Phelps retiring at right time: Soviet gymnast Latynina
August 3rd, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) "American swimmer Michael Phelps is right to quit the sport after breaking my record of 18 Olympic medals," says former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina.Phelps ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Deaf quicker at catching body language
January 13th, 2012 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 13 (IANS) Deaf people who rely on sign language are quicker at catching on to body language than people with normal hearing, reveals a study.
The latest study ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Australia suffering from women brain drain
April 11th, 2011 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, April 11 (IANS) The Australian economy was suffering because women scientists do not receive the same opportunity as their male peers resulting in brain drain, a top scientist has ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Even mild stress can lead to long-term disability
March 24th, 2011 - 11:25 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 24 (ANI): A new study has revealed that even relatively mild stress can lead to long-term disability and an inability to work.It is well known that mental health problems are ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Chris Leben Takes Down Yoshihiro Akiyama
July 4th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
July 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The UFC 116 clash between Chris Leben and Yoshihiro Akiyama was a highly anticipated one as the latter's judo expertise and the formers street brawling techniques ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
How can some people unerringly complete your sentence?
March 30th, 2010 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 30 (IANS) You might wonder how someone else completes your sentence, predicting exactly what you are about to say.
People are startlingly accurate in their ability to make these predictions, ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Scientists writing foolproof computer security code
December 30th, 2009 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) We often see websites asking us to key in wavy letters into a box to prevent computer robots from hacking into servers and databases. But these codes, which ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
New method to avoid hacking of “captcha” security codes
December 30th, 2009 - 4:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 30 (ANI): Researchers at Tel Aviv University have found a new way to fix the security holes linked with the popular "captcha" security mechanism- wavy letters websites ask us to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New computer game harnesses human intuition to solve complex problems
July 29th, 2009 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 29 (ANI): A new computer game prototype, called FunSAT, utilises human ability of intuition to help solve a fundamental problem underlying many computer hardware design tasks.The online logic puzzle combines ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
An android toll collector: How cool would that be?
July 17th, 2009 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, July 17 (IANS) Scientists say humanity is still 50 years from developing robots that will be able to speak in 'human-like' voices, mimic our motions and interact with us. How will ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Horses can match faces to sounds just like humans
December 16th, 2008 - 3:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 16 (ANI): Horses have an almost human ability to recognise individual herd members from the sound of their whinnies, a study has shown.The findings suggest that the "cross modal" ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Best way to cope with upsets is to step back
September 24th, 2008 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS) The best way to cope with upsets or depression is to analyse your feelings from the perspective of distance, suggests the latest research.Processing emotions is supposed to help ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Analysing your problems from a distance can beat depression
September 24th, 2008 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 24 (ANI): People can cope with depression by controlling their emotions and analysing the upsetting event as a person watching it happen, an approach widely associated with Buddhist philosophies.
Ethan ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Like adults, babies too “chunk” information to boost memory
July 15th, 2008 - 1:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 15 (ANI): Like adults, kids as young as 14 months can recall things more easily by grouping objects together, says a new research conducted by the Johns Hopkins University scientists.
The ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Rice Universitys computer chip makes it to Technology Review’s top 10
February 20th, 2008 - 4:23 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 20 (ANI): The gambling computer chip technology by Rice University, which can boost battery life as much as tenfold on cell phones and laptops while slashing development costs for chipmakers, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |