Washington: European scientists have found that asthmatic smokers could “reverse” some of the damage done to their lungs just by putting down cigarette. According to researchers at the University of Groningen, Netherlands, smoking asthmatics can reverse some of the damage to their lungs that exacerbates asthmatic symptoms just by quitting smoking, the American Journal of [...]
Washington: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), popularly known as the “Big Bang Machine”, has taken its first step toward finding the “God Particle”, as the first scientific results from the recently restarted particle accelerator have been announced. The LHC, which is the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, lies in a tunnel 27 kilometres in [...]
Washington: Scientists have used lasers to create the first practical macroscopic yarns from boron nitride fibers, opening the door for an array of applications, from radiation-shielded spacecraft to stronger body armor. Researchers at NASA”s Langley Research Center, the Department of Energy”s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and the National Institute of Aerospace created a new [...]
,Washington: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were spotted enjoying a double date with George Clooney and his girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis. The star couples went for dinner at an Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills and spent around an hour together chatting and having fun after attending the premiere of Clooney’s new film ‘Up in the Air’, [...]
Washington: Google, under fire from Rupert Murdoch and some other newspaper owners, said it will let publishers set a limit on the number of articles people can read for free through its search engine. Google’s announcement came as the News Corp. chairman, who has threatened to block the Internet giant from indexing his newspapers, and [...]
Washington: The year has not yet ended but Microsoft says “Twitter” was among the top searches of 2009 on its new search engine Bing and a company which monitors language has crowned it the top word of the year. Microsoft, in a blog post late Sunday, said “Michael Jackson,” “Twitter and “Swine Flu” were the [...]
Washington: In a stern message to Pakistan, the United States has asked it to shed its policy of “using insurgents” like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) as a strategic tool and warned that if it cannot deliver against terrorists, the US may be impelled to use “any means” at its disposal. The message, which has been conveyed in [...]
WASHINGTON: Noting that he prefers the term “brain gain” to “reverse brain drain”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today thanked the Indian-American community for their contribution in building bridges between India and the United States and invited Indians worldwide to return home. Prime Minister Singh highlighted the Five Es – economy, energy, environment, education and empowerment [...]
Washington : On the eve of the first anniversary of the worst terror attacks in India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is on a visit to the US, has said that he shares the grief of people who lost their relatives. “This is a day of remembrance and paying homage to innocent civilians and brave [...]
Washington : US President Barack Obama will attend the climate change conference in Copenhagen on December 9, an administration official said on Wednesday. Obama, whose country is the second-largest polluter after China, joins dozens of world leaders who have already accepted invitations to the UN-sponsored talks in the Danish capital that run December 7-18. He [...]
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