Sensors to detect nuclear blasts could also hear tsunamis, quakes
March 12th, 2011 - 12:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 12 (ANI): The Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization monitoring centre in Vienna, Austria, spotted yesterday's Japanese quake.It also alerted Indonesia and other governments to the quake off Sumatra that caused ... Read more...
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Study shows weakened trade winds in Tropical Atlantic
February 7th, 2011 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 7 (ANI): A new study has shown that trade winds in the tropical Atlantic have weakened and the pattern of ocean surface temperature has changed.And as a result, the equatorial ... Read more...
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Record-breaking whale swims 9,800 kms in search of love
October 13th, 2010 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 13 (ANI): A female humpback whale has astonished marine biologists by swimming over 9,800 kilometres from breeding areas in Brazil to those in Madagascar, setting a record for the longest ... Read more...
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Grunting during tennis leads to ’slower response, more decision errors’
October 2nd, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 2 (ANI): A researcher at University of Hawaii at Manoa has found that when players grunt with every tennis shot, it slows down their responses and causes them to make ... Read more...
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Muslim women who wear headscarves face workplace discrimination in US
September 29th, 2010 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 29 (ANI): A new study has found that Muslim women who wear headscarves face workplace discrimination in the US.Professor Sonia Ghumman from the University of Hawaii at Manoa Shidler College ... Read more...
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Global warming likely to impact rainfall patterns
March 1st, 2010 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 1 (IANS) Climate models project that the global average temperature will rise about 1 degree C by mid-century, if we continue with business as usual and emit greenhouse gases.
The ... Read more...
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Ocean temperature patterns in tropics and subtropics will change rainfall patterns
February 27th, 2010 - 5:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 27 (ANI): A team of scientists has found that that ocean temperature patterns in the tropics and subtropics will change in ways that will lead to significant changes in rainfall ... Read more...
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No evidence found for meteorite impact event 13,000 years ago
December 9th, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 9 (ANI): An international team of scientists has found no evidence supporting a meteorite impact event at the onset of the Younger Dryas - 13000 years ago.The Younger Dryas is ... Read more...
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Weight gain in adulthood linked to prostate cancer risk
September 12th, 2009 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 12 (ANI): Body size and weight gain in younger and older adulthood may help weigh a man's proneness to prostate cancer, according to a study by researchers at the University ... Read more...
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Fat women have ‘lower quality relationships’
June 24th, 2009 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 24 (ANI): Fat women are likely to have lower quality relationships, but the same doesn't hold true in case of men, finds a new study.Dr. Janet D. Latner, an Associate ... Read more...
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Second-born kids really are more rebellious
April 30th, 2009 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 30 (ANI): A new research has confirmed what many parents long suspected: Second-born kids are more likely to be rebellious in later life than their more conservative older siblings.According to ... Read more...
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Girls will be girls, boys will be boys
April 29th, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 29 (ANI): Whoever said 'Men are from Mars and women from Venus' should give a pat on his or her back, for scientists have found that sex-typed characteristics develop differently ... Read more...
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Prenatal meth exposure ’causes abnormal brain development in kids’
April 16th, 2009 - 12:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 16 (ANI): Using a drug called methamphetamine during pregnancy can cause abnormal brain development in children, says a new study.This study is the first of its kind to examine ... Read more...
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Scientists discover “slow earthquake” at Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii
August 31st, 2008 - 10:55 am ICT by ANI
Washington, August 31 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a magmatically triggered "slow earthquake" at Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. From June 17-19th 2007, Kilauea experienced a new dike intrusion, where magma rapidly moved ... Read more...
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Scientists discover an indicator that can predict coral health
July 19th, 2008 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 19 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a new indicator in a community of microscopic single-celled algae called dinoflagellates, which can predict coral health.Corals are fascinating organisms whose survival is dependent ... Read more...
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