Friday, May 8th, 2009
Washington, May 8 (ANI): Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have created an "astro-comb" to help astronomers detect lighter planets, more like Earth, around distant stars.
In most cases, extrasolar planets can't be seen directly-the glare of the nearby star is too great-but their influence can ...
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Washington, May 5 (ANI): Scientists have found that autistic toddlers have an enlarged amygdala, a brain area known to be linked with functions like the processing of faces and emotion.
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill also say that this brain abnormality appears to be associated ...
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
New Delhi, May 5 (ANI): Criticizing Rahul Gandhi's remark that the Congress has ideological common ground with the Left parties, BJP leader Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday that the Congress lacks political ethics as it was trying to woo the Left in the midst of the Lok Sabha elections.
Addressing ...
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
Washington, May 3 (ANI): The United States is hoping that the forthcoming trilateral talks with Pakistan and Afghanistan will help in improving ties between the countries, specially between neighboring Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Briefing media persons about the issues which would be discussed during ...
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Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
Washington, May 3 (ANI): A new study has documented for the first time the process in which increased mercury emissions from human sources across the globe, and in particular from Asia, make their way into the North Pacific ...
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
London, Apr 30 (ANI): David Beckham and Victoria's strained marriage hit another roadblock after a nude model claimed that the footie ace made a play for her.
Blonde Mariann Fogarassy insists that the 33-year-old hunky sportsman has been emailing her with "private party" invites ever since they got close after an ...
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
London, Apr 29 (ANI): In the world's largest DNA scan for autism, US scientists have uncovered a new gene variant, called CDH10, which is highly common in children suffering from the disorder.
In partnership with 30 research institutions across the US, scientists scrutinized the activity of CDH10 and found that it ...
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Lahore, Apr 28 (ANI): Pakistani media has blasted the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), organising the ongoing five-match one-day international (ODI) series in the United Arab Emirates, for failing to handle the 'home series' in a professional way despite the presence of 'too many officials' here.
Organising committee chairman Mohammad Naeem, ...
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Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Agartala, 26 Apr (ANI): Pakistan sponsored anti-India elements are now using the eastern border with Bangladesh and Nepal for infiltrating into the Indian territory, said Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF) M L Kumawat.
"The western frontier is almost fully fenced and is better mended because the fencing work ...
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Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Washington, Apr 26 (ANI): Scientists from QUT's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation are using a 3-D model to get deeper insights into how prostate cancer spread to the bones.
Shirly Sieh, a PhD student at IHBI, is studying the way cancer cells escape from the prostate through the bloodstream to ...
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