First people to reach America were Asians, scientists confirm (The Funny Side)
July 27th, 2012 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Asians were the first people to get to America. We crossed through Siberia to reach a huge land which was completely empty of humans. And this amazing discovery came from clues ... Read more...
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Giant ocean found on Saturn’s moon
June 30th, 2012 - 8:37 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Around 100 km beneath the rocky crust on Saturn's largest moon Titan is an ocean of water spanning the entirety of the celestial body, scientists ... Read more...
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Foreign firms under scanner after Kudankulam stir
April 12th, 2012 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The government has in a fresh order asked all foreign outfits in India to furnish it with updated details of their workers and nature ... Read more...
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Kolkata protest against PM comment on Kudankulam project
March 12th, 2012 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) A group of Kolkata residents Monday held a 12-hour fast against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's comments on agitations centred around the Kudankulam nuclear power plant ... Read more...
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Anti-Kudankulam struggle enters 200th day
March 2nd, 2012 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 2 (IANS) The people's struggle against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu entered its 200th day Friday with villagers raising Rs.100,000 for the chief ... Read more...
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Kudankulam agitators release statement of accounts
March 2nd, 2012 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 1 (IANS) On the eve of 200th day of their agitation against the Kudankulam nuclear project, the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) Thursday released a statement ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
German deported, anti-Kudankulam activist cries foul (Lead)
February 28th, 2012 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai/New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) A German national was deported from India Tuesday on grounds of raising funds for protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, prompting an anti-nuclear ... Read more...
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German deported, anti-Kudankulam activist cries foul
February 28th, 2012 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 28 (IANS) A German national was deported from India Tuesday on grounds of raising funds for protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, prompting an anti-nuclear activist ... Read more...
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Indian scientists give high marks to Manmohan (Lead)
February 26th, 2012 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 26 (IANS) Indian scientists give high marks to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for bringing about a "sea change" in India's scientific environment and showing grit on issues ... Read more...
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Indian scientists give high marks to Manmohan Singh
February 26th, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 26 (IANS) Indian scientists give high marks to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for bringing about a "sea change" in India's scientific environment and showing grit on issues ... Read more...
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China far ahead of India in science, PM tells US magazine
February 26th, 2012 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who vowed last month to more than double India's R&D; spending to $8 billion a year by 2017, has expressed concern ... Read more...
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Probe shows foreign hand behind Kudankulam stir: Narayanasamy
February 24th, 2012 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's contention that US and Scandinavian outfits were fuelling protests against Kudankulam power plant in Tamil Nadu was borne out by ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
PM should clarify Kudankulam remarks, says BJP
February 24th, 2012 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should clarify his remarks blaming "foreign NGOs" for anti-nuclear plant protests at Kudankulam ... Read more...
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Dolphins can learn new language even while asleep
January 25th, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 25 (IANS) Scientists have found dolphins to be possessing such ability that they can learn a second language even while asleep.According to scientists, captive dolphins in Port-Saint-Pere, in ... Read more...
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Ozone hole ‘affecting climate change in Southern Hemisphere’
April 22nd, 2011 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 22 (ANI): Researchers at Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science have found that the ozone hole, which is located over the South Pole, has affected the entire circulation ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
First stars in the universe weren’t as lonely as previously thought
February 4th, 2011 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 4 (ANI): Researchers from the Center of Astronomy at Heidelberg University, the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching, and The University of Texas at Austin have found that the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Birds decorate nest with plastic to keep rivals at bay
January 22nd, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 22 (ANI): A new Spanish study has suggested that black kites decorate its nest with large amounts of rubbish to prevent trespassing.It is a symbol of success, apparently-the biggest collections ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
IPCC looking for communications manager to tackle crisis situation
December 27th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 27 (ANI): The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is reportedly looking for its first Communications and Media Relations Programme Manager to help it avoid a mismanaged situation like last ... Read more...
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Did Hitler’s ’secret UFOs’ plan to attack London and New York?
