New ultra-sensitive device sniffs out toxic metals
September 13th, 2012 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) Swiss and US scientists have developed an ultra-sensitive device to detect the tiniest traces of heavy metals in drinking water and fish, which could be over ... Read more...
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Stamping out rumours, viruses with mathematics
August 12th, 2012 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bern, Aug 12 (IANS) Tracing the source of epidemics or crime has become much more complicated in the age of Internet connectivity, unlike detecting those committed by old, mafia-style ... Read more...
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Milk compound tough on waistline isolated
June 6th, 2012 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Berne, June 6 (IANS) Scientists have identified a natural milk compound that keeps obesity at bay in mice even as they continue to enjoy high-fat diets.
"This is present in ... Read more...
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Breakthrough promises cheap biosolar energy
February 3rd, 2012 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) A bio-solar breakthrough to produce cheap and efficient energy by tapping the plant's photosynthetic process has been achieved, claim scientists.Barry D. Bruce, professor of biochemistry at ... Read more...
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Tweaking gene turns tissues into super muscles
November 22nd, 2011 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 22 (IANS) Scientists have done the unthinkable -- they created super-strong, high-endurance mice and worms by suppressing a natural muscle-growth inhibitor.
With the tweaked gene (suppressed inhibitor) out ... Read more...
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Now, brain-powered machines to become more intelligent, user-friendly
February 18th, 2011 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): A team of scientists in Switzerland have created a brain-machine interface that learns about its user, allows for periods of rest, and even multitasks.In a typical brain-computer interface ... Read more...
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New model paves way for drugs to fight Parkinson’s disease
February 2nd, 2011 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): New drugs to combat Parkinson's disease (PD) may soon be available, for researchers have developed a new mammalian model for studying a specific gene mutation commonly found in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Humans kick-started climate change ‘at least 8000 years ago’
January 25th, 2011 - 5:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 25 (ANI): A new study has found that climate change is not a recent phenomena - in fact, humans began influencing climate at least 8000 years ago."Humans didn't wait for ... Read more...
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Robots designed with insect instincts
June 29th, 2010 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 29 (IANS) Making leaps in the field of artificial intelligence, an engineer has created a grasshopper-inspired jumping robot.
Mirko Kovac, a young robotics engineer from the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
New solar cell technology best suited for India: Inventor
June 10th, 2010 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Rahul Dass
Helsinki, June 10 (IANS) India will stand to significantly gain from a new technology on solar power as it is cheap, green and efficient, says Michael Gratzel, winner of this ... Read more...
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Thinking about a task helps to do it better
December 4th, 2009 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 4 (IANS) Thinking persistently about a task could help to do it better, lab studies suggest.
"When trained, radiologists are able to detect anomalies on medical images which are extremely hard ... Read more...
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How constant stimulus can aid perceptual learning
December 4th, 2009 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 4 (ANI): Thinking about something over and over again could actually be as good as doing it, says new study on perpetual learning.Elisa Tartaglia of the Laboratory of Psychophysics at ... Read more...
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Top tennis players better than others at seeing objects drawing near at high speeds
September 12th, 2009 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 12 (ANI): Top tennis players like Roger Federer are simply better in certain visual perception skills than others, and they are very fast at creating an internal simulation of ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
New molecule discovery may help combat Type 2 diabetes, obesity
September 2nd, 2009 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 2 (ANI): Type 2 diabetes can be treated, and weight gain reduced by activating a protein called TGR5, according to a new study.Swiss researchers Dr. Kristina Schoonjans and Prof. ... Read more...
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High-fat diet fights off beneficial gene variant
January 7th, 2009 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 7 (ANI): A gene variant, earlier known to protect people against weight gain and insulin resistance, could have an opposite effect in people who eat a high-fat diet and ... Read more...
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”Anti-aging” pill may reverse time clock in humans
November 8th, 2008 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 8 (ANI): After successfully conducting studies on mice, scientists have claimed that SRT1720, touted as an "anti-aging pill, can be tested in human trials.The new drug study from ... Read more...
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Scientists re-create the life of a glacier from 1874 to 2100
October 30th, 2008 - 4:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 30 (ANI): Scientists have developed a numerical model that can re-create the state of Switzerland''s Rhone Glacier as it was in 1874 and predict its evolution until the year ... Read more...
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Computer criminals can hear what you type on a keyboard
October 22nd, 2008 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 22 (ANI): Swiss researchers have shown that computer criminals can misuse the electromagnetic signals produced by when buttons on a keyboard to eavesdrop on what a user types.
Martin ... Read more...
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New technique produces tougher glass
September 8th, 2008 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 8 (IANS) Swiss researchers have developed a new technique to fabricate borosilicate glass nanoparticles, which could extend the range of applications in optical, biomedical and electronic fields.For example, used in ... Read more...
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Yeast protein may harbour cure for Parkinson’’s disease
August 15th, 2008 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 15 (ANI): A protein that yeast uses to protect itself from protein aggregation may harbour the cure for Parkinson disease (PD), says an international research team.The team, comprising ... Read more...
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Scientists achieve record light conversion efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells
June 30th, 2008 - 3:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 30 (ANI): Researchers at the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China have achieved a record light conversion efficiency of 8.2% in solvent-free ... Read more...
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Tennis aces possess superior perceptual skills than the rest of us
June 11th, 2008 - 1:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington , June 11 (ANI): With Wimbledon knocking on the door, tennis fans must be craving to see Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer doing their stints on the green court. But ... Read more...
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The robotic computer that behaves like a kid
February 19th, 2008 - 5:41 pm ICT by admin
Washington, February 19 (ANI): The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York is all set to exhibit a half computer, half robot called Wizkid that behaves talks to the user just ... Read more...
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