Dining with friends can make you fat
September 3rd, 2012 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 3 (IANS) Dining with a friend could be bad for those on a diet - it tempts you into eating unhealthy dishes from the menu, just to keep ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
‘Faces prompt us to form complex judgements’
June 17th, 2012 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 17 (IANS) People make complex judgements about a person just by looking at the face, based on a number of factors that go beyond race and gender, says ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Sperms fight their way to female egg
May 8th, 2012 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 8 (IANS) A mass of sperms fight their way through the female reproductive tract to fertilise a egg, says a new research which explored the properties that distinguish ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Mumbai gets a new civic chief
April 30th, 2012 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 30 (IANS) As the current Mumbai civic body chief retired Monday, Sitaram Kunta, an IAS officer of the 1985 batch was named the new municipal commissioner of Brihanmumbai ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Gel soon to perk up male fertility
April 15th, 2012 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 15 (IANS) Scientists have discovered chemical compounds that boost the swimming ability of sperm cells, opening the way for a new gel to help couples conceive naturally.
Male ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
A broken heart can snuff out life
March 25th, 2012 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 25 (IANS) A broken heart could snuff out life in the wake of bereavement, which weakens our immune system and its ability to ward off infections, says a ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Sleep apnea treatment staves off heart failure
March 14th, 2012 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 14 (IANS) Getting treatment may not just help people with obstructive sleep apnea get a good night's rest but also stave off heart failure, says a study.Researchers discovered ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Humans mimic orang-utan moves in free running
February 27th, 2012 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 27 (IANS) Humans mimic their closest kin orang-utans to gain momentum when it comes to climbing and jumping, shows a new research.Thought to be huge and remotely acrobatic, ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
British scientists unravel Stonehenge riddle
December 19th, 2011 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 19 (IANS) Scientists in Britain have at long last unravelled the riddle about the origin of the Stonehenge rocks, pinpointing their source to north Pembrokeshire.
Geologists Robert Ixer ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Can paying too much attention ruin performance?
October 23rd, 2011 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 23 (IANS) Paying too much attention to what you're doing can not necessarily make it work right -- in fact it can actually ruin your performance!"We think when ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Altered ‘ecstasy’ could kill some blood cancers
October 6th, 2011 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 6 (IANS) Altering the chemistry of recreational drug 'ecstasy' could help kill certain types of blood cancers, suggests new research.Ecstasy or Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) was discovered in the late ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Scientists exploring obesity’s root causes
September 24th, 2011 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 24 (IANS) With obesity decreasing life expectancy by nearly 10 years and contributing to increasing risks of developing type 2 diabetes and hypertension, scientists in Britain are trying ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Bacteria resistant stainless steel developed
July 20th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 20 (IANS) A new bacteria resistant steel developed by a British university is likely to be useful in hospitals and other places to prevent the spread of bacterial ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
How visual cues help us understand body motion
July 8th, 2011 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, July 8 (IANS) Humans are so good at perceiving others that even a few dots on a screen representing the major joints of a body are enough to retrieve ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Eating in front of TV drives snacking
May 15th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 15 (IANS) Eating while watching TV can cause you to gorge on more snacks.
The findings suggest that having formal meals at a table rather than grabbing food ... Read more...
Posted in World |
‘Athena poster tennis girl’ revealed after 35 years
March 23rd, 2011 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 23 (ANI): The poster of a tennis girl hitching her skirt to reveal her bare bottom was an iconic image in the 1970s.Yet for 35 years, not many knew ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Kepler space telescope listens to ‘music of the stars’
February 20th, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 20 (ANI): The Kepler space telescope is significantly better at measuring the sizes and ages of stars - when it 'listens' to the sounds they make.Bill Chaplin of the University ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists create ‘invisibility cloak’
February 2nd, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Feb 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) British scientists have taken a huge step towards the age-long dream of invisibility.The research by scientists from the University of Birmingham has a promising future because the ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
New ‘henge-like’ monument unearthed at Stonehenge
February 2nd, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered a major ceremonial monument less than one km away from the iconic Stonehenge.The team led by the University of Birmingham and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Talking with your hands ‘can help solve complex problems’
February 2nd, 2011 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): A new study has suggested that talking with hands can trigger mental images that can help solve complex problems relating to spatial visualization, an important skill for both ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Do you gesture while talking? It helps
February 2nd, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 2 (IANS) Talking with your hands can trigger images that help solve complex problems bearing on spatial visualisation, an important skill for both students and professionals. Spatial visualisation is the ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Is the Star-trek style invisibility cloak finally a reality?
February 2nd, 2011 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 2 (ANI): You have seen it in movies - cloaks that make people disappear when they wear them - but it seems that invisibility cloaks have finally entered the real ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Biblical deluge actually happened and created Persian Gulf: Study
December 10th, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Dec 10 (IANS) The mythical deluge in the biblical story of Noah's Ark could have be an actual event caused by unprecedented worldwide floods triggered in Canada in 6000 ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
How the universe evolved from a super-hot liquid
November 21st, 2010 - 12:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 21 (ANI): An experiment to recreate the conditions of Big Bang has suggested that the universe was a super-hot liquid in the moments immediately after its birth.The results of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Promising golden target for new drugs against tuberculosis identified
November 17th, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 17 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a key enzyme in Mycobacterium tuberculosis that enables the microbe to reproduce rapidly, promising a golden target for new drugs against tuberculosis (TB).The human equivalent ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Why birds fly into power lines
November 3rd, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 3 (ANI): Scientists have revealed that birds fly into power lines because they have 'blind spots' in their field of vision.Experts discovered that cranes, bustards and storks were unable to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Chemo-radiotherapy prevents bladder cancer recurrences
October 26th, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 26 (ANI): A study has revealed that combining chemotherapy with radiation therapy could benefit bladder cancer sufferers.The combination allows 67 percent of people to be free of the disease in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Prozac could ease misery of premenstrual syndrome (Lead)
September 19th, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 19 (IANS) A small dose of Prozac, an anti-depressant, could ease the misery of millions of women suffering from premenstrual syndrome (PMS).
British researchers have discovered the pill can block ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
PMS: Women’s monthly misery just a drug away
September 19th, 2010 - 2:00 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 19 (IANS) Millions of women now could be freed from the monthly misery of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) by taking a tiny dose of a common drug for a few days.
A ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Soon, microbes will generate clean energy
September 2nd, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 02 (ANI): Scientists have discovered that microbes could soon be used to convert metallic wastes into high-value catalysts for generating clean energy.Researchers from the School of Biosciences at the University ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Is The Black Hole Mystery Solved?
August 19th, 2010 - 7:37 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Aug 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Stephen Hawking might argue about the destructive or constructive powers of the black holes but the discovery of a new star has challenged the most established ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Maths lays bare sperms’ swimming secrets
July 31st, 2010 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 31 (ANI): Why do sperm cells move like tiny, surface-seeking missiles? Well, scientists in the UK may have now found a solution to this long time mystery of human fertility. ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Ancient wooden version of Stonehenge found in Britain
July 22nd, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 22 (IANS) An ancient wooden version of Stonehenge has been unearthed at the site of the world famous Bronze Age monument in Britain.
The discovery of the timber henge, just ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Childhood cancer survivors ‘face higher death risk’
July 14th, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 14 (ANI): A new study has found that childhood cancer survivors have an increased risk of death from second primary cancers and cardiac and cerebrovascular causes more than 25 years ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Why losing a loved one can be fatal
June 26th, 2010 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 26 (ANI): Ever wondered why the risk of dying increases among widows and widowers following their spouses' death? Well, it seems scientists have found the answer.They believe that the so-called ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |