Washington: Dip a piece of paper into ink infused with carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires, it morphs into a real battery. Crumple the piece of paper and it still works. These are some of the newest ways of storing power, says Stanford University researcher Yi Cui, assisitant professor of material science and engineering. Stanford scientists [...]
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London: Although pop-ups on a computer screen may only last a few seconds, they tend to set back our performance, say researchers. Helen Hodgetts and Dylan Jones, professor of psychology at Cardiff University, examined the cost of such interruptions in terms of the time taken to complete a simple seven-step computer task. “Our findings suggest [...]
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New Delhi : The Prime Minister has apologised in Parliament for the controversial remark by a Congress MP against former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The Prime Minister said, “I was not in the House yesterday, but got to know that some untoward incident in the house in regard to Vajpayeeji …I apologise for that.” [...]
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London: A new database enabling visitors to search for spoken English ranging from people talking to their dogs to ministers addressing their congregation is being created at the Oxford University Phonetics Laboratory. Professor John Coleman and his team are one of four teams to win the ‘Digging into Data’ competition set up to encourage imaginative, [...]
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MARSEILLE: Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo turned on the style with Real Madrid on Tuesday as the Spanish giants advanced with ease to the Madrid knock-out round of the Champions League with a 3-1 victory at Marseille. A double from Ronaldo and a Raul Albiol goal ensured the nine-time European champions lead the way in their [...]
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Washington : Welcoming India’s decision to reduce troop strength in Jammu and Kashmir, a top US military official has said “de-tensioning of that border” is absolutely critical to the long-term stability of the region. “I really do believe that “de-tensioning” that (Kashmir) border is absolutely critical to the long term stability in that region. And [...]
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Panaji : The Goa rape case victim has written to the Russian Consulate saying she fears for her life. The Russian has alleged assault by supporters of the rape accused. She says she now wants to withdraw her case as the police are favoring the accused. The victim said she immediately rushed to Panaji, 30 [...]
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After the poor attendance in Lok Sabha last week, some members in Rajya Sabha too bunked the session on Tuesday. When 6 MPs against whom questions were listed did not bother to show up for the Question Hour, Vice-President and Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari was left to wonder if the virus had spread to [...]
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The price of garlic in China has increased by more than 500 percent this winter. Seemingly, the public is buying more because of the fear of the spread of the deadly virus. However, Wu Jiang, head of the immunity division under the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, has tried to break the myth. [...]
December 8, 2009 | Posted in
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NAGPUR: Having crowned themselves the number one team in Test rankings, India would look to assert their supremacy in the shortest format as well Dhoni when they clash against Sri Lanka in the first Twenty20 International on Wednesday. The 2-0 triumph and the number one Test ranking also gives India a psychological edge over the [...]
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