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Merging an ancient 500-Million-Year-Old DNA into Modern E-coli Bacteria! Molecular rewinding of life? Fri, 13/07/2012 - 15:41 by Minnie Mahendru Is evolution being re-staged by the scientists? We hold on to the sides of our chairs as the scientists burn their midnight oil trying to recreate a dinosaur in their laboratories.They have been successful with bacteria and ancient plants and now have finally managed to merge a bacteria with a 500 year old gene ! Comments Read more	Earth to narrowly miss collision with giant asteroid Sun, 26/06/2011 - 12:18 by Jaspreet Virk An asteroid as large as a school bus will give Earth a close shave Monday, NASA experts claim. Comments Read more	Lost in a newspaper? It can deafen you--study Sat, 28/05/2011 - 15:55 by Jaspreet Virk Often feel that your husband turns a deaf ear to you while reading newspaper at the breakfast table? Well, spare him the tough looks, as a new study has found that being engrossed in an activity can block one's ability to hear. Comments Read more
Coldest star found: temperature no warmer than hot coffee Thu, 24/03/2011 - 13:12 by Jaspreet Virk Astronomers claim that they have discovered dimmest and the coldest star. Comments Read more	Saturday's supermoon promises a celestial treat Sat, 19/03/2011 - 13:17 by Jaspreet Virk A celestial treat awaits the sky gazers as 'Supermoon' will adorn the night sky this Saturday. Comments Read more	Japan earthquake: Earth's axis tilts, days shorten Mon, 14/03/2011 - 13:44 by Jaspreet Virk The massive Japan earthquake has not only caused widespread devastation and thousands of deaths, but it has also jolted Earth's axis into new position and shortened the days. Comments Read more
Your key to longevity: eat apples--study Thu, 03/03/2011 - 22:52 by Jaspreet Virk It's said that 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away.' Now scientists have now found scientific evidence. Comments Read more	Pennsylvania scientists discover 1 min test to detect concussions Thu, 03/02/2011 - 15:41 by Neha Gupta Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have come up with a simple yet reliable test to detect concussions in athletes. Comments Read more	What's on IBM's "Next Five in Five"? Mon, 27/12/2010 - 09:59 by Manikandan Raman By 2015, you could see the 3-D image of a person calling you and might be able to plan in advance the shortest and less traffic-congested route to the office. manNot enough? Even "breathing" batteries and laptops powered by kinetic energy could be on the way over the next five years, according to the latest technology predictions fromIBM (NYSE: IBM). Comments Read more
Pacific whales shows evidence of pollution Fri, 10/12/2010 - 07:00 by Prince damin Lubbock, Texas -- U.S. researchers say they've found evidence of exposure to harmful chemicals and pesticides in Pacific Ocean-dwelling sperm whales. Researchers from Texas Tech University tested tissues from whales from all five Pacific regions for DDT, the fungicide hexachlorobenzene, and 30 types of polychlorinated biphenyls, known to cause endocrine disruption and neurotoxicity, a university release said Wednesday. "Our findings provide a unique baseline for global assessment of pollution exposures and sensitivity in the sperm whale, a globally distributed and threatened species," Celine Godard-Codding, an assistant professor at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech, said. Comments Read more	Milestone reached in disease research Thu, 09/12/2010 - 10:08 by Prince damin Evanston, Ill. -- U.S. researchers say they've reached a major milestone in ongoing efforts to wipe out some of the world's most lethal diseases. Scientists at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute and Northwestern University have experimentally determined three-dimensional protein structures from a number of bacterial and protozoan pathogens, which could potentially lead to new drugs, vaccines and diagnostics to combat deadly infectious diseases, a Northwestern release said Tuesday. Some of the structures solved by the researchers come from well-known organisms like the H1N1 flu virus and those that cause plague, cholera and rabies, the release said. Comments Read more	Polar bears seen with 'piggy back' cubs Wed, 01/12/2010 - 06:54 by Prince damin London -- Polar bears are carrying cubs on their backs while they swim through icy waters, possibly because of global warming melting arctic ice, U.K. researchers say. Scientists say they believed it to be a new behavior, possibly the result of bears having to swim longer distances in the ocean because of reduction in the amount of ice used by the bears as seal-hunting territory, Britain's Daily Telegraph reported. During the longer swims, traveling on the mother's back could be vital for the survival of the cubs, scientists say, as being on the mother's back means the cub's body is in direct contact with the adult's fur and a large part of the baby is out of the icy water, thereby reducing heat loss. Comments Read more