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Chandrayaan-1 starts observing the Moon

Chandrayaan-1 starts observing the Moon

November 25th, 2008 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI -
Paris, Nov 25 (ANI): After Indias lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 released a probe that impacted close to the south pole of the Moon on November 14, the instruments on the spacecraft are ...

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Particle accelerator ALICE achieves 4 million volt milestone

November 18th, 2008 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): UKs next-generation particle accelerator, ALICE, has achieved a major milestone by producing a high-energy particle beam with a total energy of nearly four and a half million ...

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Astronomers obtain deepest ultraviolet image of the Universe

November 8th, 2008 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI -
Munich, Nov 8 (ANI): Astronomers have obtained the deepest ever ground-based ultraviolet image of the Universe, which shows millions of distant galaxies of different shapes and colors. Obtained in part with ...

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Measuring how strain affects semiconductors may pave way for faster electronics

November 4th, 2008 - 12:00 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, November 4 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have come up with a way to measure how strain affects thin films of silicon, which they say may pave the ...

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Brit survives close-range shot with the help of his nose!

October 31st, 2008 - 6:17 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Oct 31 (ANI): A British man couldnt believe his luck when his nose saved him from almost certain death it stopped a bullet fired at close range. Daniel Greenwood , 19, ...

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Planets cores may hold secrets of cleaner energy

October 24th, 2008 - 4:16 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 24 (ANI): Scientists have gained a deeper insight into the hot, dense matter found at the centre of planets and as a result, has provided further understanding into controlled ...

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Chandrayaan may explain origins of Moon: British scientist

October 23rd, 2008 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS -
London, Oct 23 (IANS) A British scientist who helped design a camera on board India's Chandrayaan-1 says he hopes images from it will help answer two tantalising questions about the Moon. “Where ...

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Chandrayaan may help find whether Moon was the eighth continent or not

October 23rd, 2008 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Oct 23 (ANI): Scientists are hoping that Indias Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission will help solve the riddle of whether the Moon is an alien body that collided with the Earth, or ...

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X Factor terrorized after Omar Bakri branded it anti-Muslim

October 21st, 2008 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Oct 21 (ANI): The X Factor was put on terror alert after Islamist militant leader Omar Bakri claimed that it was an anti-Muslim show, because it had released a charity ...

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Brit nurses strip for X-ray-ted 2009 calendar!

October 19th, 2008 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI -
London, October 19 (ANI): Real-life British nurses have ditched their uniforms to send pulses racing and blood pressure soaring after stripping off for a cheeky new X-ray-ted calendar. Some of the ...

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Indian origin astronomer probes violently variable black holes

October 16th, 2008 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI -
Munich, Oct 16 (ANI): An astronomer of Indian origin and his team have used the VLT (Very Large Telescope) and Rossi XTE satellite to probe violently variable black holes, providing insights ...

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Travellers will be ”virtually stripped at Melbourne airport

October 15th, 2008 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI -
Sydney, Oct 15 (ANI): For the next six weeks, travellers entering or leaving Melbourne Airport shall be virtually stripped for security purposes. Transport security authorities are trialling the new "X-ray backscatter" body ...

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Existence of faint gamma-ray bursts confirmed

October 14th, 2008 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI -
Paris, Oct 14 (ANI): ESAs (European Space Agencys) Integral gamma-ray observatory has observed several low-luminosity gamma-ray bursts, confirming the existence of an entire population of weaker bursts hardly noticed so far. When ...

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”Big B” admitted to hospital on 66th birthday

”Big B” admitted to hospital on 66th birthday

October 11th, 2008 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI -
Mumbai, Oct 11 (ANI): Actor Amitabh Bachchan, who is celebrating his 66th birthday, was taken to the Nanavati Hospital this afternoon. He was rushed to Nanavati Hospital after he complained of stomach ...

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Passengers condemn airport “virtual strip search”

Passengers condemn airport “virtual strip search”

October 6th, 2008 - 6:16 pm ICT by ANI -
Melbourne, Oct 6 (ANI): New airport X-ray technology, dubbed the "virtual strip search", has raised concerns amongst passengers who fear that the images of their genitals will end up being reproduced ...

