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Beans, sausage and mash, macaroni cheese named ‘best comfort foods’

October 19th, 2009 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI -
London, October 19 (ANI): Beans on toast, sausage and mash, tomato soup, chicken and mushroom pie and macaroni cheese have been named the top five comfort foods by a team of academics. Neuropsychologists ...

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Robot that mimics humans from the inside out

September 17th, 2009 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Sept 17 (ANI): Boffins have developed an amazing skeleton robot that moves just like humans. The creation is known as an "anthropomimetic robot". Using human anatomy as a blueprint, scientists have replicated tendons ...

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Robots designed using human anatomy may soon move like we do

August 25th, 2009 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI -
London, August 25 (ANI): A group of researchers from five European countries are designing a robot using human anatomy as a blueprint. The Eccerobot project has been designed to duplicate the way ...

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Many heart attack patients experience post-traumatic stress, shows study

August 10th, 2009 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI -
London, August 10 (ANI): A new study has shown that many people experience the symptoms of post-traumatic stress after suffering a heart attack. Published in the British Journal of Health Psychology, the ...

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Cats’ crying purr makes humans dance to their tunes

July 14th, 2009 - 12:19 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 14 (ANI): While cats are often seen as difficult pets when it comes to making them do something, they certainly know the trick to get humans at their service, according ...

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Cats’ crying purr makes humans dance to their tunes

July 14th, 2009 - 12:19 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 14 (ANI): While cats are often seen as difficult pets when it comes to making them do something, they certainly know the trick to get humans at their service, according ...

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Reading ‘can help cut stress’

March 31st, 2009 - 11:27 am ICT by ANI -
London, Mar 31 (ANI): Even six minutes of reading can reduce stress levels by more than two thirds, according to a new study. The study, conducted on a group of volunteers by ...

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Be helpful to attract prospective partners this Valentines Day

February 14th, 2009 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Feb 14 (ANI): For those wondering how to impress their prospective partners this Valentines day, being helpful may prove to be a great mantra. Researchers at University of Sussex suggest that ...

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Voluntary work improves young people’’s sex lives”

January 19th, 2009 - 6:23 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Jan 19 (ANI): A British politician has said that voluntary work could improve young people''s sex lives. The comments made by Tim Loughton, Tory MP and Shadow Minister for Children, has ...

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When it comes to sex, male butterflies use dipstick method to beat rivals

January 14th, 2009 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Jan 14 (ANI): When it comes to butterflies, sex is not as graceful an affair as one might think, claims a new study, which found that male monarch butterflies decide ...

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The colour blue can help beat your blues

January 6th, 2009 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Jan 6 (ANI): It has long been associated with negativity, but according to researchers, the colour blue can send self-confidence soaring and boost happiness levels. To reach the conclusion, researchers from ...

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Scientists discover first fish with eyes that use mirrors to focus light

December 25th, 2008 - 12:11 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Dec 25 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a new fish in the deep waters between Samoa and New Zealand, which is the first vertebrate found with eyes that use mirrors, rather ...

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Horses can match faces to sounds just like humans

December 16th, 2008 - 3:07 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Dec 16 (ANI): Horses have an almost human ability to recognise individual herd members from the sound of their whinnies, a study has shown. The findings suggest that the "cross modal" ...

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Indian industry taking to green technologies with relish

December 7th, 2008 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS -
Poznan (Poland), Dec 7 (IANS) Indian entrepreneurs are taking to green technologies with a relish and do not see intellectual property rights (IPR) as a barrier, a new international study has found.Co-author ...

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This is why we get addicted to alcohol

September 10th, 2008 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Sept 10 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Sussex have provided the perfect excuse for downing a drink or two alcohol helps in remembering the good things and forget the ...

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Why mules are more intelligent than horses, donkeys (Re-issue)

August 3rd, 2008 - 6:28 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Aug 3 (ANI): When it comes to being smart, mules are far ahead of their parent species in the intelligent race, says a new research by University of Sussex in ...

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Why mules are more intelligent than horses, donkeys

August 1st, 2008 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Aug 1 (ANI): When it comes to being smart, mules are far ahead of their parent species in the intelligent race, says a new research by scientists at the University ...

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More than 100 bat species found in five acres of Ecuadorian rain forest

More than 100 bat species found in five acres of Ecuadorian rain forest

July 22nd, 2008 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 22 (ANI): More than a hundred bat species have been found packed into about five acres (two hectares) of Ecuadorian rain forest. According to a report in National Geographic News, ...

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Humans judge a dogs size by its growl

May 24th, 2008 - 2:00 pm ICT by admin -
London, May 24 (ANI): A doctoral student at the University of Sussex in Brighton, UK, has unveiled an acoustic property related to the length of the vocal tract that enables humans ...

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Tennis line judges mess up one in ten close calls

April 16th, 2008 - 2:18 pm ICT by admin -
London, April 16 (ANI): A new analysis has suggested that the visual limits of tennis line judges mean that they are bound to mess up almost a tenth of all close ...

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New weight-loss method - Shopping!

March 6th, 2008 - 5:14 pm ICT by admin -
London, Mar 6 (ANI): You no longer need to run on the treadmill for hours, just grab a bag and hit the high street and voila youll shed the extra pounds, for ...

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Earth would face a fiery end when Sun becomes red giant (Re-Issue)

February 24th, 2008 - 3:26 pm ICT by admin -
London, Feb 24 (ANI): A new study has suggested that the Earth would face destruction when the Sun expands into a red giant in about 7.6 billion years from now. According to a ...

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Earth would face a fiery end when Sun becomes red giant

February 23rd, 2008 - 12:55 pm ICT by admin -
London, Feb 23 (ANI): A new study has suggested that the Earth would face destruction when the Sun expands into a red giant in about 7.6 billion years from now. According to a ...

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Sex hormones in the womb may cause anorexia

December 31st, 2007 - 3:06 pm ICT by admin -
London, Dec 31 (ANI): The reason behind anorexia could be the sex hormones in the womb, says a new study. Researchers contemplate that some mothers might overproduce oestrogen, which affects the babys brain, ...

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Having a twin sister raises anorexia risk for males

December 4th, 2007 - 3:34 pm ICT by admin -
Washington , Dec 4(ANI): Findings have established that having a twin sister appears to be quite risky for men as they are more prone to develop the eating disorder anorexia nervosa than ...

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