Scientists figure out how placebo works
September 9th, 2012 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 9 (IANS) What makes placebos, sugar pills with no therapeutic or curative value, work? Scientists may now have found an explanation.People who suffer from a mild infection recover, ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Music helps children improve listening, learning
August 22nd, 2012 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 22 (IANS) A little music training in childhood can help improve brain functions in adulthood, especially the complex processing of sound involving listening and learning."Based on what we ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Today is World Environment Day 2012
June 5th, 2012 - 7:04 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, June 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) World Environment Day (WED) will be observed today all over the world. Run by the UNEP (UN’s Environment Programme), the aim of this event is to ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Knightley hates her bad skin
March 17th, 2012 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, March 17 (IANS) Actress Keira Knightley admits she has a host of hang-ups with her face, thanks to her "bad skin"."I'm incredibly self-conscious about the fact that ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Spanish singer to take a break due to exhaustion
February 2nd, 2012 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Feb 2 (IANS/EFE) Spanish singer Monica Naranjo wants to take a break from her career to focus her energies on her family and on her next artistic project, ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Test cricket deserves to be protected: Dravid
December 14th, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Canberra, Dec 14 (IANS) Former India captain Rahul Dravid feels Test cricket should be preserved and said day-night Test matches should be seriously considered by the International Cricket Council (ICC) ... Read more...
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Intel donates 625 laptops for Kerala e-learning school project
October 2nd, 2011 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 2 (IANS) IT major Intel is donating 625 Classmate Laptops to six government high schools in five districts of Kerala as part of the government's IT@School Project.The Kerala ... Read more...
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Overconfidence highly rewarding in tough challenges
September 15th, 2011 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 15 (IANS) Harbouring an inflated belief that we can easily overcome challenges or win battles actually works to our advantage. Overconfidence beats accurate assessments in a variety of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Socialising with friends can help you slim
September 7th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 7 (IANS) A busy social life with lots of friends could be helpful in being slimmer than spending hours on a treadmill, scientists have found.According to scientists, who ... Read more...
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Infants a model for robots?
September 4th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 4 (IANS) The way infants spend their initial months trying to figure their way around could serve as a model for training robots, an Indian American researcher says.
... Read more...
Posted in World |
Twittering sparrows are actually swapping insults
August 12th, 2011 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 12 (IANS) The twittering of sparrows can be uplifting for those who are feeling low, but mind you, the birds are actually swapping insults.
Their cheerful sounds have ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Consumers willing to pay more in relaxed state
July 29th, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 29 (IANS) Consumers are willing to pay more for a product in a relaxed frame of mind than they otherwise would.Columbia Business School business and marketing professor Michel ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Frog feet could solve sticky medical problems
July 3rd, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 3 (IANS) White's tree frogs have specially adapted self-cleaning feet which could solve some of the sticky medical problems as they could provide a re-useable, effective adhesive."Tree frog ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Pigeon vision can teach autopilots fly more accurately
July 3rd, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 3 (IANS) Pigeons' ability to navigate through forests quickly and accurately is inspiring new developments in robotics and autopilot technology.Scientists from Harvard University trained pigeons to fly through ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Just looking at a neighbourhood can give pointers to its safety
April 27th, 2011 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 27 (ANI): A new study has suggested that one has the capacity to judge urban neighbourhood safety just by looking at its physical structures.Through a combination of interrelated studies, Binghamton ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Brit teenage girls ‘find growing up tougher than boys’
April 18th, 2011 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 18 (ANI): A new research has indicated that teenage girls are finding it tough growing up in Britain and are more likely to suffer with bad health compared with boys ... Read more...
