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Washington, September 14 (ANI): A new analysis has indicated that the same properties of nanoparticles that make them so appealing to manufacturers may also have negative effects on the environment and human health.

The analysis was done by an international team of researchers from the Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT), based at Duke [...]

Washington, September 14 (ANI): A team of scientists has developed a sensor that works as an ‘electronic nose’ in sniffing out some known poisonous gases and toxins, simply by changing colors.

Support for the development and application of this electronic nose comes from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the National Institutes of [...]

Washington, September 10 (ANI): In a new research, scientists at Rice University have used industry-standard lithographic techniques to deposit 10-nanometer stripes of amorphous graphite onto silicon, which brings graphite’s potential as a mass data storage medium a step closer to reality.

The research, [...]

London, Aug 30 (ANI): A filthy, ramshackle secret garden, hidden inside ‘American Fritzl’ Phillip Garrido’s house in the small town of Antioch, east of San Francisco, has been revealed to be the place where he kept Jaycee Lee Dugard as sex slave for 18 years and fathered two children with her.

Jaycee – kidnapped from a [...]

London, August 25 (ANI): Thousands of kids in Malawi are taking in 50 cigarettes worth of nicotine a day due to their employment as child labourers on the country’s tobacco fields, warns an organisation.

According to a study by Plan, the kids showed an array of nicotine poisoning symptoms, such as severe headaches, abdominal pain, muscle [...]

Kabul, Aug.21 (ANI): India has become a major donor of Afghanistan, and its growing presence here is riling arch rival Pakistan.

From wells and toilets to power plants and satellite transmitters, [...]

Washington, August 21 (ANI): Recent archaeological discoveries from far-flung corners of China are forcing scientists to reconsider the origins of ancient Chinese civilization.

A group of articles by Science news writer Andrew Lawler have explored how, over several millennia, China evolved [...]

Washington, August 21 (ANI): You may soon get to enjoy facilities like flexible high-resolution home theatre displays, wearable health monitors, and biomedical imaging devices because scientists are working on a novel process for creating new classes of lighting and display systems.

John Rogers, the Flory-Founder Chair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University [...]

London, August 19 (ANI): The SETI (Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence) telescope has produced its first scientific results, but unfortunately it’s still waiting for a response from the aliens.

The project, called the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) after benefactor and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, went live in 2007.

It was designed to scan for broadcasts from [...]

London, August 18 (ANI): A new study has found that cockroaches can hold their breath to save water, a trick that could help them to thrive in the face of climate change.

When cockroaches are resting, they periodically stop breathing for as long as 40 minutes, though why they do so has been unclear.

According to a [...]

London, August 15 (ANI): British children are being given qualifications for being able to wash their hands, dress themselves, and make a cup of tea to children by an examination board.

These qualifications are said to be [...]

Washington, Aug 14 (ANI): Scientists from The Hershey Company and Brunswick Laboratories (Norton, MA) have shown that it is possible to preserve almost 85 percent of cocoa flavanols while baking a cake.

The researchers said that a large number of cocoa flavanols could be preserved in recipes for chocolate frosting, hot cocoa drink, and chocolate cookies. [...]

New Delhi, Aug 11 (ANI/Business Wire India): Monster India and ITC e-Choupal have formed an alliance to launch Rozgarduniya.com. This Web site will enable job seekers in rural India, to access and apply for jobs through the ITC e-Choupals.

Powered by Monster’s innovative technology, Rozgarduniya.com was designed to [...]

Washington, August 9 (ANI): A new research has found that the Pacific coasts of North America and Central America are important sources of the Earth’s low-frequency vibration, or “hum”.

Previous studies had found that this hum is excited by infragravity waves, a type of ocean wave that originates in shallow water along coasts, but it was [...]

Washington, August 7 (ANI): Soon, a new experiment will aim to create a ‘fingerprint’ of the inside of the atomic nucleus to understand the structure of all matter in the Universe, including human beings and the stars.

Known as the Advanced Gamma Tracking Array (AGATA) experiment, it will help scientists analyze particle interactions that produce gamma [...]

Washington, August 6 (ANI): NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope is starting a second career and taking its first shots of the cosmos since warming up.

The infrared telescope ran out of coolant May 15, 2009, more than five-and-one-half-years after launch. It has since warmed to a still-frosty 30 degrees Kelvin (about minus 406 degrees Fahrenheit).

New images [...]