INSAT-3D reaches closer to its orbital home

TNN Jul 29, 2013, 05.12AM IST (In the critical first orbit…) BANGALORE: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has confirmed that INSAT-3D, the most advanced weather satellite, has reached an intermediate orbit which is much closer...

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World’s fastest switch created

Kounteya Sinha, TNN Jul 30, 2013, 07.31AM IST LONDON: US department of energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have clocked the fastest-possible electrical switching in magnetite, a naturally magnetic mineral. Their results could...

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‘Happiness can affect your genes’

WASHINGTON: Happiness can affect your genes in a healthy or unhealthy way depending on what causes you to feel pleasure , a first-of-its-kind study has found.US researchers found that human bodies recognize at the molecular level that not all happiness...

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Cancer risk increases with height

A woman's cancer risk appears to increase with her height, a new study shows.An analysis of 20,928 postmenopausal women showed that the taller a woman is, the greater her risk for a number of cancers, including breast, colon and skin cancer, among others....

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INSAT-3D reaches closer to its orbital home

TNN Jul 29, 2013, 05.12AM IST (In the critical first orbit…) BANGALORE: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has confirmed that INSAT-3D, the most advanced weather satellite, has reached an intermediate orbit which is much closer...

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World’s fastest switch created

LONDON: US department of energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have clocked the fastest-possible electrical switching in magnetite, a naturally magnetic mineral.Their results could drive innovations in the tiny transistors that control...

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On rooftops, a rival for utilities

Diane Cardwell, New York Times Jul 27, 2013, 07.50PM IST (Solar panels north of Los…) For years, power companies have watched warily as solar panels have sprouted across the nation's rooftops. Now, in almost panicked tones, they are fighting...

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INSAT-3D reaches closer to its orbital home

BANGALORE: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has confirmed that INSAT-3D, the most advanced weather satellite, has reached an intermediate orbit which is much closer to the 36,000 km outside the atmosphere of Earth. This is its final orbital...

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Mysterious centaurs orbiting sun may be comets: Nasa

PTI Jul 27, 2013, 11.29AM IST (The findings come from the…) WASHINGTON: The mysterious celestial centaurs â€" small sub-planetary bodies found orbiting the Sun somewhere between Jupiter and Neptune â€" may actually be comets, a new Nasa...

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On rooftops, a rival for utilities

For years, power companies have watched warily as solar panels have sprouted across the nation's rooftops. Now, in almost panicked tones, they are fighting hard to slow the spread.Alarmed by what they say has become an existential threat to their business,...

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Cancer risk increases with height

A woman's cancer risk appears to increase with her height, a new study shows.An analysis of 20,928 postmenopausal women showed that the taller a woman is, the greater her risk for a number of cancers, including breast, colon and skin cancer, among others....

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Girl born with no nose or eyes gears up for operation

A girl who was born without eyes or a nose has begun a final series of operations and skin grafts, in the hope that doctors in America will be able to construct a nose for her.Cassidy Hooper began a two-year process involving multiple surgical procedures...

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Mysterious centaurs orbiting sun may be comets: Nasa

WASHINGTON: The mysterious celestial centaurs — small sub-planetary bodies found orbiting the Sun somewhere between Jupiter and Neptune — may actually be comets, a new Nasa study suggests.The true identity of centaurs is one of the enduring mysteries...

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On rooftops, a rival for utilities

For years, power companies have watched warily as solar panels have sprouted across the nation's rooftops. Now, in almost panicked tones, they are fighting hard to slow the spread.Alarmed by what they say has become an existential threat to their business,...

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UK plans to land man on Mars by 2021

LONDON: UK scientists have designed a concept mission to land astronauts on Mars by 2021 — 12 years before Nasa expects to send a manned mission to the Red Planet. The plan envisages a three-person crew journeying to Mars aboard a small two-part craft.Nasa...

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Scientists produce false memories in mice

WASHINGTON: Scientists have pulled off the plot of Inception — with mice!Researchers have successfully implanted false memories of an event that never actually took place into a mice brain, showing it is possible to create inaccurate recollections of...

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MERS virus may be deadlier than SARS: Study

LONDON: The new respiratory virus that emerged in the Middle East last year appears to make people sicker faster than SARS, but doesn't seem to spread as easily, according to the latest detailed look at about four dozen cases in Saudi Arabia. Since...

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War on malaria: Be invisible to mosquitoes

WASHINGTON: Researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, have developed the world's first lightweight patch that can make people 'invisible' to pesky mosquitoes and could prove key in the battle against malaria.The affordable patch is a colourful...

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Teens using marijuana may permanently damage their brains

WASHINGTON: Regular marijuana use in adolescence may permanently impair brain function and cognition, and can increase the risk of developing psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, a new study has warned.Researchers from the University of Maryland...

