‘Safe House’-a snappy, serious thriller (IANS Movie Review)
February 18th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Safe House"; Cast: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Patrick; Director: Daniel Espinosa; Rating: ***1/2As the Wikileaks expose last year - that shamed governments the world over - shows, one man's ... Read more...
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‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ a masterful spy tale (IANS Movie Review)
December 30th, 2011 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"; Cast: Gary Oldman, John Hurt, Tom Hardy and Colin Firth; Director: Tomas Alfredson; Rating: **** 1/2A really good spy film, unlike the stupid cliches of ... Read more...
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Antibiotic resistance spreads rapidly between bacteria: Study
April 12th, 2011 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 12 (ANI): A research team at the University of Gothenburg in cooperation with Chalmers University of Technology has indicated that the part of bacterial DNA that often carries antibiotic resistance ... Read more...
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Prince Charles’ official online shop sells Wills, Kate jigsaw puzzle
March 21st, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 21 (ANI): Prince Charles' official online shop is selling a jigsaw featuring Prince William and his fiancee, Kate Middleton.The Highrove shop's Catherine and William Engagement Jigsaw with 250-pieces is ... Read more...
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How scientists identified anthrax used in bioterrorism
March 9th, 2011 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 9 (IANS) It took nearly a decade before researchers were allowed to talk about their work identifying the anthrax strain used in the 2001 deadly letter attacks.
University ... Read more...
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Lee has new tricks to contain World Cup batters
January 19th, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jan 19 (ANI): Fast bowler Brett Lee, who will lead the Australian pace attack in the World Cup, has added extra variation to his artillery, including a slower-ball bouncer.While still capable ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
NASA software could aid interpretation of medical imagery
October 15th, 2010 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 15 (ANI): Researchers at the Yale University in New Haven, have said that NASA software used to enhance Earth science imagery could help interpret medical imagery."The use of this computer-based ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Bronze age cities built by Aryans discovered
October 4th, 2010 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 4 (IANS) Archaeologists have discovered bronze age cities built by the Aryans in a remote Russian region, dating back to the beginning of Western civilisation in Europe.
Archaeologists have identified ... Read more...
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Missing piece of Mars puzzle may reveal whether life existed on planet
September 4th, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 4 (ANI): Experiments prompted by a 2008 surprise from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suggest that soil examined by NASA's Viking Mars landers in 1976 may have contained carbon-based chemical building ... Read more...
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Natobar Not Out Music Launch Takes Place On 17th August
August 19th, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 19, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Director Amit Sen's latest Bengali movie Natobar Not Out has launched its music the past Tuesday night, on 17th August, in the presence of all the ... Read more...
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New pieces in ancient Roman map puzzle to be unearthed
August 18th, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 18 (ANI): Archaeologists are all set to unearth several pieces of the world's oldest and largest unsolved jigsaw puzzle- a 2,200-year-old map of Rome made of thousands of marble fragments-by ... Read more...
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Queen’s jigsaw puzzles on display at Sandringham
April 3rd, 2010 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 3 (ANI): An exhibition offering an insight into the private life of the Royal family is on display at the Sandringham estate in West Norfolk, and it also features a ... Read more...
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‘Missing piece of jigsaw puzzle’ in brain message transmission found?
January 13th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 13 (ANI): Scientists have seemingly found the previously missing link that could help explain how our minds combine experiences from many different senses into one memory.Dietmar Plenz and Tara Thiagarajan ... Read more...
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‘Sherlock Holmes’ at elementary best yet again (IANS Film Review; Rating ***)
January 9th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Joginder Tuteja
Film: "Sherlock Holmes"; Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong;Director: Guy Ritchie; Rating: ***Trust filmmaker Guy Ritchie to keep reinventing himself with each outing. For someone ... Read more...
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Giant “super river” carved English Channel 450,000 years ago
November 30th, 2009 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 30 (ANI): A team of scientists has discovered that a giant "super river" that carved its way through the chalky white hills connecting southern England to northern France about 450,000 ... Read more...
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Experts better than machines at reconstructing fossils
November 17th, 2009 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 17 (IANS) Reconstructing ancient fossils from thousands of jumbled up pieces can be fiendishly challenging. A new study pitting academic expertise against a computer in recreating a 425 million-year old ... Read more...
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New home video shows MJ celebrating kids’ early birthdays
July 29th, 2009 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 29 (ANI): Michael Jackson's new home video has surfaced which shows him celebrating his children's early birthdays.It reveals his loving and intimate relationship with his children, as he sings ... Read more...
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Retina works like a multi-layered jigsaw puzzle of receptive fields
April 7th, 2009 - 4:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 7 (ANI): Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have found that the retina works like a multi-layered jigsaw puzzle of jagged windows called receptive fields, through which about ... Read more...
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DNA master regulator find may revolutionise diabetes, heart disease treatment
November 5th, 2008 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 5 (ANI): Penn State researchers have identified thousands of positions where a molecular master regulator is located in DNA to control genes in fat cells.
Dr. Mitchell Lazar, Director ... Read more...
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Assam police working on sketches of blast suspects
November 2nd, 2008 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 2 (IANS) Police in Assam said they would soon release a few sketches of suspects involved in one of the deadliest terror bombings in the region that killed 77 people ... Read more...
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Blame your genes for your poor reading ability
October 2nd, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 2 (ANI): A genetic variant believed to be associated with dyslexia can be partly blamed for poor reading ability, according to anew study.The researchers from University of Oxford have ... Read more...
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Brit sets record for worlds biggest jigsaw puzzle!
July 31st, 2008 - 5:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 31 (ANI): A British man has completed the worlds biggest jigsaw puzzle comprising of 24,000 pieces after six months.Eric Smith, 73, a retired sales manager, completed the 12ft by ... Read more...
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Haneef lawyers appeal for release of immigration documents
May 9th, 2008 - 4:16 pm ICT by admin
By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, May 9 (IANS) Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef's case has taken yet another turn with the Immigration Department refusing to release documents and his lawyers appealing against it. An application ... Read more...
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Now, a novel way to track genes, biological pathways linked to drug addiction
January 14th, 2008 - 5:00 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, January 14 (ANI): Chinese scientists have devises a novel technique to identify genes and other biological pathways associated with drug addiction.Their work attains significance as it may pave the ... Read more...
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