Everything you need to know about University: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about University: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Washington, May 23 (ANI): Until now, little was scientifically known about the human potential to cultivate compassion.
Washington, May 21 (ANI): Researchers who discovered that mouse hair has a circadian clock - a 24-hour cycle of growth followed by restorative repair - suspect that hair loss in humans from toxic cancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy might be minimized if these treatments are given late in the day.
Washington, May 21 (ANI): A new research has found evidence of a major cosmic event near the end of the Ice Age, which resulted in a climate change that forced many species, including wooly mammoths, to die.
Berlin, May 17 (ANI): Amazon and Apple will enclose their e-book formats in the proprietary e-book formats as they currently use formats incompatible with the formats most independent retailers use at their e-book stores, a recent study has revealed.
Washington, May 17 (ANI): The Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), the NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid, passed a confirmation review Wednesday called Key Decision Point (KDP)-C.
Washington, May 15 (ANI): Many of the biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease that could potentially predict which patients will develop the disorder later in life have already been identified.
Washington, May 14 (ANI): The cost to manufacture, install and maintain solar panels is so high that most people and businesses cannot afford to place them on their rooftops.
Washington, May 10 (ANI): Researchers have made a significant first step with newly engineered biomaterials for cell transplantation that could help lead to a possible cure for Type 1 diabetes.
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) There should be no political interference in the decisions of a university, says Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) Shashi Tharoor after several MPs sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention to stop the proposed four-year bachelors degree course in Delhi University.
Washington, May 9 (ANI): Children with autism see simple movement twice as quickly as other kids of their age, and this hypersensitivity to motion may provide clues to the cause of the developmental disorder, a new study has claimed.
Washington, May 9 (ANI): Children with autism see simple movement twice as quickly as other kids of their age, and this hypersensitivity to motion may provide clues to the cause of the developmental disorder, a new study has claimed.
Washington, May 9 (ANI): Swedish and Spanish engineers have created a system of sensors that detects fruit odours more effectively than the human sense of smell.
New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday said the Parliament should be consulted before taking a decision to introduce a four-year graduation course in Delhi University (DU).
Los Angeles, May 7 (IANS) Scientists have zero-ed in on a gene linked to Parkinson's disease that plays a role in delaying ageing in fruit flies, says a US study.
Melbourne, May 5 (ANI): Despite big challenges, man could be sent on a mission to Mars over the next 20 years, NASA and private sector experts have said.
Washington, May 4 (ANI): A new study with a troop of zoo baboons and lots of peanuts shows that the ability to understand numbers is shared by man and his primate cousins.
Los Angeles, May 3 (IANS) Researchers have come up with an experimental drug capable of preventing lung injury and death from influenza virus, says a study.
Washington, May 3 (ANI): Humans have two different kinds of brown fat cells and not one kind as previously thought, according to researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Washington, May 2 (ANI): Digital cameras with designs that mimic those of ocular systems found in dragonflies, bees, praying mantises and other insects have been created.
Washington, May 2 (ANI): Female rats are much more likely to binge eat than male rats, a new study has revealed.
Washington, May 2 (ANI): Using off-the-shelf printing tools, scientists at Princeton University have created a functional ear that can "hear" radio frequencies far beyond the range of normal human capability.
Washington, May 1 (ANI): Twenty years have passed since the web was launched in the public domain on April 30, 1993, when the European science agency CERN, where Tim Berners-Lee, the web inventor worked officially, made the W3 software.
London, May 1 (IANS) A study has claimed books having photographs but no words prove ideal for building children's language skills. And, the parents can help their kids the best if they used such books for the bedtime story.
London, May 1(ANI): A new research has revealed how Saturn keeps itself looking young and hot.
Vishakapatnam, April 16 (ANI): Andhra University organized an environment awareness campaign in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday with the aim to educate people about the need to conserve scarce natural resources.
Washington, April 30 (ANI): Eating foods that contain omega-3 fatty acids, found in fish, chicken and salad dressing and avoiding saturated fats, meat and dairy foods may be linked to preserving memory and thinking abilities, the largest study to date has found.
Washington, April 24 (ANI): Consumption of mangoes may potentially have a positive effect on blood sugar in obese individuals and help to limit inflammation, according to a new research.
Washington, April 23 (ANI): Researchers say predicting the winner of a sporting event with accuracy close to that of a statistical computer programme could be possible with proper training.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday issued a contempt notice to the Delhi University on its failure to adopt and implement the biometric attendance system for teachers to ensure punctuality.
Washington, April 22 (ANI): Gold nanoparticles from personal care products, solar cells and certain drug delivery agents can accelerate ageing and the onset of diabetes, new research has warned.
Washington, April 22 (ANI): A new study has found that berries seem to promote autophagy, the brain's natural housekeeping mechanism, thereby reducing the toxic accumulation.
Washington, Apr 20 (ANI): Scientists have been studying stars by looking at specks of dust carried to Earth in meteorites.
Washington, April 19 (ANI): University of Alberta researchers are abuzz after using fruit flies to find new ways of taking advantage of caffeine's lethal effects on cancer cells-results that could one day be used to advance cancer therapies for people.
Washington, April 18 (ANI): Imagine a dress that changes shape and colour on its own, or a shirt that can capture the energy from human movement and use it to charge an iPhone.
Toronto, April 18 (IANS) Scientists have come up with a new technique to detect autism in children based on their brain activity, says a study.
Washington, April 18 (ANI): Neuroscientists have come out with an efficient and reliable method of analyzing brain activity to detect autism in children.
Washington, April 17 (ANI): Aerobic exercise can help former heavy drinkers to reverse the damage alcohol has done to the brain, researchers say.
Washington, April 17 (ANI): Researchers have found explanation to why there are so many hybrid moths in nature.
Washington, Apr 15 (ANI): A genetic analysis of the avian flu virus responsible for at least nine human deaths in China portrays a virus evolving to adapt to human cells, a study has said.
Washington, Apr 13 (ANI): A genetic analysis of the avian flu virus responsible for at least nine human deaths in China portrays a virus evolving to adapt to human cells, raising concern about its potential to spark a new global flu pandemic, a study has said.
Sydney, Apr. 12 (ANI): A new technology will now enable Facebook users to encode secret messages in the pictures they upload on the social networking website.
Amsterdam, Apr. 11 (ANI): Looks like 30 is the age at which everyone grows up on Twitter. It's nigh on impossible for computers to guess the age of people on the network by analyzing the type of language they use once they leave their 20s, researchers in the Netherlands have found.
Karachi, April 11 (ANI): Watermelon can be an effective natural weapon against prehypertension, which is a major risk factor for heart attacks and strokes, a new study has revealed.
Melbourne, Apr. 11 (ANI): Archaelologists have discovered a cone-shaped stone structure in the waters of the Sea of Galilee.
Washington, Apr 10 (ANI): Researchers at Georgia State University have found a potential new strategy for developing new drugs to control inflammation without serious side effects.
Washington, Apr 9 (ANI): A new study of how carbon is trapped and released by iron-rich volcanic magma gives hint about the early atmospheric evolution on Mars and other terrestrial bodies.
Johannesburg, Apr. 9 (ANI): A team of international scientists have said that women do find men with larger penis more attractive.
Johannesburg, Apr. 9 (ANI): A team of international scientists have said that women do find men with larger penis more attractive.
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) NRI industrialist Lord Swaraj Paul Monday said that people do not need to be disappointed with Indian politics as its democracy is as good as it is anywhere.
Washington, Apr. 6 (ANI): A new line of caffeinated gum by Wrigley's, which promises to sooth commuters on the run, has raised concerns among health experts about the proliferation of such products.
Washington, April 5 (ANI): Obesity is associated with the widespread epidemics of diabetes and heart disease, but a lesser-known fact is that the weight can also lead to autoimmune disease.