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Large Hadron Collider helps confirm ultrarare particle decay

LONDON: Scientists have confirmed the ultra rare phenomena of decay in particle physics, which is found just thrice in every billion collisions at the LHC.The scientists made the observation of the rare transformation of one subatomic particle into another...

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Life on Earth dates back to 2.2 billion years

WASHINGTON: Newly discovered ancient fossils from South Africa provide strong evidence that life existed on Earth 2.2 billion years ago - four times earlier than previously believed.Conventional scientific wisdom has it that plants and other creatures...

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Complimentary feeding should begin at six months of age: Experts

CHANDIGARH: Medical experts are of the opinion that complementary feeding should begin around six months of age in addition to mother's milk. The digestive functions are likely to become sufficiently mature by this time to enable infants to process some...

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Nasa releases Saturn-Earth 'photobomb' picture

WASHINGTON: The US space agency has released a rare photo of the Earth and moon taken from the vantage point of the outer solar system, with Saturn's rings in the shot.The color images were taken by Nasa's Cassini spacecraft at a distance of nearly 900...

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Tomato, apple peels to help purify water

SINGAPORE: An Indian-origin scientist has developed the world's first water purification technique that uses apple and tomato peels to remove different types of pollutants. In a bid to make clean water available at low cost, Ramakrishna Mallampati, a...

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Prehistoric man painted while high on drugs?

WASHINGTON: Prehistoric man made cave art while high on hallucinogenic drugs, a new research has claimed. A team of international scientists studied paintings dating as far back as 40,000 years.They discovered that the spiral-like and labyrinthian designs...

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Molecule responsible for causing feelings of depression identified

WASHINGTON: Researchers have claimed that they have discovered molecules that are responsible for stress, anxiety and even depression.They discovered that the protein receptor CRF1 is responsible for releasing hormones which could cause anxiety and depression...

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Brain's 'misery' molecule discovered

LONDON: Scientists have found the brain's most miserable molecule - a protein involved in all our feelings of stress, anxiety and depression - paving way for development of new drugs to control it.Researchers used the Diamond Light Source, a particle...

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World's first trip to Moon's south pole planned for 2016

WASHINGTON: The world's first mission to the south pole of the moon to install a permanent telescope on the lunar surface, to aid professional and amateur researchers, has been announced.The private enterprise mission, announced by the International...

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'Smart' street-lamps light up only when people are around

WASHINGTON: An Indian-origin designer has developed unique 'smart' street-lamps which light up only in presence of people, an invention that could slash energy costs by 80 per cent.The 'on-demand' streetlights only glow in the presence of a people, bicycle...

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Life may have existed on Mars 4 billion years ago

LONDON: Life may have existed on Mars till about 4 billion years ago. After studying the first measurements of Martian atmosphere taken by the Curiosity rover, researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, say the red planet lost its oxygen four...

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Earth prepares for glamour shots from space

LOS ANGELES: Smile Earth! You're on camera.Nasa is inviting the public to look skyward and wave at Saturn and Mercury in what is billed as an interplanetary photo op.The Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn and the Messenger craft circling Mercury...

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Non-electric cooler bag to keep food chilled for five days

HELSINKI: Taking food to festivals or on holiday even during the hottest of days will soon be easier, as a new non-electric cooler bag designed by a Finnish firm can keep food chilled for at least 4-5 days.The innovation dubbed "super cooler bag" has...

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Regularly breaking a sweat can lower stroke risk

WASHINGTON: Regular exercise lowers the risk of having a stroke, new research suggests.A stroke can occur when a blood vessel in the brain gets blocked. As a result, nearby brain cells will die after not getting enough oxygen and other nutrients.A number...

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Why nondrinkers have higher mortality rates

WASHINGTON: A new study has explored why non-drinkers have a higher mortality risk than people who are light drinkers.As it turns out, the mystery as to why abstaining from alcohol makes you live longer, kind of depends on why you don't drink.Multiple...

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Genetic mutation linked to severe obesity identified

WASHINGTON: US scientists have identified a rare genetic mutation that can directly cause obesity in some people.The study by Boston Children's Hospital in US involved genetic surveys of several groups of obese humans and experiments in mice.Mice with...

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Memory loss peaks at 4 stages atleast 20 years before Alzheimer's hits

MELBOURNE: Australian scientists have discovered four peak stages of memory loss 20 years before the onset of Alzheimer's disease.This data from the national Australian Imaging, Biomarker and Lifestyle Flagship study, has for the first time shown how...

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Man spots lost pyramids via satellite

WASHINGTON: Mysterious, pyramid-like structures spotted in the Egyptian desert by an amateur satellite archaeologist may indeed be long-lost pyramids, a new investigation has found. Angela Micol, from North Carolina, made the discovery of the possible...

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Gold on Earth came from far away dead stars

NEW DELHI: All the gold on Earth must have come from colliding dead stars, scientists have suggested after studying a gamma ray burst (GRB) that happened when two neutron stars collided on June 3 rdthis year. It was known that gold must have cosmic...

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