Everything you need to know about Thiagarajar College: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Thiagarajar College: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Abu Dhabi, April 4 (IANS/WAM) A team of engineering students in the UAE have designed a car that could potentially travel up to 1,000 km on just one litre of fuel.
Cambridge (Massachusetts), March 12 (IANS) The Ivy League Harvard College apologised as it was embroiled in a fresh controversy over how it tried to find who leaked information about a cheating scandal to the media last year.
Vatican City, Mar 2 (IANS/EFE) Cardinals will begin holding formal meetings starting March 4 as part of their preparations for a conclave to elect the new pope, the Vatican said Friday.
Rome, Mar 1 (IANS/AKI) Pope Benedict's successor needs to be a younger man, the Vicar-General of Rome Cardinal Agostino Vallini said Friday.
Washington, Feb 17 (ANI): Affectionate behavior is not all that it seems, as cuddling, kissing and holding hands could be indicators that your partner is mad at you, an expert claimed.
Washington, Nov 30 (ANI): Harvard students will soon be able to share the details of their bedroom proclivities in a school-sanctioned club for scholars who like kinky sex.
Chennai, Nov 28 (IANS) Telugu director T. Prabhakar feels it isn't right to judge films by their titles as they are most often either named to attract audience attention or have at best a vague connection with the story.
Washington, Nov 25 (IANS) Teens involved in activities such as music, drama and painting after school may become more depressed or sadder than peers who are not so inclined, says a new study.
Washington, November 21 (ANI): Teens who participate in after-school arts activities such as music, drama and painting are more likely to battle depression than students who are not involved in these programs, according to new research.
London, Nov 21 (ANI): Online clothes shoppers will now be told what size would be best for them by using new software, which combined with their webcam or smartphone forms a "3D tape measure."
Washington, October 22 (ANI): A new research has suggested that antibiotics are not effective in treating cough due to the common cold in children.
Kolkata, Sep 22 (IANS) Two teachers, including the principal, of a college in West Bengal's West Midnapore district were allegedly assaulted by students owing allegiance to the Trinamool Congress Saturday.
Washington, September 2 (ANI): Based on a number of key studies over four decades, pretend play is widely considered by psychologists - and teachers and parents - to be a vital contributor to the healthy development of children's intellect.
Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) Overly shy preschool children show the slowest gains in learning skills as compared to chatty and boisterous peers, according to psychologists.
London, July 12 (ANI): Gigantic dinosaurs weighing more 30-tons and longer than four-storey buildings made love just like dogs do, scientists have revealed.
Panaji, June 19 (IANS) The appointment of a new state information commissioner (SIC) in Goa has hit a Right To Information (RTI) roadblock.
Washington, June 7 (IANS) The average corporate email user sends 112 emails every day and one out of every seven of those messages can be called "gossip," says a new study.
London, May 29 (ANI): An Oxford University historian has claimed that the idea of a "Tudor era" in history is a misleading invention.
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) There are no conclusive scientific studies anywhere to prove low radiation emitted from cellular towers can cause cancer in human beings, and authorities must gear up to tackle other environmental issues that cause the lifestyle disease, experts said at a conference here.
Washington, May 8 (ANI): The sayings "variety is the spice of life" and "happiness isn't getting what you want, but wanting what you get" apparently have a psychological basis, according to a new study.
Washington, May 6 (IANS) Low oxygen levels in cells, not genetic mutations, may fuel uncontrollable cancer growth, says a new discovery.
Washington, May 4 (ANI): Low oxygen levels in cells may be the primary cause of uncontrollable tumour growth in some cancers, a new study has claimed.
Washington, May 4 (ANI): Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson does not hold a degree in computer science in contrast to his past claims, it has emerged.
London, April 27 (ANI): Children who are bullied in childhood are up to three times more likely to self harm up to the age of 12, a new study has revealed.
Wellington, April 22 (ANI): Teenage girls are attacking the faces of pretty victims as jealousy, boys and violent films drive fighting among women.
London, Apr 12 (ANI): In a new study, astronomers have identified two white dwarf stars considered to be the oldest and closest known to man.
London, Apr 12 (ANI): John Cleese has revealed that he was a victim of bullying in his school days.
London, Apr 9 (ANI): Researchers have discovered that a part of the immune system called the inflammasome is involved in regulating the development of one of the most common forms of blindness, called Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD).
Washington, April 9 (IANS) Scientists are gaining the upper hand against cancer by developing a simple but specialised nanoparticle that directly targets the nucleus of a cancer cell.
Washington, Apr 8 (ANI): Friday the 13th is the only day people suffer from paraskevidekatriaphobia, which is the morbid, irrational fear of the date, according to a new study.
Washington, Apr 5 (ANI): Popular music videos have been slammed for having misogynistic messages and images.
Washington, March 24 (IANS) Five people of Chinese origin were found dead inside a house in the western US port city of San Francisco. Police termed the multiple homicide as a "gun-related murder-suicide" case.
Wellington, Mar 9(ANI): Former New Zealand opening batsman Peter Ingram has decided to retire from all forms of cricket after struggling with an Achilles tendon injury.
Wellington, Mar 9(ANI): Former New Zealand opening batsman Peter Ingram has decided to retire from all forms of cricket after struggling with an Achilles tendon injury.
London, Feb 24 (ANI): Gigantic dinosaurs weighing more 30-tons and longer than four-storey buildings made love just like dogs do, scientists have revealed.
London, Feb 24 (ANI): Gigantic dinosaurs weighing more 30-tons and longer than four-storey buildings made love just like dogs do, scientists have revealed.
Washington, Feb 14 (ANI): The more you believe in your partner's capabilities to change and perceive that he or she is trying to improve, the more secure and happy you will feel in your relationship, a new study has revealed.
Washington, Feb 12 (ANI): The molecular structure of the modern feather began to take form some 125 million years ago - more recently than once thought.
Washington, Feb 12 (ANI): The molecular structure of the modern feather began to take form some 125 million years ago - more recently than once thought.
Washington, Jan 25 (ANI): Marine life persists even when hydrothermal sea vents go dormant and their blazing warmth transforms to frigid cold, a new study has revealed.
Washington, Jan 8 (ANI): Marriage is not the only measure of success among people looking for love in cyberspace, a new study has claimed.
Washington, Dec 11 (ANI): Interactive applications for smartphones, like Apple's iPhone and Google's Android may constitute some of the most powerful advertising tools developed till date, a new study has suggested.
Washington, Dec 6 (ANI): Children who are abused or are exposed to domestic violence show the same pattern of brain activity as soldiers exposed to combat, a new study has revealed.
Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): A "super strain" of yeast developed by researchers at the University of Georgia can efficiently ferment ethanol from pre-treated pine - one of the most common species of trees in Georgia and the U.S.
London, Nov 10 (ANI): Brooklyn Beckham, the 12-year-old son of David and Victoria Beckham, is rumoured to be joining a boarding school in Britain.
Washington, Nov 3 (ANI): Raising air pollution over the Indian sub-continent could be partly blamed for a recent increase in the intensity of tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea, according to a new multi-institutional study.
Washington, Nov 1 (ANI): Scientists have found that a vampire-like bacteria that leeches onto certain other bacteria - including certain human pathogens -could serve as a living antibiotic for a range of infectious diseases.
London, Oct 15 (ANI): Toronto police officers have warned school girls not to wear their uniform on the subway as it could attract a pervert looking out for skirt-wearing prep school girls.
Melbourne, Oct 13 (ANI): A new book has been written to help the older generation understand the language of Generations Y and Z, who are influenced by the new technological age.
London, Sept 06 (ANI): British researchers have identified a gene that seems to hold the key to causing an enlarged or "heavy" heart.
London, Sept 14 (ANI): A school in England has removed mirrors from girls' toilets "to stop pupils putting on too much make-up".
Washington, July 9 (ANI): The Iowa Electronic Markets' 2012 presidential election prediction indicates that President Barack Obama has a leading chance to be re-elected.
Washington, July 8 (ANI): The European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory has detected cosmic dust in supernova 1987A, which exploded 24 years ago in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy near to the Milky Way - a finding that may help solve a mystery of the early Universe.
Washington, June 30 (ANI): Previous studies have pinpointed the role of stress in Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.
Melbourne, June 27 (ANI): School-supplied netbook computers are being used by Australian children, as young as 10, to gain access to pornography.
Wellington, June 8 (ANI): Google satellite has captured the aerial view of a penis prank at a Hamilton high school, which has been seen by millions around the world on the Internet map.
Washington, June 1 (ANI): A new study has found that students tend to be more accurate and less likely to plagiarize when they know their essays will be posted on Wikipedia, rather than just read by a teacher.
Washington, May 13 (ANI): Mentors have played a vital role in helping rural African-American young adults stay focused on their goals, according to a University of Georgia study.
London, May 8 (ANI): A new study has found that mothers-to-be who are stressed out are more likely to have unruly, hot-tempered children.
London, May 2 (ANI): A team of scientists have found how an estimate of the sea level rise can be made by looking at atmospheric carbon dioxide levels 3 million years ago.
Boston, Apr 1 (ANI): A high school coach in the US has resigned after he reportedly showed a pornographic video to students during practice.
New Delhi, Dec.31 (ANI): Vice Admiral D.K. Joshi on Friday took cover as the chief of Integrated Defence Staff to Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) from Air Marshal S.C. Mukul.
Washington, Dec 25 (ANI): Students at Rowan University College of Engineering have created a Rubik's Cube robot that solves the iconic 80s toy puzzle with as few as 17 turns in 15 seconds.
