Now, robots that can hide from humans while spying!
March 22nd, 2011 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 22 (ANI): Researchers at the Lockheed Martin's Advanced Technology Laboratories have developed a robot that could operate around humans without being detected.The robot takes a zigzag path to avoid well-lit ... Read more...
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Memory ‘may be built with Lego-like building blocks of knowledge’
March 18th, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 18 (ANI): How does our brain create memories and store information?While many neuroscientists consider the human brain as being totally malleable, a Swiss scientist has suggested that its neurons may ... Read more...
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Now, a tiny white bread mint like capsule to track cancer in the body
March 16th, 2011 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 16 (ANI): Scientists have developed a tiny white breath mint like little capsule that can track the growth of a tumour without repeated invasive procedures."With this, we are going to ... Read more...
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People with similar levels of happiness tweet together
March 15th, 2011 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 15 (ANI): Scientists have found that happier people tend to tweet together, as do people who are less happy, with few tweets linking the happy and the unhappy.They made the ... Read more...
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Japan earthquake fault may have slipped some 40 metres
March 13th, 2011 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 13 (ANI): The massive earthquake - one of the largest ever recorded - that struck Japan last week appears to have moved the area of fault by about 40 metres ... Read more...
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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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Drug-carrying microbot roams through eye
March 11th, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 11 (ANI): A new system that effectively delivers drugs to the eyes, using a microbot, could offer hope to thousands of patients who suffer from conditions like age-related macular degeneration, ... Read more...
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Violent video games may help soldiers sleep better
March 9th, 2011 - 12:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 9 (ANI): A new study has suggested that regularly playing video games, involving combat and war, could help soldiers cope with nightmares and sleep better.Jayne Gackenbach of Grant MacEwan University ... Read more...
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Losing a night’s sleep ‘can turn you into a reckless gambler’
March 8th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 8 (ANI): A new study has shown that losing even a night's sleep can turn a gambler reckless.Scott Huettel at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, showed that a single ... Read more...
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Agreeing to your friends’ views can cause a shift in your own opinion
March 7th, 2011 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 7 (ANI): Conforming to others' views can cause a real shift in your own opinion, say scientists.To come to this conclusion, Jamil Zaki at Harvard University and colleagues asked men ... Read more...
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Empowered women smoke more than men: Study
March 7th, 2011 - 11:53 am ICT by ANI
London, March 07 (ANI): A new study has indicated that empowered women smoke more than men.According to a report, though it was only in the west that smoking among women was associated ... Read more...
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Did Europeans use magic mushrooms to get high 6000 yrs ago?
March 7th, 2011 - 11:07 am ICT by ANI
London, Mar 7 (ANI): New evidence suggests that Europeans may have used magic mushrooms in religious rituals 6000 years ago.A cave mural found in Spain depicts fungi with hallucinogenic properties - the ... Read more...
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Antarctic ice ‘may be more stable than previously thought’
March 5th, 2011 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 5 (ANI): Antarctica's ice may have hung on for the past 200,000 years, surviving the last interglacial- suggesting the ice sheet may be more stable than previously thought.A new study ... Read more...
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New robotic hand types like its human counterpart
March 4th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 4 (ANI): Engineers in US have developed a robotic hand that is capable of performing human tasks such as opening doors and typing.The researchers have been trying to create robots ... Read more...
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Genetic treatment to thwart HIV shows promise
March 4th, 2011 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 4 (ANI): A ground-breaking treatment to prevent HIV by genetically altering blood cells so the virus cannot invade them has shown promise in initial tests.For the treatment, white blood cells ... Read more...
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Bitter drinks make you more judgmental: Study
February 28th, 2011 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 28 (ANI): A new study has claimed that people who take bitter drinks become more judgmental because bitter tastes alters moral compass.Kendall Eskine at the City University of New York ... Read more...
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Shaped pulses could make opaque film see-through
February 27th, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 27 (ANI): A non-invasive technique for targeting cancer cells may soon become a reality, thanks to researchers who have found a new way of providing crystal clear vision through an ... Read more...
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Now, an ‘illusion cloak’ that shows you what’s not there!
February 25th, 2011 - 11:23 am ICT by ANI
London, Feb 25 (ANI): There was the invisibility cloak and this time it's an illusion cloak - a device that can change an object's appearance.The technology could ultimately be used to hide ... Read more...
