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Elite sportsmen likely to be handsome (Re-issue)

November 22nd, 2009 - 4:24 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 22 (ANI): Apart from hard work, grit and, raw talent, there is another trait of the most accomplished jocks - a handsome face, says a new research. A research team led ...

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Greenland ice loss responsible for a sixth of sea-level rise

November 22nd, 2009 - 3:33 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 22 (ANI): Between 2000 and 2008, Greenland lost 1500 cubic kilometres of ice, which is responsible for one-sixth of global sea-level rise, says scientists. Michiel van den Broeke of Utrecht University ...

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US ‘to ban drinks containing combination of alcohol, caffeine’

November 22nd, 2009 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 22 (ANI): The US Food and Drug Administration has announced that drinks, which contain a combination of alcohol and caffeine, will be banned within months if proven to be unsafe. The ...

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Comets may have delivered water on Moon

November 21st, 2009 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI -
London, November 21 (ANI): Evidence from NASA's LCROSS mission has suggested that water found in the lunar impact recently was delivered by comets rather than forming on the surface through an interaction ...

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Elite sportsmen likely to be handsome

November 20th, 2009 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 20 (ANI): Apart from hard work, grit and, raw talent, there is another trait of the most accomplished jocks - a handsome face, says a new research. A research team led ...

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Killer bees may have nasty sting, but they aren’t too smart

November 20th, 2009 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI -
London, November 20 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have determined that killer bees may be among the most feared of all insects because of their sting, but they aren't too smart. Killer ...

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Facebook refuses to embed ‘report abuse’ button

Facebook refuses to embed ‘report abuse’ button

November 19th, 2009 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI -
London, November 19 (ANI): Reports indicate that social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have refused to embed a "report button" that would allow users to report abuse. According to a report ...

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Cellphones to fight sound pollution through ‘Noise Tube’

November 19th, 2009 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI -
London, November 19 (ANI): Cellphones could soon be used to fight noise pollution, with a downloadable software called NoiseTube using people's smartphones to monitor noise pollution. According to a report in New Scientist, ...

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World on track to warm by 6 degrees Celsius by century end

November 19th, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI -
London, November 19 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have determined that the world is on track to warm by a whopping 6 degrees Celsius by the end of this century. According to ...

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‘NoiseTube’: cell phone app that maps noise pollution

November 19th, 2009 - 1:29 pm ICT by ANI -
London, November 19 (ANI): Mobile phones will soon be upgraded to monitor noise pollution. Nicolas Maisonneuve of the Sony Computer Science Laboratory in Paris, France, has introduced a downloadable software app, called 'NoiseTube,' ...

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Mysterious ‘dark flow’ may be sign of neighboring universe

November 17th, 2009 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI -
London, November 17 (ANI): An analysis of the mysterious 'dark flow' seen in outer space has suggested that something big is out there beyond the visible edge of our universe, which may ...

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Bangladesh mass poisoning mystery solved by scientists

November 17th, 2009 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI -
London, November 17 (ANI): Scientists have determined that the source of the arsenic that turns up in lethal quantities in hundreds of thousands of wells across Bangladesh is ponds, thus solving one ...

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Soon, ‘time-travelling’ browsing technology to navigate web’s past

November 17th, 2009 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 17 (ANI): A 'time-travelling' web browsing technology is being pioneered at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to make it simpler to find old versions of web pages. Called ...

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Musical brains easily pick out speech from background noise (Re-issue)

November 15th, 2009 - 3:43 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 15 (ANI): Fail to keep track of conversations at noisy parties? Well, learn playing an instrument to enhance your ability to pick up emotional cues in conversation, says a new ...

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Common cold virus may stave off swine flu (re-issue)

November 15th, 2009 - 3:39 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 15 (ANI): The virus responsible for causing common cold may help fend off common cold, reveals a new study. In the study, researchers found that that the percentage of throat swabs ...