New Delhi, Dec.21 (ANI-Business Wire India): In a first of its kind study, specific to the Indian environment carried out Independently by the Premier Engineering Institutes revealed that "Levels of Radiation" from cellular base stations in Delhi fall hundreds of times below international safety standards,. The independent study was commissioned by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (AUSPI) as a proactive measure stemming from the concern for the public health and safety issues.
Washington, Dec 18 (ANI): According to a new study, our incomplete or incorrect understanding of how decisions in the present affect future options means that we may underestimate the risk associated with investment decisions.
Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): A new research suggests that consuming an almond-enriched diet may help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
Washington, Dec 5 (ANI): Students at Rowan University College of Engineering have created a Rubik's Cube robot that solves the iconic 80s toy puzzle with as few as 17 turns in 15 seconds.
London, Dec 1 (ANI): A teacher in Britain has sent off a school report that contains 16 grammatical errors and spelling mistakes to the parents of a pupil.
Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Missouri are developing an effective social competence curriculum, with a virtual classroom component, that could help educators meet the demands of autistic kids.
London, Nov 2 (ANI): A major study by researchers at Macalester College, Minnesota, and the University of California, has found that youngsters are less likely to succeed at school if their mothers return to work within a year of their birth.
Washington, Sep 28 (ANI): The peripheral nerves that connect our limbs and organs to the central nervous system have an astonishing ability to regenerate themselves after injury, unlike nerves of the spinal cord. And now researchers have revealed how this healing process works.
Washington, Sep 25 (ANI): Kids start using profanities and expletive language as soon as they learn to speak, found a new study.
Munich, June 11 (ANI): A group of visiting Germans was shocked when some school kids welcomed them with a Nazi salute, the Daily Star reports.
Washington, June 2 (ANI): Scientists may have found new treatments for malaria - a blood-thinning drug heparin that can stop malaria from infecting red blood cells.
Washington, March 24 (ANI): Scientists in Minnesota, US, are reporting that commercial cooking is a surprisingly large source of a range of air pollutants that could pose risks to human health and the environment.
Islamabad, Jan.29 (ANI): US security trainers, who were running a camp to impart counter-terror training to Pakistani officials at the Police Training College in Sihala, have refused to move out of their base following the government's decision to close the camp.
Washington, Jan 27 (ANI): A digital designer at University of Cincinnati (UC) has created 21st century electronic toolkit to speed up learning in children with dyslexia.
Washington, Jan 25 (ANI): Children who use both hands with equal ease are more likely to have mental health, language and scholastic problems than right- or left-handed kids, says a new study.
London, Dec 7 (ANI): Sally Bercow, the wife of Commons speaker John Bercow, used to smoke cannabis when she attended school at Marlborough College.
Washington, July 3 (ANI): A new image, taken with an infrared camera on the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, has revealed a cosmic fireworks display, in the form of tens of thousands of previously unseen comet-shaped knots inside the Helix Nebula. he sheer number of knots - more than have ever been seen before - looks like a massive fireworks display in space.
London, May 29 (ANI): The humble act of holding a drink can reveal a great deal about one's personality, according to a new study.
Sydney, May 28 (DPA) Parents and teachers who despair about children not studying ought not to give up nagging them about how short-term pain brings long-term gain.
London, Mar 16 (ANI): A head-teachers' leader has warned that Brit schools are on the verge of becoming Tesco-style identikits in which teachers are prevented from showing flair.
London, Feb 19 (ANI): Researchers at Johns Hopkins and Duke universities have linked mutations in two genes, IDH1 and IDH2, with the most common types of brain cancer and longer survival times.
Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): A new study has determined that balloon-like air sacs in prehistoric dinosaurs helped reduced the density of their bodies, thus helping them take first flight.
Washington, Jan 5 (ANI): Experiments on mice conducted at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have shown that an immune molecule called CXCL1 may help decreases the severity of multiple sclerosis-like disease.
Washington, Dec 23 (ANI): A new study has revealed that only 3 percent of kids' meals, served at fast-food restaurants in the US meet federal dietary guidelines.
Washington, December 23 (ANI): Shakespeare's suggestion that calling a rose by any other name would not change its sweet smell may not be true anymore, for scientists say that the flower's fragrance can be modified by altering the shape of the molecules that generate it.
London, Nov 3 (ANI): Scientists from King's College London have launched a major clinical trial to test whether common antidepressant drug lithium can effectively treat motor neurone disease.
Washington, Aug 19 (ANI): The relationship between a mother and her daughter relationship can be difficult to understand, even though they have the same genetic material. Now, a new Northwestern University study has shown how this happens in yeast cells.
Washington, June 29 (ANI): People suffering from flying phobia may be a little less fearful in the future, thanks to engineers at Rowan University, who have created ice clouds in an ice cloud chamber for preventing some airplane crashes.