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Most people with ‘locked in’ syndrome are happy: Survey
February 24th, 2011 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 24 (ANI): A new survey has found that despite living life using only rudimentary speech or limited movements such as blinking or moving eyes, most people suffering from the 'locked ... Read more...
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New app to convert your cell phone into personal concert speaker!
February 24th, 2011 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 24 (ANI): Open-air music festivals often have poor sound quality, but that could soon change, courtesy an audio-enhancing app for cellphones.Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark, led by Jakob ... Read more...
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Now, a car that can be controlled by driver’s thoughts!
February 22nd, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 22 (ANI): German engineers have created a car, the direction and speed of which can be overridden by the driver's thoughts.The practical implication could be cars for people with disabilities ... Read more...
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Ambidextrous people ‘easier to manipulate than right-handers’
February 22nd, 2011 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 22 (ANI): Almost 90 percent of people use their right hand for almost all activities, while the remaining 10 percent is divided between the left-handed and the ambidextrous, people who ... Read more...
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Did Neanderthals use feathers to deck themselves up?
February 22nd, 2011 - 11:51 am ICT by ANI
London, Feb 22 (ANI): A new study has found that Neanderthals may have used feathers as ornaments most likely in the same manner they used shells.Archaeologists say they have found evidence that ... Read more...
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Starless planets could be warm enough for human survival: Study
February 21st, 2011 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 21 (ANI): It seems that starless planets may be able to harbour human life after all.In what has offered new possiblies of life around the galaxy, it has emerged that ... Read more...
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Scientists find proteins that reverse learning problems in Down’s mice
February 19th, 2011 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 19 (ANI): In a new study, scientists were able to reverse developmental problems in mice that had Down's syndrome by injecting their mothers with two proteins while they were still ... Read more...
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News on blogs spreads ‘just like earthquakes’
February 16th, 2011 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 16 (ANI): A new study has found that the manner in which news spreads through online blogs is very similar to the statistical behaviour of earthquakes.Researchers at Medical University of ... Read more...
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Even a minor cut ‘can trigger tumour’
February 15th, 2011 - 4:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 15 (ANI): Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, have found that even a minor cut can rouse dormant cancer cells into forming a tumour.To determine how cancerous genetic ... Read more...
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Beware! Your lover may be cyberstalking you
February 15th, 2011 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 15 (ANI): Ever felt that someone was snooping on your email account or watching your movements? You might be right, according to a new study.Sloane Burke at East Carolina ... Read more...
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Why women feel anxious, depressed and irate at that ‘time of the month’
February 15th, 2011 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 15 (ANI): For centuries, the mystery of why women are irate and anxious during 'that time of the month' has flummoxed many but a new study finds the exact reason ... Read more...
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Liking for sweetness might help alcoholics kick the habit
February 13th, 2011 - 11:58 am ICT by ANI
London, Feb 13 (ANI): Alcoholics who have a sweet tooth are more likely to kick the habit using a common drug treatment, according to a new study.Naltrexone, a drug that blocks ... Read more...
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Sheep are smart enough to make ‘executive decisions’
February 12th, 2011 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 12 (ANI): Unlike previously thought, sheep are actually so smart that they make 'executive decisions', have long memories and can remember friends for two years.University of Cambridge researchers have said ... Read more...
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MRI scanner for wine could detect liquid explosives at airports
February 10th, 2011 - 7:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 10 (ANI): Millions of air travellers who face restrictions in carrying liquids along with them are about to benefit from a device that was initially designed to scan the chemical ... Read more...
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Practice can make you a perfect liar!
February 9th, 2011 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 9 (ANI): Like many other things in life, a person's lying skills get better with practice, according to a new study, which suggested that repeated lying overcomes our tendency for ... Read more...
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Mimicking the woodpecker to inspire new-age shock absorbers
February 5th, 2011 - 4:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 5 (ANI): A new study from the University of California attempts to mimic the woodpecker's pecking action in order to apply it to new-age shock absorbing systems.Sang-Hee Yoon and Sungmin ... Read more...
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Now, high-tech prosthetic arms that can be controlled with thoughts!
February 4th, 2011 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Northwestern University scientists have developed high-tech prosthetic arms that can be controlled using thoughts instead of a motor.After an amputation, the nerves in a stump remain healthy, at ... Read more...
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