Monday, May 11th, 2009
London, May 11 (ANI): Darth Vader's comment - "Luke, I am your father" - in one of the Star Wars films is the most misquoted phrase by film fans, according to a poll.
Vader's comment to Luke Skywalker in 'The Empire Strikes Back' has topped the list of the 'movie misquotes'.
The ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Paris, May 8 (ANI): The European Space Agency (ESA) is going to launch two of the most sophisticated astronomical spacecraft ever built - Herschel and Planck - to look deep into space and time.
The two large observatories will be launched by ESA this month towards deep space orbits around a ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Washington, May 8 (ANI): People tend to judge their confidence while making choices several times a day, and now researchers have uncovered the biological mechanisms behind the belief that a choice is likely to be correct.
Many studies have shown that choice certainty is closely associated with reaction time, and with ...
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
Washington, May 6 (ANI): Lesions in early breast cancer, not seen via mammography and sonography, can be easily detected by 3T MRI, a powerful tool for evaluating patients with a high risk of having the disease, according to a new study.
Performed at the University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH, ...
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Washington, May 5 (ANI): NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has revealed new details about high-energy particles implicated in a nearby cosmic mystery.
"Fermi's Large Area Telescope is a state-of-the-art gamma-ray detector, but it's also a terrific tool for investigating the high-energy electrons in cosmic rays," said Alexander Moiseev, who presented the ...
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): For many years, scientists have held that short-term memories don't suddenly disappear, but grow gradually more imprecise over the course of several seconds. However, a new study has found just the opposite.
In the study, researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that their subjects retained ...
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): In a breakthrough study, researchers from University of East Anglia (UEA) have developed a novel computer, which can distinguish between different languages.
The researchers hope that the discovery could have practical uses for deaf people, for law enforcement agencies, and in noisy environments.
Lead researchers Stephen Cox and ...
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Marico (MARICO), incorporated on Oct. 13, 1988, is among the leaders in the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) and services sector. Earlier known as Marico Foods, it got its present name with effect from Oct. 31, 1989. Marico holds a leadership position in the Indian FMCG space. Marico's Products and ...
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Washington, April 8 (ANI): Weight bias may contribute to the glass ceiling on the advancement of women to the top levels of management, according to a study.
Mark Roehling, an associate professor of Human Resource Management at Michigan State University (MSU), has found that overweight and obese women in the ...
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
Washington, Apr 6 (ANI): A high-tech type of radiation treatment called stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) has been found to be "highly effective" in treating early-stage lung cancer for patients who are not eligible for surgery.
This therapy uses very large doses of high-energy radiation (x-rays), which are aimed directly at ...
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