3D microscopy to help crack Alzheimer’s secrets
February 19th, 2012 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 19 (IANS) Scientists have edged closer to cracking Parkinson's and Alzheimer's secrets with the help of cutting edge 3D microscopy.
Underwritten by neural network algorithms (artificial intelligence), the ... Read more...
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Winslet’s kids not interested in 3D ‘Titanic’
February 15th, 2012 - 10:15 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 15 (IANS) Actress Kate Winslet has revealed her kids are not interested about the 3-D re-release of her movie 'Titanic'.The 36-year-old is very excited about seeing her most ... Read more...
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Scientists crack protein code of killer parasite
January 9th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) Researchers have cracked the protein code of a malaria parasite that killed 655,000 people in 2010.The protein is an enzyme that Plasmodium falciparum - the protozoan ... Read more...
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Scientists claim Large Hadron Collider could unlock secret of time travel
March 21st, 2011 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 21 (ANI): Scientists have claimed that the key to unlocking the secret of time travel could lie in the 17-mile-long Large Hadron Collider (LHC) based underground near Geneva.The theory ... Read more...
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“The Craigslist Killer” Movie Premieres On Lifetime
January 4th, 2011 - 6:57 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Jan 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The poor girl gets cheated on by her picture-perfect murderer husband. "The Craigslist Killer" is an original Lifetime film that was premiered this Monday, at 9:00 ... Read more...
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An ‘invisibility cloak’ that really does hide things!
November 24th, 2010 - 11:40 am ICT by ANI
London, Nov 24 (ANI): You have seen it in movies and read about it in fantasy novels, but invisibility cloak may no more be just a figment of your imagination.Researchers at London's ... Read more...
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Device that won’t let motorists fall asleep
November 11th, 2010 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 11 (IANS) Scientists have developed a device to prevent motorists from falling asleep -- potentially saving 300,000 people from sudden deaths worldwide.
The system, devised at the Fraunhofer Institute in ... Read more...
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Coming soon: Device that wakes up drivers snoozing at the wheel
November 11th, 2010 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 11 (ANI): In an aim to help keep drowsy drivers alert on the road, a team of German scientists have invented a built-in sensor that will sound an alarm the ... Read more...
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Elasticity in joints help ostriches run fast: Study
October 27th, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 27 (ANI): A new study has found that Ostriches-the fastest bird on the land-use tendons to store and return twice as much elastic energy per step than humans.This reduces ... Read more...
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Eyetracker software to prevent drivers from nodding off at the wheel
October 14th, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 14 (ANI): Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT in Ilmenau, Germany, have developed an assistant system that tracks a driver's eye movements and issues a warning ... Read more...
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CA admits IPL clause not behind Hussey’s extended CSK Champions League stint
October 13th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Oct 13 (ANI): Cricket Australia has admitted that it was only at its insistence that Michael Hussey stayed with Chennai Super Kings instead of joining teammates in India for the Test ... Read more...
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3-D computer simulations help shed light on supernovae explosions
September 20th, 2010 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 20 (ANI): Scientists have found a novel way to make three dimensional computer simulations of supernovae explosions that may help in understanding these explosions better.Princeton-led team used powerful supercomputers to ... Read more...
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New mechanism to pave way for methods to screen Alzheimer’s drugs
August 21st, 2010 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 21 (ANI): Researchers at UC Davis have found a mechanism by which the amyloid protein damages the brain- a finding that could lead to new ways to screen drugs for ... Read more...
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Now, 3D heart scans to replace invasive diagnosis
July 23rd, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, July 23 (ANI): A new technique that allows doctors to "slice" open 3D images of the heart could lead to fewer people undergoing invasive operations to get defects diagnosed, claims a ... Read more...
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Facebook addicts ‘can’t relate’
June 10th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 10 (ANI): A leading neuroscientist has said that youths addicted to social networking sites are struggling to relate.The fact that they have hundreds of friends on such sites leads ... Read more...
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3-D, fly-through movies to explore Medieval Nottingham Caves
May 23rd, 2010 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 23 (ANI): Archaeologists have struck upon a brilliant technology to explore the unseen network of nearly 500 tunnels and caves, in a layer of rock called Sherwood Sandstone beneath the ... Read more...
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Discovering the unknown about Nottingham’s medieval sandstone caves
May 14th, 2010 - 3:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 14 (ANI): A combination of old and new technology - laser and pedal power - is being used to uncover hitherto unknown facts about the layout of Nottingham's sandstone caves. ... Read more...