Washington, April 5 (ANI): Though they have tiny brains, bees are smart enough to pick out the most attractive flowers by watching other bees and learning from their behaviour, scientists have found.
Washington, Apr 4 (ANI): Researchers at The University of Auckland have proposed a new method for finding Earth-like planets, and they anticipate that the number will be about 100 billion.
Washington, Apr. 3 (ANI): Researchers at the University of California, San Diego will undertake a three-year research program to investigate nanofoam for protection.
A recent study has claimed that for every five-unit increase in BMI in women, there is raise of 23 percent heart disease risk in them.
Washington, April 2 (ANI): That geckos can scurry up walls, Spider-Man style, is a known fact.
Washington, April 2 (ANI): Scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory and University of Pennsylvania have identified previously unknown properties of transmitted HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS.
London, Apr. 2 (ANI): Each five-unit increase in BMI raises incidence of heart disease in women by 23 per cent, a study has claimed.
Washington, April 1 (ANI): While studying young galaxies at a distance of 11.6 billion light-years from Earth, a team of astronomers has noticed a strangely shaped galaxy that looks like a "magatama", an ancient, comma-shaped Japanese amulet made of stone.
Moscow, March 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian scientists, studying pre-historic life, have named a recently discovered fossil ichthyosaur after Vladimir Lenin, the father of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution, said the head of the Natural History Museum at Ulyanovsk State University.
Washington, March 31 (ANI): Antipsychotic medication, used to control behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in older people, is known to have negative side effects and increases the risk of stroke and death.
Washington, Mar. 29 (ANI): Researchers have claimed that there is a connection between early-onset balding and prostrate cancer.
Washington, Mar. 28 (ANI): Women in India are more likely to get prenatal care when pregnant with boys, according to ground-breaking research that has implications for girls' health and survival.
Washington, Mar 26 (ANI): Researchers are digging deeper into whether infants' ability to learn new words is shaped by the particular language being acquired.
Washington, Mar 26 (ANI): Pregnant women in Ghana who slept on their back (supine sleep) were at an increased risk of stillbirth compared to women who did not sleep on their back, a new study has revealed.
London, Mar. 25 (ANI): Japanese scientists have found vast reserves of rare earth metals on the Pacific seabed that can be mined cheaply.
Washington, Mar. 23 (ANI): Italian scientists and researchers are trying to develop a hypo-allergenic apple, which could provide a new frontier for the genetically modified food market.
Washington, Mar. 21 (ANI): Researchers at University of Chicago have claimed that sleep plays an important role in the brain's ability to consolidate learning when two new competing tasks are learned in the same day.
Sydney, Mar 21 (ANI): Cricket Australia (CA), who is facing a dearth of world-class spin bowlers, is desperately trying to convince country's immigration minister to fast-track Pakistani refugee Fawad Ahmed's citizenship in order to utilize the glorified leg-spinner for this year's Ashes series.
London, Mar 19 (ANI): Facebook could be used to treat depression as 90 percent of users log on to the social networking site to remember happier times, experts have said.
Washington, March 15 (ANI): Children of divorced parents are significantly more likely to start smoking in comparison to their peers from intact families, according to a new study.
Washington, March 15 (ANI): Playing shooting or driving videogames, even for a relatively short time, improves the ability to search for a target hidden among irrelevant distractions in complex scenes.
Washington, March 12 (ANI): Trouble sleeping might be a sign of early Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Washington, Mar 12 (ANI): Scientists have discovered two new stars that are said to be the third-closest star system to the Sun.
Hyderabad, March 11 (IANS) The Oklahoma State University Monday signed a MoU with the Andhra Pradesh Society For Knowledge Network (APSFKNW) to explore offering joint certificate programmes.
Hyderabad, March 11 (IANS) The Oklahoma State University Monday signed a MoU with the Andhra Pradesh Society For Knowledge Network (APSFKNW) to explore offering joint certificate programmes.
London, March 11 (ANI): Drugs that could help people to live to 150 by slowing the ageing process may soon be available on drugstores.
London, Mar. 9 (ANI): A former Roman Catholic Church's adviser on child abuse has claimed that the church's priests in Scotland were 'out of control sexually' under the leadership of the disgraced Cardinal Keith O'Brien.
Dr. B R Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad Friday has declared the results of Post Graduate (PG) examination which were held in December 2012.................
Washington, Mar 8 (ANI): Cholesterol levels seem to fluctuate significantly with the change of seasons, which may leave some people with borderline high cholesterol at greater cardiovascular risk during the winter months, a study has revealed.
London, Mar. 8 (ANI): Canada's Arctic Archipelago glaciers will melt faster than ever in the next few centuries.
Washington, March 7 (ANI): A new study has dispelled the so-called firewall paradox which shocked the physics community when it was announced in 2012 since its predictions about large black holes contradicted Einstein's crowning achievement-the theory of general relativity.
Washington, March 7 (ANI): Increased dietary salt intake can induce a group of aggressive immune cells that are involved in triggering and sustaining autoimmune diseases, a new study has found.
Washington, March 7 (ANI): A new study by researchers at the University of Chicago has revealed that a region of the brain known to play a key role in visual and spatial processing has a parallel function: sorting visual information into categories.
Washington, March 7 (ANI): Cornell University researchers have discovered a likely origin of epithelial ovarian cancer (ovarian carcinoma), one of the leading causes of cancer death among women.
Washington, March 6 (ANI): A new study has argued that marriage may not always be as beneficial to health as experts have led us to believe.
Washington, March 6 (ANI): A new experiment simulating conditions in deep space has suggested that the complex building blocks of life on Earth could have been created on icy interplanetary dust and then carried to Earth, jump-starting life.
Naypyidaw, March 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is seeking improved ties including military cooperation with Myanmar, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said here during an official visit.
Montreal, March 5 (IANS) Canadian scientists have identified the factors that cause distress after sleep paralysis, a psychological phenomenon of which little was previously known, according to a study.
London, Mar 5 (ANI): Scientists have created a revolutionary technology inspired by locusts that could save countless lives by preventing car crashes.
Washington, March 4 (ANI): New scans of a mysterious fossil has suggested that an ancient sea predator had a spiraling whorl of teeth that acted as a lethal slicing tool.
Washington, March 1 (ANI): Engineers at Brown University have developed a fully implantable and rechargeable wireless brain sensor capable of relaying real-time broadband signals from up to 100 neurons in freely moving subjects.
Washington, March 1 (ANI): A new study has found that triple-negative breast cancer cells are missing a key enzyme that other cancer cells contain - providing insight into potential therapeutic targets to treat the aggressive cancer.
Washington, March 1 (ANI): A new study has found that triple-negative breast cancer cells are missing a key enzyme that other cancer cells contain - providing insight into potential therapeutic targets to treat the aggressive cancer.
Berlin, Mar 1 (IANS) Researchers have successfully identified genes that are linked to heart disease, which could improve its prediction and diagnosis, says a study.
London, Feb. 28 (ANI): Catholic guilt is a myth and even devout believers feel no shame about ignoring the Church's teaching on sex, according to a new study.
Beijing, Feb. 28 (Xinhua-ANI): The State Council, China's cabinet, is currently deliberating a major aircraft engine research and development project, sources revealed Thursday.
London, February 27 (ANI): Producing sons is more stressful for mothers and could shorten their livespans, a study has suggested.
London, Feb. 25 (ANI): Oxford English Dictionary has dropped references to "long hair" and "dirty denims" in its definition of "bikers" after motorcylists claimed that its description was outdated.
Washington, Feb 24 (IANS) Our immune system which identifies and destroys foreign objects, be they bugs or viruses, even targets nanoparticles meant for drug delivery, pacemakers or artificial joints.
