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A new design which they claim can be used to make the world's most precise clock as small as a wris
Friday, November 28, 2008 www.ndtv.com
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Scientists have come up with a new design which they claim can be used to make the world's most precise clock as small as a wristwatch.
Cesium atomic clocks are used to define the basic unit of time -- the second -- to co-ordinate and synchronise global timekeeping, GPS navigation systems, computers on the Internet and scientific equipment.
But these devices, known as fountain clocks, are very
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Scientists have developed a computer software model based on the innate preferences that studies sho
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 ibnlive.in.com
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Jerusalem: Want to optimise your looks without radically altering them? An Israeli team of computer scientists may have the answer. They have developed a computer software model based on the innate preferences that studies show we have for human faces.
"This technology could become a product where for example there's a web service where people upload their photographs and have them enhanced or b
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Scientists have discovered new species of bacteria that can grow at low temperatures, spoiling raw m
Friday, November 21, 2008 www.dnaindia.com
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WASHINGTON: Here's an advice for milk lovers -- just don't drink it raw.
Scientists have discovered new species of bacteria that can grow at low temperatures, spoiling raw milk even when it is refrigerated.
Dr Malka Halpern, who the research team at University of Haifa in Israel said: "When we looked at bacteria living in raw milk, we found that many of them had not been identified before.
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A daily puff of marijuana can help reduce memory loss in old age and fight Alzheimer’s, a shocking n
Friday, November 21, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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WASHINGTON: A daily puff of marijuana can help reduce memory loss in old age and fight Alzheimer’s, a shocking new study has revealed. According to Ohio State University scientists, specific elements of marijuana can be good for the aging brain by reducing inflammation there and possibly even stimulating the formation of new brain cells.
The research suggests that the development of a legal drug
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Scientists have developed a new smart pill that, when swallowed, enables doctors to target precise a
Thursday, November 13, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Scientists at the research arm of Philips – one of the world’s biggest hospital equipment makers – have developed a new intelligent pill technology, known as the ‘iPill’.
The gadget, they say, is targeted at assisting drug development and enabling new therapies for debilitating and life-threatening digestive tract disorders such as Crohn’s disease, colitis and colon cancer.
Digestive tract disor
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India's nuclear arsenal got more teeth as it unveiled a new nuclear missile, Shaurya.
Thursday, November 13, 2008 ibnlive.in.com
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New Delhi: India's nuclear arsenal got more teeth as it unveiled a new nuclear missile, Shaurya.
This is a missile that will strengthen India's second-strike capability.
This 600-km missile meant to be fired from underground silos will give India more options for retaliation, in case it is attacked by another force with nuclear weapons first.
The two-stage, solid fuelled Shaurya missile succe
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Scientists carried out the first test-firing from land of the submarine-launched ballistic missile (
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 ibnlive.in.com
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New Delhi: Scientists carried out the first test-firing from land of the submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) K-15 from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea, about 15 kms from Balasore on Wednesday morning.
The two-stage missile, which can carry a payload up to 1 tonne, has a range of 700 km. It has earlier undergone four tests from the underwater platform.
The missile had
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NASA’s robotic Phoenix Mars lander has been declared dead by scientists
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Washington: After months of dust storms and severe cold, NASA’s robotic Phoenix Mars lander has been declared dead by scientists, who celebrated its success as the first to touch ice on the Red Planet.
Mission managers said on Monday that Phoenix had lasted long after its planned 90 days, and they celebrated the success of the spacecraft.
“It’s really an Irish wake and not a funeral,” said princ
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Headphones used with MP3 music players like an iPod may interfere with heart pacemakers
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Washington: Headphones used with MP3 music players like an iPod may interfere with heart pacemakers and implantable defibrillators, US scientists said on Sunday.
The MP3 players themselves posed no threat to pacemakers and defibrillators, used to normalise heart rhythm. But the strong little magnets inside the headphones would foul up the devices when placed within 1.2 inches of them, the researc
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In an international marine census, scientists have discovered 110 new species of flora and fauna; th
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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A city of brittle stars off the coast of New Zealand; an Antarctic expressway where octopi ride along in a flow of extra salty water; an underwater café for Great White Sharks; and a carpet of tiny crustaceans on the Gulf of Mexico sea floor: these are just some of the wonders discovered by scientists compiling the ‘Census of Marine Life’, a 10-year project that seeks to map the oceans.
“We are a
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