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Believe it or not - glaciers are growing!


January 28th, 2011 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 28 (IANS) There is some good news regarding climate change - glaciers are actually growing! The reason being that hotter summers may actually slow down the flow of glaciers, ... Read more...

Posted in Environment |

Microsoft’s ‘tactile’ app ‘could spell end of mobile keypads’


November 27th, 2010 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 27 (ANI): Microsoft has designed a new application to construct a "tactile" touchscreen - a display that uses technical tricks to convince users they are actually touching the ridges, bumps ... Read more...

Posted in Health Science |

Saturn’s moon Enceladus may host a salty ocean


June 25th, 2009 - 11:57 am ICT by ANI
London, June 25 (ANI): A new research by European scientists has provided evidence that an enormous plume of water spurts in giant jets from the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus is ... Read more...

Posted in Health Science |

Now, a university course to teach the art of flirting!


January 22nd, 2009 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 22 (ANI): Unlucky in love? Take heart, for a German university is offering a course to help student "techies, geeks and nerds" find true lover.Engineering students at the University ... Read more...

Posted in World |

How male fish deceive rivals about their top mate choice


August 1st, 2008 - 4:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 1 (ANI): New research has revealed that male fish try to conceal their choice of mate by feigning disinterest in females when competitors are around, new research suggests.Martin Plath, ... Read more...

Posted in Business |

Saturn moon’s mysterious vapour plumes could be key to alien life


March 17th, 2008 - 2:54 pm ICT by admin
DPA Hamburg (Germany), March 17 (DPA) Scientists on NASA's Cassini mission are counting on the probe's next fly-by to provide them with possible clues to alien life following discovery of water vapour plumes ... Read more...

Posted in World |

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