9:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 27 (ANI): A new study has revealed that people living near a variety of restaurants, convenience stores, supermarkets and even fast food outlets, are less likely to be fat.On the ... Read more...
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Nature communication makes you more caring
October 3rd, 2009 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 3 (ANI): Paying attention to Mother Nature not only feels good, it also makes you a better person, says a new study.The study has been published in the Personality and ... Read more...
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Scientists discover oceanic worms that throw ‘green bombs’ on predators
August 21st, 2009 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 21 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a mysterious group of oceanic worms that can throw 'bombs' which burst into brilliant green light - probably a defensive mechanism against potential predators.The ... Read more...
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New laws for responsible robotics may soon replace Asimov’s robo guidelines
July 30th, 2009 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 30 (ANI): Two engineers have proposed an alternative set of laws to Isaac Asimov's famous "Three Laws of Responsible Robotics", in order to rewrite mankind's future with robots."We wanted to ... Read more...
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Coming soon: ‘Cloak of Illusion’ that disguises objects
July 17th, 2009 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 17 (ANI): Scientists in Hong Kong are developing a cloak of illusion, or a material that disguises one object as another."The metamaterial can turn the appearance of one object into ... Read more...
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Typhoons can trigger slow quakes in eastern Taiwan
June 11th, 2009 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 11 (ANI: Scientists have made a surprising discovery that typhoons trigger slow earthquakes, at least in eastern Taiwan.Slow earthquakes are non-violent fault slippage events that take hours or days instead ... Read more...
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Moderately reduced carbohydrate diet ‘increases sense of fullness’
June 11th, 2009 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 11 (ANI): Moderately reducing carbohydrates intake, without calorie restriction and weight loss, can help increase a sense of fullness, a preliminary study found.The study has been presented at The ... Read more...
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Health worries make older adults engage less in physical activity
March 25th, 2009 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 25 (ANI): Older adults who worry about their health are less likely to engage in physical activity, and report having difficulty in walking, says a new study.Lead researcher Kin-Kit ... Read more...
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Jupiter has rocky and icy core more than twice as large as previously thought
November 26th, 2008 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 26 (ANI): Computer simulations have indicated that Jupiter has a rocky core, surrounded by layer of ice, that is more than twice as large as previously thought.The simulations ... Read more...
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Football helmet shields can prevent serious eye injuries
November 18th, 2008 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): A new study has found that football helmet faceshields can withstand a hit equivalent to a kick in the face and provide protection without disrupting players vision. ... Read more...
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Babies placed in incubators at lower depression risk as adults
November 11th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 11 (ANI): A new study has found that babies placed in incubators after birth are less likely to have depression as adults.An international team of researchers has found that ... Read more...
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Obese diners overeat at Chinese buffets
October 4th, 2008 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 4 (ANI): When eating at Chinese buffets, obese individuals behave differently than normal weight individuals, say researchers.The research team from Cornell University''s Food and Brand Lab found that compared ... Read more...
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Warp drive engine would travel faster than light
July 29th, 2008 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 29 (ANI): By manipulating extra dimensions with astronomical amounts of energy, two Baylor University physicists from the US, have outlined how a faster-than-light engine, or warp drive, could be ... Read more...
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Marsupials and humans shared same genetic imprinting 150 million years ago
July 16th, 2008 - 3:45 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 16 (ANI): A new research by a team of international scientists has determined that marsupials and humans shared the same genetic imprinting 150 million years ago.The research team, which ... Read more...
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Tiny space engines would use Earths magnetic field to zip around the planet
June 6th, 2008 - 3:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 6 (ANI): NASA has funded the development of tiny space engines that would use Earths magnetic field instead of chemical propellants to zip around our planet.According to a report ... Read more...
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Neutron star might be changing into another star
February 21st, 2008 - 4:33 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 21 (ANI): Observations from NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) have revealed that the youngest known pulsing neutron star in the Universe occasionally unleashes powerful bursts of X-rays, thus astronomers ... Read more...
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