November 18th, 2010 - 12:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 18 (ANI): It may sound unbelievable at first, but according to a new claim, Hitler's scientists built him a 'flying saucer' which was to be used to attack New York ... Read more...
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Moon’s water could sustain astronauts in space
October 22nd, 2010 - 12:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 22 (ANI): According to NASA, there are oases of water-rich soil on Moon's surface that could sustain astronauts."In about a tonne of material... you're talking 11-12 gallons of water that ... Read more...
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Scientists say that the precursor to the HIV was in monkeys for millennia
September 17th, 2010 - 9:40 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientists say they have found new evidence that the ancestor to the virus that causes AIDS, Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), have existed in monkeys for more years ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Monkeys Had HIV For Millennia
September 17th, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Sep17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a recent discovery scientists have found that the precursor of HIV to have been present in Monkeys for 32000 years compared to previous assumptions of it ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Fireflies blink in sync to attract females
July 10th, 2010 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 10 (IANS) Why do large groups of fireflies produce rhythmic, repeated flashes in unison - sometimes lighting up a whole forest at once. Believe it or not, it is to ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Understanding critical nucleus in haze formation
June 17th, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 17 (ANI): A new research by a Texan professor could pave the way for better understanding of aerosol formation, or haze - which represents a major environmental problem.Atmospheric aerosols - ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Mechanism that prepares newborn’s brain for information processing found
May 15th, 2010 - 11:31 am ICT by ANI
Washington, May 15 (ANI): A mechanism in the memory centre of newborn that adjusts the maturation of the brain for the information processing required later in life has been found by researchers ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
‘Once in a blue moon’ on New Year’s Eve
December 28th, 2009 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, December 28 (ANI): On New Year's Eve this year, party hoppers have another reason to rejoice, as they would be able to witness a 'blue moon', which would be visible after ... Read more...
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Snowflakes in pop culture drawn inaccurately
December 27th, 2009 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 27 (ANI): In a new research, a scientist has determined that snowflakes are usually drawn inaccurately in pop culture depictions.According to a report in Live Science, Thomas Koop of Bielefeld ... Read more...
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Fenetic variation might explain short sleep, says study
August 16th, 2009 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) A genetic variation might cause some people to need just a few hours of sleep to recover their energy, according to a study.
It seems that a mutation ... Read more...
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Cancer deaths to increase in Cuba this year, says report
August 3rd, 2009 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) Cancer will be the leading cause of death, while fatalaties due to cardiovascular diseases will occupy the second place on the list of fatal ailments in Cuba ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Scientists explain how maths can bring invisibility cloak closer to reality
March 6th, 2009 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 6 (ANI): Harry Potter''s invisibility cloak may have intrigued many of J.K. Rowling''s fans, and now researchers have come a step closer to realising it, by explaining how mathematics ... Read more...
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Meet the student who danced her PhD to victory!
November 27th, 2008 - 4:07 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 27 (ANI): In a rather innovative collaboration between science and art, a PhD student from University of Sydney has won an international dance contest, where participants had to actually ... Read more...
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Scientists identify cancer preventive molecule
November 17th, 2008 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) Scientists have linked aggressive cancer to the absence of a molecule and said the lack of the molecule could be a bio-indicator of developing cancer, Science Magazine ... Read more...
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Soft tissues recovered from dinos are just slime, claims new study
July 30th, 2008 - 12:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 30 (ANI): A new research has challenged the finding that soft, pliable tissues had been recovered from dissolved dinosaur bones in 2005.
The finding, made by paleontologists 3 years back, ... Read more...
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AIDS vaccine search in US makes major U-turn after letdowns
July 27th, 2008 - 9:26 am ICT by IANS
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Washington, July 27 (DPA) After major disappointments, AIDS research in the US is making a significant turn away from human clinical trials and back to laboratory basics in the search for an ... Read more...
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Nepal plans 12-fold increase in science budget
June 18th, 2008 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 18 (IANS) The new Nepalese government is planning a $125 million science budget for the current year - a whopping 12-fold increase over that of last year. The money will ... Read more...
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