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Obesity linked to high risk for heart disease: Obese people are likely to be at high risk for heart disease and stroke as obesity could be a factor in delaying optimal control of blood pressure and cholesterol, a new research led by an Indian-origin scientist said.
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Soon, Internet to use Hindi domain names: The Internet is set to undergo one of the biggest changes in its four-decade history with the expected approval this week of international domain names -- or addresses -- that can be written in languages other than English, an official said on Monday.
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Bad driver? Blame your genes: Bad drivers may in part have their genes to blame, suggests a new study. According to University of Irvine scientists, people with a particular gene variant performed more than 20 per cent worse on a driving test than people without it. A follow-up test a few days later yielded similar results. About 30 per cent of Americans have the variant, the website Science Daily reported.
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Google’s phone: Nexus One: On Tuesday, Google took the wraps off what may be the worst-kept secret on the Internet: a brand-new cell phone, designed by Google and made by HTC, called the Nexus One.
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New drug for swine flu offers hope: Athena Gurno thought her allergies were acting up when she started coughing in early October. But within days, Gurno, the 30-year-old mother of a young girl, was in a Seattle hospital, close to death from the H1N1 flu.
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Spicy Indian curry could prevent swine flu: Spicy Indian curries could prevent swine flu and common cold just like any prescribed medicine available with the chemists, Russian doctors have said. "You can strengthen immunity by consuming spicy foods like curries, as spices like turmeric, ginger and zeera also posses excellent therapeutic effect," an unnamed official of Moscow city sanitary and anti-epidemics committee was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti. As panic grips Muscovites over the spread of seasonal influenza and swine flue in the eastern parts of the country and neighbouring Ukraine, authorities are focusing on prevention and have ordered the use of masks at work place. Besides the intake of spicy food, people have been advised to consume raw onions and garlic, which also are said to contain good anti-viral properties.
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'Failures are not pillars of success': Contrary to the popular belief that people learn from their mistakes, a new study claims the brain may not learn from failures. According to the researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Success has a much greater influence on the brain than failures and it may not learn from negative experiences".
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Now robot to run wheelchair: In what could make easy the task of moving patients between beds and wheelchairs, a leading Japanese electronics firm has developed a new 'Robotic Bed' that can convert into a wheelchair with a simple voice command.
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NASA prepared for crucial rocket test: NASA is set to blastoff a prototype rocket on Tuesday that carries hopes of returning humans to the Moon, and for the first time to Mars, despite deep uncertainty about the program's future. The space agency said everything is in order for Tuesday's two-minute, 30-second test of the Ares I-X rocket.
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Long night 'falls over Saturn's ring': Astronomers have discovered evidence that a long night, lasting from six to 14 hours, falls over Saturn's rings. However, once approximately every 15 years, night falls over the entire visible ring system for about four days. This happens during Saturn's equinox, when the sun is directly over Saturn's equator.
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Hubble telescope shows earliest photo of universe: The US Hubble Space Telescope has captured the earliest image yet of the universe, just 600 million years after the Big Bang, when the universe was just a toddler. Scientists released the photo today at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
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Google enters mobile phone market: Google has also jumped on the phone bandwagon. It has now launched its own mobile phone, Nexus One. This phone joins about 20 other mobile devices that already run on Android, the mobile operating system that Google introduced in 2007 to make it easier to connect to its services and other websites away from home or the office.
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Nuclear mishap: Was young scientist at fault?: What caused Wednesday’s fire at one of India’s best-protected and most-renowned nuclear centres? Originally, a short circuit was suspected to have caused the accident. But now, it turns out that one of the two students who died was involved in a minor fire at another lab two weeks ago.
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Internet turns 40 with birthday party: Technology stars, pundits, and entrepreneurs joined the Internet's father on Thursday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his culture-changing child. "It's the 40th year since the infant Internet first spoke," said University of California, Los Angeles, professor Leonard Kleinrock, who headed the team that first linked computers online in 1969.
