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Scientists have observed the highest rate of beak abnormalities ever recorded in wild bird populations in Alaska and the Northwest, a study by two federal scientists said.
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eggsIt’s an age-old puzzle that’s stumped generations of scientists. But now they believe they have cracked the conundrum of what came first: the chicken or the...
made popular Jul 15 2010
Thousands of statin (cholesterol-lowering drugs) users in the world should be beware, as the drug which may keep your cholesterol level in control may also give you...
made popular Jul 12 2010
A new complication has been seen in a patient with kidney disease who received stem cell therapy, scientists have warned.
made popular Jun 18 2010
Spending cuts at the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) are halving the number of alcohol researchers at the organisation. The institute is also forced to...
made popular Feb 22 2010
The boastful wings of Red tapism spanned across all sectors of the country. Bureaucratic procedures are omnipresent. Is it the only cause of regression of Indian...
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DOES INDIA RESPECT ITS SCIENTISTS ?
At a party the other night the discussion came around to vegetarianism. Someone said that non vegetarians tend to be more violent...
made popular Oct 23 2009
GOALS VS SIDE EFFECTS—AN EYE OPENER
A young man went to Gautama Buddha and sought the Master’s guidance to achieve Enlightenment, The conversation—that in my...
made popular Oct 10 2009
Scientists in Australia
have developed a new gene therapy vector that uses the same machinery as viruses to transport their cargo into cells.
David Jans, from the...
made popular Sep 4 2009
In recent years Moore’s Law, the idea the computing power will double every eighteen months, has seem less an amazing sign of progress and more an immense brick...
made popular Oct 30 2008
For hundreds of years they’ve been considered man’s best friend, and now it seems dogs have been around longer than thought.Scientists have discovered the...
made popular Oct 23 2008
Levels of paranoia and mistrust are much higher than previously thought and are increasing, it was claimed.Dr Daniel Freeman, a clinical psychologist from King’s...
made popular Oct 20 2008
Using a computerized connector between the brain and muscles in the body, scientists have been able to restore movement to paralyzed limbs.
made popular Oct 16 2008
We’ve been looking forward to Dead Space for quite a long time now, and I had the entirely terrible task of spending most of last night and today playing the...
made popular Oct 12 2008
Scientists have discovered mystery snippets of mammal DNA that have survived eons of evolution and yet have no apparent purpose. The finding reveals just how much we...
made popular Oct 10 2008
In a study reported Friday in the Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female Atlantic blacktip shark in the Virginia...
made popular Oct 10 2008
Men who suffer from premature ejaculation may be able to blame their genes, work suggests.
made popular Oct 8 2008
A team of researchers claim to have discovered how to not only boost the natural smell of flowers by up to 10 fold but also transfer different scents between plants.
made popular Oct 7 2008
In what could be a first in the world, a fish species known as cichlids has been observed by scientists in the act of splitting into two distinct species in Lake...
made popular Oct 7 2008
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Invasive procedures currently used risk miscarriage and damage to the foetus.A Stanford University test of DNA evidence in 18 pregnant women’s blood correctly...
made popular Oct 7 2008
As money floods in for breast cancer and leukaemia research, 80 per cent of people with lung tumours are dying within a year of diagnosis
made popular Oct 6 2008
During a recent sea expedition the team successfully used the bacteria, which contains a protein that glows blue when viewed though a simple light-detecting device, to...
made popular Oct 5 2008
A team of researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) has designed the first chip manufactured completely in Spain that will be used to measure the...
made popular Oct 4 2008
A recent partnership between the steel industry and UK university researchers has led to the development of a unique photovoltaic paint that can be applied to steel.
made popular Oct 2 2008
It will be months before they talk, walk or even sit up. But at just a day old, babies have a strong sense of rhythm, say researchers.
made popular Sep 23 2008
Deep-seated political differences aren’t simply moral and intellectual: They’re also biological.In reflex tests of 46 political partisans, psychologists...
made popular Sep 20 2008
Top physicists from several major American universities appeared before a Congressional committee Monday to request $50 billion for a science thing that would further...
made popular Sep 20 2008
Scientists who tricked monkeys by swapping images of sailboats for teacups have figured out how the brain learns to recognize objects, a finding that could lead to...
made popular Sep 14 2008
Gathering for what members of the international science community are calling
made popular Sep 12 2008
Scientists have switched on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the device they hope will unravel some of the remaining mysteries of the universe.
made popular Sep 10 2008
Scientists in a vast underground Swiss laboratory will launch an experiment on Wednesday to re-enact the “Big Bang” on a small scale to explain the origins...
made popular Sep 10 2008
Scientists say they have taken a big step towards blocking a chemical vital to the growth of many cancers.
made popular Sep 2 2008
Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, are set to explore the world’s deepest undersea volcanoes and find out what lives in a ‘lost...
made popular Sep 1 2008
A vast region of the Amazon forest in Brazil was home to a complex of ancient towns in which about 50,000 people lived, according to scientists assisted by satellite...
made popular Aug 29 2008
Over the past two decades, Michael Dickinson has been interviewed by reporters hundreds of times about his research on the biomechanics of insect flight. One question...
made popular Aug 29 2008
There are plenty of ways to cut your carbon footprint, whether it’s driving less or buying an energy-efficient refrigerator. But the British Medical Journal, in...
made popular Aug 28 2008
Scientists have found a protein that can promote the burning of body fat – a discovery that could lead to new ways to tackle obesity.
made popular Aug 24 2008
North Korean scientists have developed a new kind of noodle that delays feelings of hunger, a Japan-based pro-Pyongyang newspaper has reported.
made popular Aug 24 2008
US chemists have identified the odour that emanates from skin cancer, a development that researchers hope will advance diagnosis and treatment of the deadly disease,...
made popular Aug 21 2008
People in the southern part of India, especially in Tamil Nadu (and in AndraPradesh) are going crazy in their attitude towards cinema and politics.Hero worship of...
made popular Aug 20 2008
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Alan Trounson, president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, poses for a portrait at his offices in San Francisco, Monday, March 9, 2009. Trounson reacted favorably to the news that President Obama on Monday cleared the way for a...
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