Clock gene prepares plants for spring bloom
March 12th, 2012 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 12 (IANS) Insight into the body clock of plants reveals how they adjust to changing seasons, causing flowers to bloom in spring.University of Edinburgh researchers tested computer models ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Do plants hold the key to fighting jet lag?
January 4th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 4 (ANI): Scientists have suggested that the way plants adjust to having less sunlight in winter could help shed light on the impact of shift work and jet lag on ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
How sunlight shapes daily rhythms
November 23rd, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 23 (ANI): Understanding how biological clocks adjust to having less sunlight in the winter could help us better understand the impact of jet lag and shift work, say scientists.Scientists studying ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists Warn Of Hungry Bears At Yellowstone
August 23rd, 2010 - 7:34 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Aug 23, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Bad news for all those who planned to go out camping in the Yellowstone area as scientists have revealed that the grizzlies are expected to be ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Gator Bites off the Hand of Florida Teen
July 14th, 2010 - 2:42 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
July 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to wildlife officials in Florida, an alligator bit off the hand of an 18 year old while he was in the water at a popular swimming area ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
10-foot gator bites off Timothy Delano’s hand
July 13th, 2010 - 10:31 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Naples, July 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Wildlife officials in Florida said that a ten-foot alligator has bitten off the hand of a man. The man was swimming in the canal with his friends ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Male deer honest about their prowess
April 12th, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 12 (ANI): The calls or groans of male Eurasian fallow deer give rivals and possible mates an honest account of the emitting deer's prowess, a new study has found.The study ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Fly sperm force females to do housework post sex
November 28th, 2009 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 28 (IANS) Male fruit fly sperm is coated with a chemical sex peptide which aborts the female's noon siesta and compels it into an intense period of foraging activity, according ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Fruit fly sperm compels females to do housework after sex session
September 30th, 2009 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 30 (ANI): After sex, female fruit flies ditch the usual siesta in favour of extra foraging and searching for places to lay her eggs, a new study has found.The study ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Diving at dawn and dusk help tuna to navigate with internal compass
August 24th, 2009 - 11:59 am ICT by ANI
London, August 24 (ANI): A new study has suggested that tuna dive fast and deep twice a day, namely around dawn and dusk, because they use an internal compass to navigate.It has ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Americans to see International Space Station on Fourth of July
July 1st, 2009 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 1 (ANI): The skies of the Unites States of America are all set to lit up on the fourth of July with a spectacular view of the International Space Station ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Tourists visiting Varanasi least worried by terrorism
September 18th, 2008 - 6:35 pm ICT by ANI
By Girish Kumar Dubey
Varanasi, Sep.18 (ANI): Though there is concern and outrage across the country against terrorism, foreign tourists arriving in Varanasi are not perturbed by terror incidents.
A growing number ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Lizards do push ups to defend their territory at dawn and dusk
August 28th, 2008 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 28 (ANI): A new study has revealed that a Jamaican lizard called the Anolis engages in impressive displays of reptilian strength push ups, head bobs, and threatening extension of ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Jamaican lizards flex their muscles to greet new day
August 28th, 2008 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) Jamaican lizards greet each new day with vigorous push-ups and bobbing heads, unlike birds or primates that do it with chirping and tweeting.Terry J. Ord, postdoctoral researcher at ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Like humans, seals too use stars to navigate in open water
August 1st, 2008 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 1 (ANI): Like humans, seals use stars to navigate in open water, according to a group of researchers, who added that the marine mammals can identify a single star ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
International Space Station to put on marathon sky show
May 21st, 2008 - 3:13 pm ICT by admin
London, May 21 (ANI): The International Space Station (ISS) would be visible to the naked eye as many as four times in a day, from May 21 to May 23, 2008. ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |