There seems to be a great confusion among top US officials over the recent arrests of the some wanted Taliban commanders in Pakistan, as a day after President Obama’s Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said America is “gratified” with the arrests, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief Leon Panetta has stressed that [...]
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Unrealized educational dreams don’t spell depression among adults
Unrealized educational expectations don’t spell depression among adults, conclude researchers.
In a new study, Florida State University Sociology Professor John R. Reynolds, the director of the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy at Florida State, and co-author Chardie L. Baird, an assistant professor of sociology at Kansas State University, found no long-term emotional costs [...]
Silver nanoparticles may lead to a host of innovative applications
A team of scientists has introduced a new method to deterministically and precisely position silver nanoparticles onto self-assembling DNA scaffolds, which could lead to a new generation of microelectronics, semiconductors, biological and chemical sensing devices.
In the new research, Hao Yan and Yan Liu, professors at the Biodesign Institute’s Center for Single Molecule Biophysics and [...]
Superconducting materials can solve power loss problem in electricity towers
In a new research, it has been suggested that superconducting materials can solve the problem of the power lost due to electrical resistance in steel lattice towers.
Conventional aluminum or copper power lines have a certain amount of natural resistance to the flow of electricity, so some energy is lost as heat during transmission.
About [...]
Sensors to detect engineered nanoparticles to gauge environmental impact
A chemist is developing sensors that would detect and identify engineered nanoparticles, a research work that will advance our understanding of the risks associated with the environmental release and transformation of these particles.
The chemist in question is Omowunmi Sadik, director of Binghamton University’s Center for Advanced Sensors and Environmental Systems.
“We need to think not [...]
Here’s the science behind quakes
In a new study, Northeastern earth and environmental sciences professor Jennifer Cole has discussed what causes earthquakes and how one natural disaster can lead to another.
As to what causes earthquakes, Cole says that they result from the movement of tectonic plates.
As tectonic plates slide past each other, energy builds up in the rocks [...]
How bird skeletons can look so delicate and still be heavy
A scientist has explained how bird skeletons can look so delicate and still be heavy.
The scientist in question is modern bat researcher, Elizabeth Dumont of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
In her research, Dumont determined that bird bones are denser than mammal bones, which makes them heavy even though they are thin and sometimes [...]
Silver nanoparticles may lead to a host of innovative applications
A team of scientists has introduced a new method to deterministically and precisely position silver nanoparticles onto self-assembling DNA scaffolds, which could lead to a new generation of microelectronics, semiconductors, biological and chemical sensing devices.
In the new research, Hao Yan and Yan Liu, professors at the Biodesign Institute’s Center for Single Molecule Biophysics and [...]
Superconducting materials can solve power loss problem in electricity towers
In a new research, it has been suggested that superconducting materials can solve the problem of the power lost due to electrical resistance in steel lattice towers.
Conventional aluminum or copper power lines have a certain amount of natural resistance to the flow of electricity, so some energy is lost as heat during transmission.
About [...]
Sensors to detect engineered nanoparticles to gauge environmental impact
A chemist is developing sensors that would detect and identify engineered nanoparticles, a research work that will advance our understanding of the risks associated with the environmental release and transformation of these particles.
The chemist in question is Omowunmi Sadik, director of Binghamton University’s Center for Advanced Sensors and Environmental Systems.
“We need to think not [...]
Here’s the science behind quakes
In a new study, Northeastern earth and environmental sciences professor Jennifer Cole has discussed what causes earthquakes and how one natural disaster can lead to another.
As to what causes earthquakes, Cole says that they result from the movement of tectonic plates.
As tectonic plates slide past each other, energy builds up in the rocks [...]
How bird skeletons can look so delicate and still be heavy
A scientist has explained how bird skeletons can look so delicate and still be heavy.
The scientist in question is modern bat researcher, Elizabeth Dumont of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
In her research, Dumont determined that bird bones are denser than mammal bones, which makes them heavy even though they are thin and sometimes [...]
Rare ATM gene mutations, plus radiation, ups second breast cancer risk
Rare mutations in the ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) gene, combined with radiation exposure, might put a woman more at risk of developing a second cancer in the opposite breast, according to a study.
Breast cancer survivors are at increased risk of developing a second cancer in the other, or contralateral breast, compared to women who [...]
Mini-laboratory to provide test-results in minutes
Forget waiting for days for the results of laboratory tests, for patients will soon be able to get complex analyses done on the spot-thanks to a new system developed by Fraunhofer research scientists
The researchers have created a modular platform for in vitro diagnosis, which enables various types of bioanalysis – of blood and saliva [...]
How global warming can lead to increased violence in human beings
A new research has shown that as the earth’s average temperature rises, so does human “heat” in the form of violent tendencies, which links global warming with increased violence in human beings.
Using US government data on average yearly temperatures and the number of violent crimes between 1950 and 2008, the researchers estimate that if [...]
Signature of renaissance artist Raphael found hidden in painting
Reports indicate that art experts have found what they believe is the earliest signature of the master renaissance artist Raphael, hidden within a painting’s arabesque decorations.
According to a report in Discovery News, featuring the words “RAPHAEL SANT”, the signature has been detected in an obscure painting that has been kept in private collections for [...]
Scientists to map Chile earthquake site to capture fresh data
A team of scientists are all set to undertake an expedition to explore the rupture site of the 8.8-magnitude Chilean earthquake, which is one of largest quakes in recorded history.
The scientists are funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and affiliated with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) at the University of California at [...]
Sleep deprivation linked to drug use in teens’ social networks
Poor sleep patterns are likely to drive adolescents at the centre of social networks to use drugs, thereby increasing their vulnerability, says a study.
Principal researcher Sara C. Mednick, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the VA San Diego Healthcare System, pointed out the spread of [...]
Demi Moore’s tweets ’save suicidal 18 year old’
Twitter exchange between Demi Moore and a suicidal 18-year-old may have prevented the teen from taking his life, it has been claimed.
Nia Vardalos, a member of the popular social networking website, read the messages exchanged between the actress and the boy, who threatened to hang [...]
How transcendental meditation can prevent war and terrorism
A new research paper has pointed how militaries worldwide could use the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program, founded by Indian spiritual guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, as a non-religious and scientifically verified way to prevent war and terrorism.
When used in a military context, these meditation [...]
Fossilized feces reveal monster croc could take down large dinos 79 mln yrs ago
Ancient bite marks and fossilized feces discovered in Georgia, US, have indicated that a giant crocodile that roamed the Southeast United States about 79 million years ago could take down dinosaurs its own size.
The giant reptile, called Deinosuchus, was up [...]
Scientists exploring cup plant as potential new biomass and carbon storing crop
A new research by scientists at South Dakota State University (SDSU) is exploring a native perennial called cup plant as a potential new biomass crop that could also store carbon in its extensive root system and add [...]
Now, cat fur to help police nab criminals
A new research paper indicates that an international team of scientists has established an extensive DNA database that will permit cat fur to be used more often and accurately as forensic evidence.
“The increasing popularity of the domestic cat as a household pet has unknowingly fostered the distribution [...]
Soon, designer nanomaterials on-demand
A team of scientists has shown how it is possible to make designer nanomaterials on-demand.
The researchers, from Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry, in collaboration with a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, have shown how nanocomposites with desired properties can be designed [...]
Technology to control turbulence in water pipes could also keep arteries clear
In what could be a boon for cardiologists, a new technology to keep turbulence down in pipes could actually keep arteries clear and save lives, according to a study.
In an effort to help lower the cost of pumping fluids through pipelines, [...]
Acne drug may help prevent HIV breakout
A cheap acne drug that’s been used for decades effectively targets infected immune cells in which HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, lies dormant and prevents them from reactivating and replicating, claim Johns Hopkins researchers.
The drug, minocycline, likely will improve on the current treatment regimens of HIV-infected patients if used in combination with a [...]
Why we tend to be nice with strangers
People from large industrialized societies tend to be nice with strangers. Now, researchers have found why we are surprisingly fair and trusting with unfamiliar individuals.
This pro-social behaviour results from a change in social norms that allowed us to trust strangers, according to the new study.
The change is likely linked to a rise in [...]
Nano-based RFID tags may soon make long lines at store checkouts history
Those never-ending lines at store checkouts could soon be history, thanks to radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags printed through a new roll-to-roll process that could replace bar codes and make checking out of a store a snap.
Rice University researchers, in collaboration with a team led by Gyou-jin Cho at Sunchon National University in Korea, have [...]
Our tree-dwelling ancestors could also walk on two legs 3.6 mln yrs ago
Experiments by a team of anthropologists have shown that fossil footprints made 3.6 million years ago are the earliest direct evidence of early tree-dwelling hominids using the kind of efficient, upright posture and gait now seen in modern humans.
More than three million years ago, the ancestors of modern humans were still spending a considerable [...]
There were 18,500 humans in the world 1.2 million years ago
A team of geneticists, with the help of the composition of just two human genomes, has computed the size of the human population 1.2 million years ago, from which everyone in the world is descended, as being 18,500 people.
According to a report in the New York Times, the estimate was made by a team [...]
