Half of aerosols in America originate from other continents
August 23rd, 2012 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 23 (IANS) About half of the aerosols affecting air quality as well as causing climate change over North America seem to be originating from other continents, including Asia, ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Maryland netted $60 mn deals with India
December 13th, 2011 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) A six-day trade mission to India netted a total of $60 million in new business deals for Maryland and deals worth millions more are in the ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Anna Hazare’s arrest sparks anger in US
August 17th, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 17 (IANS) As social activist Anna Hazare's detention sparked anger among Indian-Americans, Arun Gandhi, US-based grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, said the government action made it a clash of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
US Boy Scout, Girl Scout manuals give stereotypical ideas about gender
April 9th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 9 (ANI): A study has found that America's scouts are being fed stereotypical ideas about femininity and masculinity by Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts manuals.Kathleen Denny, a sociology graduate ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
NASA EPOXI flyby offers new insights into comet features
November 5th, 2010 - 4:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 5 (ANI): Scientists say that initial images from NASA's EPOXI mission spacecraft that successfully flew past Comet Hartley 2 at 10 a.m. EDT Thursday, provide new information about the comet's ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
ADHD in childhood linked to depression in adolescence
October 5th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 5 (ANI): A new study has found that young children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at greater risk for adolescent depression and/or suicide attempts five to 13 years after diagnosis.Sixteen ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
University of Georgia UGA Takes Penn State’s ‘Top Party School’ Title
August 3rd, 2010 - 11:32 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Penn State has been stripped of their title as ‘Top Party School’ and replaced by a school in a small southern town, which has over one hundred bars ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Now, model that replicates tropical cyclone formation five days in advance
July 22nd, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 22 (ANI): A researcher at the University of Maryland-College Park has employed NASA's Pleiades supercomputer and atmospheric data to simulate tropical cyclone Nargis, which devastated Myanmar in 2008.The result: ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Using sari to filter water can provide protection against cholera
May 20th, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 20 (ANI): Sari cloth is a simple, sustainable protector from cholera, a study conducted in Bangladesh has revealed.Using the sari to filter household water protects not only the household from ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists reconstruct 3-D hand motions from brain signals
March 3rd, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 3 (ANI): A team of neuroscientists has successfully reconstructed 3-D hand movements using brain signals recorded in a non-invasive way.According to the researchers, their study may open new doors for ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
NASA identifies best case for middleweight black hole
November 11th, 2009 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 11 (ANI): Astronomers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have found that an X-ray source in galaxy NGC 5408 represents one of the best cases for a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Largest ring around Saturn discovered
October 7th, 2009 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 7 (ANI): An enormous ring around Saturn - by far the largest of the giant planet's many rings - has been discovered by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.The new belt lies ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists sequence bee-killing parasite genome
June 5th, 2009 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 5 (ANI): The genome of a parasite that can kill honey bees has been sequenced by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.Nosema ceranae is one of many pathogens suspected of contributing ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Porn flick ‘Pirates II’ dubbed better alternative to drinking or other dangerous activities
April 3rd, 2009 - 6:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 3 (ANI): After screening of the porn film 'Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge' was cancelled, a member of Maryland University's student union has said that it would have been a good ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Simulations shows how dust rings point to habitable planets
October 11th, 2008 - 1:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 11 (ANI): Simulations developed by a NASA supercomputer have shown that dusty disks around sunlike stars point to planets that might be habitable.
The simulations show that planets nearly as ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Shoppers spend less when they pay by cash
September 8th, 2008 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 8 (ANI): Shopoholics are likely to spend more while using a credit or gift card than cash buys, says a new study by Indian origin researchers.
After conducting four studies, ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Remote satellite imaging may help predict infectious disease outbreaks
September 3rd, 2008 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 3 (ANI): Researchers in the US have used a new way to predict outbreaks of cholera - a water-borne infectious disease.According to the researchers, this new technique could potentially ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Bats vocal sonar also helps it form spatial memory
June 27th, 2008 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 27 (ANI): A researcher at the University of Maryland, College Park, says that studying the vocal sonar of bats may help gain significantly deeper understanding of mechanisms in the ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Small star unleashes an extremely bright flare
May 20th, 2008 - 12:59 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 20 (ANI): NASAs Swift satellite has detected an extremely bright flare coming from a considerably small star a red dwarf.The flare, which is the brightest ever seen from a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |