Everything you need to know about Science Institute Lsg So: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Science Institute Lsg So: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Washington, June 19 (ANI): On July 19, 2013, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be turned to image Saturn and its entire ring system during a total eclipse of the Sun, as it has done twice before during its previous 9 years in orbit.
Sydney, June 19 (ANI): Software giant Apple had earlier claimed that the US government has no access to its servers but has recently said that it could not furnish certain data to the government even if it wanted to.
Washington, June 19 (ANI): Scientists including an Indian researcher have suggested that whether a person believes that his or her obesity was caused by overeating or by lack of exercise predicts their actual body mass.
Washington, June 19 (ANI): The speedy winds of Venus have steadily been getting faster over the last six years, the most detailed record of cloud motion in the atmosphere of the planet chronicled by ESA's Venus Express has revealed.
Los Angeles, June 19 (IANS) Scientists have found that adequate sleep can reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in men, says a US study.
Rio de Janeiro, June 19 (IANS) Brazil plans to produce vaccines against the influenza H1N1 virus, Health Minister Alexandre Padilha said.
Tokyo, June 19 (IANS/EFE) A Japanese company has developed a synthetic protein based on spider silk and plans to use it to mass-produce a highly resistant and flexible fiber in the near future.
Washington, June 18 (ANI): Motorists in Germany are ready to take longer journey times and even detours if it helps them to avoid traffic situation, a new study has revealed.
Dhaka, June 18 (ANI): Bangladesh factory workers have been reportedly hit by 'mass psychogenic illness' and have not fallen sick due to contaminated water.
Wellington, June 18 (ANI): Mixing alcohol with dry ice could lead to a strong possibility of serious health problems, drug and alcohol experts have warned.
Melbourne, June 18 (ANI): The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is building new software to coach people on how to interact with others in social situations.
Sydney, June 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Australian scientists have identified 280 craters on the moon that have never been mapped before, utilizing ultra-high resolution mapping techniques.
Washington, June 18 (ANI): Exposure to a high-fat diet in the womb and after birth can permanently change the cells in the brain that control food intake, predisposing offspring to overeating and an increased preference for fatty and sugary foods, a new study has revealed.
London, June 17(ANI): A new study has linked psychiatric disorders have to a protein involved in the formation of long-term memories.
Agartala, June 17 (IANS) National Institute of Technology (NIT) Agartala will confer an honorary Doctor of Science degree on CERN Director General Rolf-Dieter Heuer and eminent scientist Bikash Sinha later this week, an official said Monday.
Sydney, June 17 (ANI): China could take 18 years to bring air quality within acceptable standards, analysts have said.
London, June 17 (ANI): Researchers have found that copper from plumbing in homes makes their way into the water supply
Chennai, June 17 (IANS) The Institute of Actuaries of India (IAI) has decided to expel R. Kannan, a former member of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, for financial misconduct, said a member.
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The 16th annual International Olympiad Awards were presented here Sunday to winning students, teachers and principals from across Asia, officials said.
Washington, June 16 (ANI): A drug approved in Europe to treat osteoporosis has now been shown to stop the growth of breast cancer cells, even in cancers that have become resistant to current targeted therapies.
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Sam Pitroda, advisor to the prime minister, has been conferred with the Seventh IILM Distinguished Global Thinker award.
Washington, June 15 (ANI): DARPA, the Pentagon's advanced research group, has achieved some big breakthroughs that may help restore a sense of touch to military personnel who have lost limbs in service of their countries.
Los Angeles, June 15 (IANS) Scientists have identified a key memory-enhancing molecule in mice that could pave the way for boosting cognitive functions in humans, says a study.
Washington, June 15 (ANI): A NASA-led study has confirmed long-held suspicions about how stellar-mass black holes produce their highest-energy light.
Melbourne, June 14 (ANI): A teen prodigy from Melbourne has created a buzz after offering further proof that honey from Australia and New Zealand helps kill the deadly MRSA superbug.
Washington, June 14 (ANI): To answer why was there a sudden drop in the incidence of leprosy at the end of the Middle Ages, biologists and archeologists reconstructed the genomes of medieval strains of the pathogen responsible for the disease, which they exhumed from centuries old human graves.
Washington, June 14 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a 380 million year old armoured fish in north-west Australia which has miraculously preserved musculature.
Washington, June 14 (ANI): A new study has found that ocean waters melting the undersides of Antarctic ice shelves are responsible for most of the continent's ice shelf mass loss.
Washington, June 14 (ANI): Researchers have claimed that literacy has a greater impact on public health in India than income.
Washington, June 13 (ANI): New evidence have shown that an emotion-related brain region called the central amygdala-whose activity promotes feelings of malaise and unhappiness-plays a major role in sustaining cocaine addiction.
Los Angeles, June 13 (IANS) Scientists in the US have engineered a virus that inserts genes into the eyes as a way of restoring sight in those afflicted by diseases that cause blinding, a new study says.
New Delhi, June 13 (ANI): Newer technologies and changes would have to be adopted and adapted to ensure that India as a nation remains safe and secure, a senior scientist has said.
Washington, June 13 (ANI): People actually anticipate smiles that are genuine but not smiles that are merely polite, according to a new research.
Washington, June 13 (ANI): A fifteen minute walk after each meal may help older people regulate blood sugar levels and could reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study has claimed.
Washington, June 13 (ANI): Researchers have engineered a virus that is capable of delivering normal genes to difficult-to-reach retinal cells that need fixing.
Washington, June 13 (ANI): A team of Spanish researchers, coordinated by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), has begun sequencing the genome of the global deep ocean.
Mumbai, June 12 (IANS) Actress Preeti Gupta who has been seen in shows like "Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii", says she will shoot with a French director soon.
Washington, June 12 (ANI): A new study suggests that people who think they have perfect pitch may not be as in tune as they think.
Washington, June 12 (ANI): The autonomous, solar-powered Zoe, which became the first robot to map microbial life during a 2005 field expedition in Chile's Atacama Desert, is returning to the world's driest desert this month on a NASA astrobiology mission to search for subsurface life.
Washington, June 12 (ANI): Researchers have created a Google Glass-like device on a contact lens.
Washington, June 12 (ANI): A new study has revealed that humans began contributing to environmental lead pollution as early as 8,000 years ago.
Washington, June 12 (ANI): A new research by a University of Huddersfield professor has refuted a recent theory, that there is archaeological evidence for the presence of modern humans in southern Asia before the super-eruption of the Mount Toba volcano in Sumatra.
Washington, June 12 (ANI): Data gathered by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) have shown that lighter materials like plastics provide effective shielding against the radiation hazards faced by astronauts during extended space travel.
Washington, June 12 (ANI): NASA scientists have indicated that hunks of frozen carbon dioxide-dry ice-may glide down some Martian sand dunes on cushions of gas similar to miniature hovercraft, plowing furrows as they go.
K0olkata, June 11 (IANS) To integrate science, philosophy and culture, a hub dedicated to spread Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's interpretations of philosophy of science will open June 19 here at Bose Institute, physicist Bikash Sinha said here Tuesday.
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) India ranks 141st out of 162 in this year's Global Peace Index (GPI), released Tuesday.
Canberra, June 11 (IANS) Australian Minister for Resources and Energy Gary Gray Tuesday called on the uranium industry to work with all parliaments to help meet rapidly growing global demand.
Washington, June 11 (ANI): According to a new study, elderly mice suffering from age-related heart disease had a significant improvement in cardiac function after being treated with the FDA-approved drug rapamycin for just three months.
Washington, June 11 (ANI): A new study suggests that overprecision is a common and robust form of overconfidence driven, at least in part, by excessive certainty in the accuracy of our judgments.
San Francisco, June 11 (IANS) Scientists have shown that low blood pressure caused by diabetes can increase the risk of developing dementia, a study says.
London, June 11 (IANS) Findings of a large-scale genetic study suggest that vitamin D deficiency can trigger hypertension among people.