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Novel method to speed up output of aircraft engines
May 8th, 2010 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 8 (IANS) Complex-shaped components in aircraft engines can be produced quickly and at a reasonable price using selective laser melting, a new study says.
Aircraft engine components must perform under ... Read more...
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Car simulator unveiled in Queensland
March 19th, 2010 - 5:53 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, March 19 (ANI): Queensland's University of Technology has unveiled a new driving simulator that can help reduce the road toll by providing data on how alcohol or sleep deprivation can affect ... Read more...
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Major Antarctic glacier ‘passes critical tipping point’
January 14th, 2010 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 14 (ANI): A new modelling study by researchers at University of Oxford has revealed that a major Antarctic glacier has passed its tipping point.Richard Katz of the University of ... Read more...
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Milky Way is a gigantic, flattened cosmic beachball
January 7th, 2010 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 7 (ANI): In a new research that involved the mapping of the shape of the galactic dark matter, astronomers have determined that the halo of dark matter surrounding our Milky ... Read more...
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New system can detect plastic anti-personnel mines
December 23rd, 2009 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 23 (ANI): In a new study, a team of European scientists has devised a method for locating plastic anti-personnel mines, which are manufactured to avoid detection by metal detectors.The technique ... Read more...
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Robotic hand facilitates rhythmic surgery on beating heart
December 11th, 2009 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 11 (IANS) A computerised 3D model will facilitate heart surgery in synchrony with its beats, thanks to a novel robotic hand.
The robotic technology predicts the movement of each heartbeat, enabling ... Read more...
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Northern Lights Of Saturn Expected To Boost Scientific Research
November 29th, 2009 - 8:13 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Nov. 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) These days, people are searching for the videos and images of the 'Northern Lights', after Cassini has captured the tallest 'northern lights' known to human beings. ... Read more...
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Cassini captures ‘ghostly dance’ of Saturn’s northern lights
November 25th, 2009 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 25 (ANI): In the first video showing the auroras above the northern latitudes of Saturn, Cassini has spotted the tallest known "northern lights" in the solar system, flickering in shape ... Read more...
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Warmer means windier on world’s biggest lake
November 18th, 2009 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 18 (ANI): Scientists have found that rising water temperatures are kicking up more powerful winds on Lake Superior in the US, with consequences for currents, biological cycles, pollution and more ... Read more...
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Scientists develop better technique to study bacterial swimming
October 5th, 2009 - 12:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 5 (ANI): Scientists have come up with a new way to watch bacteria as they swim, which is expected to eventually help trap Escherichia coli bacteria and modify the microbes' ... Read more...
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Scientists come a nano-step closer to weighing a single atom
July 28th, 2009 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 28 (ANI): In a new study, a team of scientists has understood how nanoparticles lose energy, thus coming a key step closer towards producing nanoscale detectors for weighing any single ... Read more...
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Sperm-like nano-devices may revolutionise drug delivery inside the body
May 28th, 2009 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 28 (ANI): A team of scientists, including an Indian-origin reserahcer, are working on remote-controlled nano-devices that look like sperm that may one day deliver drugs to where they are needed ... Read more...
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Spacecrafts may soon travel faster than light at ‘Star Trek’ warp speed
May 9th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 9 (ANI): Two physicists at Baylor University, US, have an idea that can turn traveling at the speed of light from science fiction to real science, just like the warp ... Read more...
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Now, an optical disc that can store 500GB of data
April 28th, 2009 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 28 (ANI): The General Electric (GE) company has unveiled a disc that can store 500 gigabytes (GB) of data, equivalent to 100 DVDs.According to a report by BBC News, the ... Read more...
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Google Chrome Experiments with 3-D
April 1st, 2009 - 10:43 pm ICT by GD
Google has gone a step ahead with its mastery over artificial intelligence with the creation of the world's first Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity (CADIE) which is a computer that can make changes ... Read more...
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Scientists invent world’s smallest periscopes
February 26th, 2009 - 6:08 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 26 (ANI): A team of scientists at Vanderbilt University in the US has invented the world's smallest version of the periscope and are using it to look at cells and ... Read more...
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Microscope that enables 3-D visualization of cells may revolutionise cancer detection
February 10th, 2009 - 4:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, February 10 (ANI): U.S. researchers at the University of Washington have announced the development of a new kind of microscope that can help visualize cells in three dimensions, an advance ... Read more...
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Improved microscopy to help more effective drug delivery
February 9th, 2009 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 9 (IANS) Improved microscopy for precisely measuring shapes and sizes of proteins could help scientists create new drugs that are a better match for the proteins they target.
The new ... Read more...
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