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LoC truck service between India, Pak to start from Oct 21

LoC truck service between India, Pak to start from Oct 21

September 27th, 2008 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Sept 27 (ANI): Goods trade between India and Pakistan through truck service will start on October 21 through the Uri-Muzaffarabad road in the Kashmir Valley, and through the Poonch-Rawalakot route ...

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Now, a body scanner to read terrorists minds

September 24th, 2008 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, September 24 (ANI): The Department of Homeland Security in the U.S. is testing a body scanner for its efficacy in reading peoples mind, an approach that can make it easy ...

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New book teaches grannies how to text and make the world a better place

September 21st, 2008 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Sept 21 (ANI): Grannies who stay miles away from technology may soon find themselves pressured to learn to send text messages, all thanks to the efforts of a group of ...

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XMM-Newton uncovers well-tuned periodic signal from a super-massive black hole

September 19th, 2008 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI -
Paris, September 19 (ANI): XMM-Newton has uncovered a well-tuned periodic signal from a super-massive black hole lodged at the centre of a galaxy, ending a long quest for such an object. These ...

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‘Twere frog legs, the snake itself had no legs’

September 18th, 2008 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 18 (IANS) Researchers of the Kerala University have proved that a snake, killed in city suburbs, had no legs. Instead those were the legs of a frog that the snake ...

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Scientists find missing link between small and super-massive black holes

September 18th, 2008 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, September 18 (ANI): Scientists at Durham University in the UK have found the missing link between small and super-massive black holes. For the first time, the researchers have discovered that a ...

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New 3D technique for early breast cancer diagnosis developed

September 18th, 2008 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Sept 18 (ANI): An international team of researchers have developed a new X-ray technique that would allow 3D visualizations of the breast and detect tumours at early stages. Researchers revealed that ...

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Scientist suppress hunger hormone

September 16th, 2008 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Sept 16 (ANI): Scientists at the John Hopkins University School of Medicine have reported success in significantly suppressing levels of the "hunger hormone" ghrelin in pigs. They used a minimally invasive ...

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New way found to suppress ‘hunger hormone’

September 16th, 2008 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) An Indian American medical scientist has successfully suppressed levels of 'hunger hormone' ghrelin in pigs, which could pave the way for a lasting solution to obesity in people.He ...

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Quantum mechanics could make sensors million time more effective

September 15th, 2008 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, Sep 15 (IANS) A property of quantum mechanics could pave the way for creating incomparably better detectors and imaging systems than their existing counterparts, according to an MIT researcher.MIT mechanical engineering ...

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Metal-munching earthworms could be the 21st Century eco-warriors (Re-Issue)

September 14th, 2008 - 12:10 pm ICT by ANI -
London, September 14 (ANI): Scientists have suggested that metal-munching earthworms could be the 21st Century eco-warriors, with the discovery that they help plants to clean up contaminated soils. According to a ...

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Metal-munching earthworms could be the 21st Century eco-warriors

September 13th, 2008 - 4:06 pm ICT by ANI -
London, September 13 (ANI): Scientists have suggested that metal-munching earthworms could be the 21st Century eco-warriors, with the discovery that they help plants to clean up contaminated soils. According to a ...

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Indian-American detects black holes with 10 billion times sun’s mass

September 12th, 2008 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, Sep 12 (IANS) There are limits to how big super gigantic black holes can grow, according to the latest research led by an Indian-American astrophysicist of Yale University. These "ultra-massive" black ...

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Indian origin astronomer discovers upper mass limit for black holes

September 12th, 2008 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, September 12 (ANI): An astronomer of Indian origin, along with his colleagues, has found that ultra-massive black holes, which lurk in the centers of huge galaxy clusters like the one ...

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Meet the dog that swallowed its owners cell phone!

September 9th, 2008 - 6:56 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Sept 9 (ANI): A dog that swallowed its owners mobile phone had to undergo a surgery costing 420 pounds to get it removed. Nero, a Doberman-Great Dane crossbreed, had snatched ...

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