London, June 11 (ANI): Children's academic performance is not harmed if their mothers go out to work during the initial years of their lives, a new research has revealed.
Washington, June 11 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa NASA Astrobiology Institute (UHNAI) have discovered high concentrations of boron in a Martian meteorite.
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) Exploiting zinc's stimulatory effect on bone formation, a zinc doped hydroxyapatite - a new biomaterial useful in bone implants - is being jointly developed by two institues.
Bhubaneswar, June 10 (IANS) City-based Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University Monday said a record 1,651 of its graduating students bagged job offers during a recent campus drive, despite the tough market conditions.
Washington, June 10 (ANI): It's time for picnics and parties with lots of grilled goodies, but experts at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have warned that all that sizzling and flipping on the gas or charcoal grill may also be cooking up cancer-causing chemicals.
Washington, June 9 (ANI): A scientist at the University of Florida has developed tiny airplanes and submarines, which can swarm over, under and through hurricanes to help predict the strength and path of the storms.
Washington, June 9 (ANI): A new study led by scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) focusing on an extraordinary family of cow antibodies points to new ways to make human medicines.
Washington, June 9 (ANI): A re-analysis of the data from a pivotal study of rosiglitazone found no increased risk of cardiovascular events associated with the controversial diabetes drug.
New York, June 9 (ANI): A new study has found that people who post about their relationship on Facebook are more satisfied and secure in their marriages than those who do not.
Washington, June 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Data technology developed by Russia is fighting suspicion to compete in US markets, developers said, amid mushrooming revelations about secret US government data surveillance programmes.
Los Angeles, June 8 (IANS) Watching food advertisements by parents leads to greater consumption of junk food by their children, as the kids often have distorted views on what constitutes a healthy meal, researchers have found.
London, June 8 (ANI): Genes play a small role in determining a child's reading ability, a new study has found.
Washington, June 7 (IANS) A recent study has shown that making small changes in lifestyle could reduce risk of strokes.
Washington, June 7 (ANI): The birth of new neurons in the adult brain sharpens memory in rodents, but it has long been debated if the same holds true for humans.
Melbourne, June 7 (ANI): Young people consuming more than one can of soft drink daily are more likely to suffer from type 2 diabetes, heart disease or a stroke, a new study has claimed.
Washington, June 7 (IANS) Researchers have shown that cell therapy may be used in liver disease to regenerate liver cells, says a study.
Washington, June 7 (ANI): In a breakthrough that could help researchers develop new treatments for diseases such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette's syndrome, MIT neuroscientists have shown that they can block a compulsive behavior in mice by activating a brain circuit that controls compulsive behavior.
Washington, June 7 (ANI): People who are into kinky sex may be psychologically healthier than those who are not, a new study suggests.
Washington, June 7 (ANI): Stars have an alluring pull on planets, especially those in a class called hot Jupiters, which are gas giants that form farther from their stars before migrating inward and heating up.
Wellington, June 6 (ANI): A team of Australian engineers has developed a super strong and flexible yarn which conducts and stores electricity, and could power wearable medical devices or fashion accessories.
Washington, June 6 (ANI): Scientists analyzing data from NASA's Cassini mission have confirmed the presence of a population of complex hydrocarbons in the upper atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, that later evolve into the components that give the moon a distinctive orange-brown haze.
Washington, June 6 (ANI): Researchers have identified how malaria parasites growing inside red blood cells stick to the sides of blood vessels in severe cases of malaria.
Washington, June 6 (ANI): A new research delves deeper into our relationship with other creatures, critically examining our own animal nature, and looking at how animals profoundly influence our culture - perhaps more so than we had initially thought.
Los Angeles, June 6 (IANS) The enormous benefits that regular practice of yoga yields in increasing the flexibility of the body is well known. Researchers now show that a 20-minute session of yoga significantly boosts brain activity immediately afterwards.
Washington, June 6 (ANI): Scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, have discovered how HIV triggers a signal telling an infected immune cell to die.
