Scientists develop novel tumour busting technique
December 7th, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, Dec 7 (IANS) Even after tumours are surgically removed, they have a nasty way of coming back despite a heavy dose of chemotherapy or radiation. Researchers are now ... Read more...
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Russia launches manned spacecraft to ISS
November 14th, 2011 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 14 (IANS) Russia's manned Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft was successfully launched from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan Monday and was heading for the International Space Station (ISS), ... Read more...
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Has Black Hole wiped out all alien life?
March 24th, 2011 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 24 (IANS) A phenomenon known as a white dwarf hypernova could have sucked alien life into a black hole.Scientists have been long baffled how despite years of searching ... Read more...
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Did ‘white dwarf hypernova’ star explosion wipe out all alien life?
March 24th, 2011 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 24 (ANI): Despite years of searching, scientists have long been baffled how there has been no confirmation of life beyond our planet.But now some astronomers claim that a destructive force ... Read more...
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Radio-guided op safe, simple way to remove cancerous nodules in lung
February 28th, 2011 - 4:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 28 (ANI): Italian researchers have suggested that using tiny spheres of radioactive liquid to guide surgeons as they remove potentially cancerous material in the lungs is safe and more effective ... Read more...
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World’s toughest bacterium discovered
September 6th, 2010 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 6 (ANI): It seems scientists have discovered the world's toughest bacterium, which can survive massive exposures to gamma-radiation, ultraviolet radiation, desiccation, and other agents that kill cells by generating reactive ... Read more...
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Radiation levels down but not normal, says Greenpeace (Lead)
May 19th, 2010 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Radiation levels have come down in the six hotspots of west Delhi's Mayapuri area but were still not normal, environmental NGO Greenpeace said Wednesday. It warned that ... Read more...
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Radiation levels down in Mayapuri, says Greenpeace
May 19th, 2010 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Radiation levels have come down in the six hotspots of west Delhi's Mayapuri area but were still not normal, environmental NGO Greenpeace said Wednesday.
A team of ... Read more...
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Astrophysicists detect gamma rays emitting from heart of distant galaxy
October 3rd, 2009 - 3:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 3 (ANI): Astrophysicists have used the H.E.S.S. telescopes to detect gamma rays emitting from the heart of the NGC 253 galaxy.At a distance of some twelve million light years away, ... Read more...
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Gamma-ray burst may have caused mass extinction 440 million years ago
April 4th, 2009 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 4 (ANI): A new study has suggested that a brilliant burst of gamma rays may have caused a mass extinction event on Earth 440 million years ago, and a ... Read more...
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1,000 yr old supernova may be recorded in Antarctic ice
March 4th, 2009 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 4 (ANI): In an analysis of the nitrate content of an ice core drilled at Dome Fuji station in Antarctica, scientists have found what may be chemical traces of ... Read more...
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New detector can sniff out even low levels of gamma radiation
August 19th, 2008 - 5:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 19 (ANI): Scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California have produced a new detector sensitive even to low levels of gamma radiation.US shipping ports receive about ... Read more...
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Radiation knife cuts through tumours where conventional surgery fails
May 20th, 2008 - 5:58 pm ICT by admin
London , May 20 (ANI): Scientists have come up with a revolutionary new tool, called a gamma knife, which uses radio waves to treat life-threatening tumours that could not be removed ... Read more...
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