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Fibre 'calms immune response to asthma': An international team has carried out the study and found that insoluble dietary fibre, or roughage, not only keeps one fit but plays a vital role in the immune system, keeping certain diseases at bay. Foods high in dietary fibre include fruits, grains, nuts, vegetables and seeds.
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Kerala's coconut oil gives it diabetes?: At many of Kerala’s clinics, a chart warns of different oils and how much saturated fat they contain. At the very top of that list, sits Coconut Oil. And now, doctors are worried that’s to blame for Kerala’s rate of diabetes, highest in the country, with 21 out of every 100 people testing positive.
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How safe is the Bt brinjal?: Brinjal, the king of vegetables, looks all set to become the first genetically modified (GM) food crop to be allowed in India. This brinjal will look exactly like any other brinjal, except that it will have bacterial genes that will produce chemicals meant to make it pest-resistant.
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Arctic to be ‘ice-free in summer’: The North Pole will turn into an open sea during summer within a decade, according to data released by a team of explorers on Wednesday who trekked through the Arctic for three months.
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Soon, communicate thoughts through brain: Ever wanted to communicate your thoughts without speaking a word? British scientists have created a system for "brain to brain communication", a development researchers claimed will allow people to send thoughts, words and images directly to the minds of others.
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Approaching sound helps brain ‘see in dark’: Approaching footsteps, someone following you? The sound of something getting closer actually increases the sensitivity of your brain's visual part; it's like you are seeing in the dark, says a new study.
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NASA photos show moon strike created plume: American space agency NASA's much-hyped mission to hurl a spacecraft into the moon turned out some worthwhile data after all, scientists said. New images show a mile-high plume of lunar debris from the Cabeus crater shortly after the space agency's Centaur rocket struck October 9.
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Carbon monoxide helps in treating infection: Carbon monoxide, a deadly toxin, could be beneficial in treating various infections and organ transplantation if used in small, extremely controlled doses, a recent research has revealed.
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Your face shows 'how temperamental you are': A person with a broad face, having large width-to-height ratio (WHR), is likely to be more aggressive than the one with a narrow or long face, according to psychologists of Brock University, Canada.
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Bt brinjal safe for human beings: TNAU: Genetically Modified (GM) Bt brinjal was 'safe' to human beings, animals and environment, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) said on Wednesday. The university has been involved in the research for the past six years.
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Nokia suing Apple for patent infringement: Nokia, the world's largest maker of cell phones, is suing Apple in US federal court, saying the iPhone uses patented wireless technologies. Nokia Corp claims that the iPhone infringes on 10 patents covering both phone calls and Wi-Fi access. It also says that 40 other phone manufacturers have licensed these patents from Nokia, but Apple hasn't.
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Phone application steers unmanned car: Members of the team of Freie University of Berlin, lead by Professor Raul Rojas developed an application for the iPhone, which makes it possible to drive the car using the mobile phone.
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Exposure to pesticides may lead to 'suicidal thoughts': A recent survey carried out in central/coastal China by Dr Robert Stewart from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London along with scientists from Tongde Hospital in Zhejiang Province in China found that greater exposure to agricultural pesticides, which are very easily absorbed into the body through the skin and lungs, may have adverse effects on mental health.
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Swine flu vaccine for pregnant women: One dose of swine flu vaccine protects pregnant women against the flu, but children under 10 still need two doses, U.S. officials said Monday, announcing further results of clinical trials of the vaccine.
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Kids of overweight pregnant women 'obese': The findings by researchers from medical centres in New York and Canada's Quebec city said an obese mother's womb may send a signal to their unborn baby that encourages them to grow into a fat child and adult.
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Google set to challenge Microsoft: To tap the fast growing web and personal computers market, internet giant Google is working on an operating system, a move that is likely to pose a stiff challenge to Microsoft's dominance.
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