London, June 6 (ANI): Life in city can be a draining experience not only for humans but also for animals, researchers have claimed.
Washington, June 6 (ANI): A team of researchers have discovered the world's oldest known fossil primate skeleton representing a previously unknown genus and species named Archicebus achilles.
Washington, June 6 (ANI): A new research has suggested that icy comets that crashed into Earth millions of years ago could have produced life building organic compounds, including the building blocks of proteins and nucleobases pairs of DNA and RNA.
Panaji, June 5 (IANS) A 33-year-old man, suspected to be mentally unstable, was detained here Wednesday for sneaking into the secretariat and trying to make a rush for Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's cabin, a minister said.
Thiruvananthapuram, June 5 (IANS) Union minister Shashi Tharoor Wednesday commended the research carried out by the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) here, saying its work in frontier areas of science was of "high relevance".
Sydney, June 5 (IANS) Australia must boost its education to compete with science-focused countries, said a report released Wednesday.
London, June 5 (ANI): Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a charger, which is capable of hacking any iOS when plugged in.
London, June 5 (ANI): Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have designed a new type of nanostructured-carbon-based catalyst that could pave the way for reliable, economical next-generation batteries and alkaline fuel cells, providing for practical use of wind- and solar-powered electricity, as well as enhanced hybrid electric vehicles.
Washington, June 5 (IANS) A recent study has shown that people suffering from type 2 diabetes and heart disease are at an increased risk of dementia and other cognitive diseases.
Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) The effectiveness of fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) has taken a hit as it was yet to realise a majority of the penalties it had imposed, former CCI head Vinod Dhall said here Tuesday.
Washington, June 4 (ANI): The width of blood vessels in the retina can be a biomarker for brain health, a new study has suggested.
Washington, June 4 (ANI): NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will have two opportunities in the next few years to hunt for Earth-sized planets around the red dwarf Proxima Centauri.
Los Angeles, June 4 (IANS) People who work in jobs that are physically demanding experience extremes of sleeping habits, according to a US research.
Washington, June 4 (ANI): More time in front of the TV and higher exposure to TV adverts may lead to increased consumption of sweetened beverages among children, a new study has warned.
Washington, June 4 (ANI): Although US President Barack Obama's aggressive campaign of drone strikes has generated controversy overseas and among terrorism experts, majority of America seems to be fine with it, a poll has revealed.
Washington, Jun. 4 (ANI): New global maps of Mars, which have been released on the 10th anniversary of the launch of ESA's Mars Express, show the distribution of minerals formed in water, by volcanic activity, and by weathering to create the dust that makes Mars red.
Havana, June 4 (IANS/EFE) Cuba is losing 22 percent of the potable water distributed to homes due to the deterioration of domestic infrastructure, according to figures compiled by the National Hydraulic Resources Institute, or INRH.
Washington, June 4 (ANI): Virginia Tech scientists have found that mosquitoes reared in cooler temperatures have weaker immune systems, making them more susceptible to dangerous viruses and more likely to transmit them to people.
Vienna, June 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran has not provided the International Atomic Energy Agency with sufficient information to substantiate its claim that its nuclear programme is peaceful, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said.
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) India Monday announced a fellowship in honour of Satish Dhawan, former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which will provide students an opportunity to study at his alma mater, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), an official said.
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Asking students to contribute to their roots, Culture Minister Chandresh Kumari Katoch Monday said there was ample scope for innovation and entrepreneurship in the culture sector.
Washington, June 3 (ANI): The Rohingya community in Myanmar who are being held in squalid camps and even beaten up, have been told that there is only one way out - by identifying themselves as Bengalis.
Washington, June 3 (ANI): With a new printing process, researchers have made major improvements to organic electronics - a technology in demand for lightweight, low-cost solar cells, flexible electronic displays and tiny sensors.
Washington, June 3 (ANI): With a new printing process, researchers have made major improvements to organic electronics - a technology in demand for lightweight, low-cost solar cells, flexible electronic displays and tiny sensors.