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Common cold virus may stave off swine flu

November 14th, 2009 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 14 (ANI): The virus responsible for causing common cold may help fend off common cold, reveals a new study. In the study, researchers found that that the percentage of throat swabs ...

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Musical brains easily pick out speech from background noise

November 14th, 2009 - 12:06 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 14 (ANI): Fail to keep track of conversations at noisy parties? Well, learn playing an instrument to enhance your ability to pick up emotional cues in conversation, says a new ...

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Controversial ‘third parent’ technique could breathe new life into ‘old’ eggs

November 12th, 2009 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 12 (ANI): Japanese scientists claim eggs donated by young women could be used to repair the damaged eggs of older women, increasing the chances of successful fertilisation. IVF often fails in ...

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Even less loud sounds can damage ears

November 12th, 2009 - 11:56 am ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 12 (ANI): Sounds, which are comparatively less loud than damaging noise, can take a toll on a person's hearing ability, a study on mice has found. In the research, researchers found ...

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Oral sex common among bats

November 11th, 2009 - 12:32 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 11 (ANI): A new study has shown that female short-nosed fruit bats perform fellatio on their partners during copulation. The study also revealed that mating pairs spent more time copulating if ...

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Club-winged songbird’s vibrating feathers produce courtship song

November 11th, 2009 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 11 (ANI): Club-winged manakins might not use their specialised feathers for flying, but when it comes to courting a potential mate they can be music to the ears, say researchers ...

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Rain might have helped Stone Age humans to cross the Sahara

November 10th, 2009 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI -
London, November 10 (ANI): New evidence has indicated that wet spells may have helped Stone Age humans cross the Sahara desert on their way out of Africa about 93,000 years ago. According ...

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Deadly combo of bad luck and climate change may have killed Neanderthals

November 9th, 2009 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI -
London, November 9 (ANI): A scientist has suggested that the Neanderthals might have gone extinct because of a deadly combination of bad luck and climate change. According to a report in New Scientist, ...

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Now, in-car technology that gives warnings over reckless driving

November 9th, 2009 - 1:29 pm ICT by ANI -
London, November 9 (ANI): Using in-car technology that gives out warnings over reckless driving may help reduce number of teenage deaths on the roads, experts believe. Safety engineer Oren Musicant at Ben-Gurion University ...

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Pilots’ artificial horizon due for a revamp

November 7th, 2009 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI -
London, November 7 (ANI): A cockpit ergonomics researcher has determined that the artificial horizon, the instrument that tells pilots how their aircraft is banking, is due for a revamp. According to a report ...

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Award-winning laser-powered robotic climber paves way for ’space elevator’

November 7th, 2009 - 12:28 pm ICT by ANI -
London, November 7 (ANI): A laser-powered robotic climber has won 900,000 dollars NASA prize in a competition designed to spur technology for a future elevator to space. Building a space elevator would require ...

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Great Whites hang out in Pacific’s ’shark cafe’ to pick ‘local’ mates!

November 7th, 2009 - 12:18 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 7 (ANI): Sharks from the Pacific Ocean hang out at a place called the 'white shark cafe' so that they can to look for "local" mates, concludes a new study. Great ...

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Fiery mountains of coal may have caused mass extinction 250 mln yrs ago

November 6th, 2009 - 12:44 pm ICT by ANI -
London, November 6 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have suggested that fiery mountains of coal might have caused the most devastating mass extinction on Earth around 250 million years ago. Around 250 ...

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New SMS technology to offer smart apps to basic cellphones in India

New SMS technology to offer smart apps to basic cellphones in India

November 5th, 2009 - 12:18 pm ICT by ANI -
London, November 05 (ANI): People who can't afford sophisticated cell phones have a reason to smile - a new technology will bring internet-based services to the most basic handsets. What's more, the ...

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Scientists develop rare cells in lab to counter autoimmune diseases

November 4th, 2009 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 4 (ANI): British scientists have succeeded in producing a huge quantity of rare cells that can help counter autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes and multiple sclerosis. Autoimmune disease are ...

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