Posted in World |
It’s tough for teenaged girls to live in Britain: Study
April 17th, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 17 (IANS) Teenaged girls in Britain seem to be putting up with quite a challenging time than their mothers probably did. A new study suggests that twice as ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Soon, vaccine to cure asthma brought on by house dust mite allergies
March 22nd, 2011 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 22 (ANI): Researchers are developing a vaccine that could completely cure asthma brought on by house dust mite allergies.If successful, the vaccine, being developed by Monash University researchers, would have ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Novel discovery could lead to new stroke therapy
February 18th, 2011 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): Scientists at Lund University have discovered a substance that opens up the possibility of treatment up to two days after a stroke.The opportunities to treat a stroke have ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Study reveals ‘multiple species of catfish despite same colours, patterns’
January 6th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 6 (ANI): A new study has revealed that although catfish communities of South American contain almost identically coloured and patterned fish, they may be home to three or more different ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Most men are happy to be driven by their ladies
January 3rd, 2011 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 3 (ANI): Having her partner in the passenger seat can unnerve a woman driver, but most men love to be driven by their ladies, suggests a new study.According to the ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
India Post to print best tiger stamps by students
December 12th, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Three thousand schoolchildren took part in a Save the Tiger stamp designing competition here Sunday. The six best designs will be issued as India Post stamps on ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Nurture, not nature, influences aggression in kids
December 2nd, 2010 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Dec 2 (ANI): A new study has found that nurture rather than nature influences aggression in children.The study compares genetically related and genetically unrelated children born to parents using in-vitro fertilisation ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Milk, meat from cloned cattle ’safe to consume’
November 26th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 26 (IANS) Meat and milk from cloned cattle and their offspring is "no different to conventional produce and is safe to consume", British government advisers have said.The Advisory Committee on ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
North, not Hauritz should be Australia’s first-choice spinner: MacGill
November 7th, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov 7 (ANI): Former spinner Stuart MacGill has backed Marcus North to be retained for the coming Ashes series, as first-choice spinner.The selectors are debating over Nathan Hauritz, Steve Smith, Xavier ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Socialising can cause sleep problems
November 1st, 2010 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 1 (IANS) Extroverts who regularly socialise for half their day are more vulnerable to sleep deprivation than introverts, say researchers.The study, which looked at 48 people, suggests that one's ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Employees trained via video games do their jobs better
October 20th, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 20 (ANI): A new research has indicated that organizations using video games to train employees end up with smarter, more motivated workers who learn more and forget less.A University of ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Rupert Grint struggled with small film sets after Harry Potter
October 6th, 2010 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Oct 6 (ANI): Rupert Grint has revealed that he had trouble doing the low-budget films after working on the 'Harry Potter' movies.The flame-haired actor, who plays wizard Ron Weasley in ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
New study explores peer victimization amongst school kids
September 29th, 2010 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 29 (ANI): A new study from Concordia University examines the phenomenon of peer victimization in schools, where loners and antisocial kids are often bullied at school- an accepted form of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
HP completes acquisition of 3PAR for $2.35 billion
September 27th, 2010 - 9:55 pm ICT by BNO News
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Monday announced that it has completed the acquisition of 3PAR Inc. for a price of $33 per share in cash, or an enterprise ... Read more...
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In 10 years: Affordable robots to complete daunting home-tasks
September 26th, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 26 (ANI): Tidying a messy room is an everyday thing, but daunting chore. But soon, you could buy yourself a robot that would do all such tasks for you.Cornell University ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
India ranks 77 in best countries for business
September 9th, 2010 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) Despite the second highest growth in the world among major economies in 2009, India ranks 77 in Forbes Best Countries for Business list even as the US dropped ... Read more...
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Threatened USAID chief makes hasty exit from Pakistan
August 28th, 2010 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) USAID chief Rajiv Shah who was in Pakistan to oversee flood relief had to make a hasty exit from the country following a terrorist threat, a media report ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
One third of parents think playing with their kids is boring: UK study
August 28th, 2010 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 28 (ANI): Keeping kids entertained isn't exactly child's play. And a new UK research seems to have proved it by showing that a third of parents think spending time with ... Read more...
Posted in World |
USAID chief says jihadis almost got him in JuD flood relief camp
August 28th, 2010 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.28 (ANI): Highlighting the terror threat perspective in Pakistan, US Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah has said he was forced to exit a relief camp in the ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |