Friday, May 8th, 2009
Baltimore, May 8 (ANI): Former Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps is back in the pool to the delight of trainer Dawn-Marie Caingrinned.
Phelps practiced a few of his famed trade mark strokes inside the pool at the Loyola College Fitness and Aquatic Center here.
Weeks after he considered walking away from the ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Washington, May 8 (ANI): A new study may allay fears that Facebook use is related to lower college academic grades.
Last month, an unpublished study suggested that using the popular social networking site could lead to diminished grades.
However, those findings did not replicate in the new research.
"We found no evidence ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Washington, May 8 (ANI): If you think that massage after exercise improves blood flow to the muscle, better think again, for a study conducted by Canadian scientists at Queen's University suggests the contrary.
The researchers say that their study debunks the myth that massage after exercise improves circulation to the ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
New Delhi, May 8 (ANI): An angry Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is expected to skip today's cabinet meeting in the capital in the wake of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi suggesting a possible political arrangement with Lalu's rival in Bihar -- Chief Minister Nitish ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
New York, May 7 (ANI): Model Kendra Spears has emerged as a serious bone of contention between two rival modelling agencies, with Ford Models suing Next Management over the leggy stunner who is billed as "the next Cindy Crawford".
Ford has accused Next of poaching the "All-American beauty", who was ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Patna, May 7 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav today said he was confident that his party would sweep in Bihar and Jharkhand.
Speaking after casting his vote, he said that the RJD in alliance with the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) of Ram Vilas Paswan would surprise ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Washington, May 7 (ANI): A new research by a scientist has shown that the crusts of neutron stars are 10 billion times stronger than steel or any other of the earth's strongest metal alloys.
The research was done by Charles Horowitz, a professor in the IU (Indiana University) College of ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Peshawar, May 6 (ANI): Criticizing the Taliban for not abiding by the terms and conditions of the Swat peace deal, the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain has said the Taliban's only agenda is to spread terror and they have nothing to do with Islam or Sharia.
Addressing ...
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
Washington, May 6 (ANI): Statin drugs, which are commonly used by people for reducing their cholesterol and risk of heart disease, may have a protective effect in the prevention of liver cancer and lead to a reduction in the need for gallbladder removals, according to new research.
These findings are ...
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Washington, May 5 (ANI): Scientists have identified a new anticonvulsant compound, called paxilline, which may cease the progression of epilepsy, a neurological disorder marked by abnormal electrical activity in the brain that leads to recurring seizures.
The study by Carnegie Mellon University researchers is based on a previous work in which ...
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