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Disruption of daily rhythms, such as from sleep deprivation, affects the immune response, say researchers. File Photo
'Body clock' governs highs and lows of immune response
The success of host immune defence depends in part on an organism’s ‘body clock’, a new study has revealed.
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Human activity reverses species diversity
Reversal of whitefish species diversity took place due to closer breeding
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Interceptor scores a direct hit on target missile
Validating Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) capability, India successfully launched an interceptor missile to destroy an incoming target missile in a direct hit at an altitude of 15 km over the Bay of Bengal on Friday.
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Scientists say NASA cutting missions to Mars
Some Mars missions will continue, but the fate of future flights is unclear, including the much-sought flight to return rocks from the red planet.
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Russia 'drills into' Antarctic subglacial lake
Lake Vostok is the largest subglacial lake in Antarctica and scientists want to study its eco-system which has been isolated for hundreds of thousands of years under the ice in the hope of finding previously unknown microbiological life forms.
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NEW DELHI,
February 9, 2012
Sky gazers in for a double delight
Sky gazers are in for a double astro-treat this weekend as Mars, Saturn and a bright star can be easily viewed without optical aids from sunset to sunrise.
The cosmic show will begin on F...
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February 8, 2012
Question corner: Wet clothes
In the rainy season, clothes, when not dried properly, start stinking. Why?
Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Many species of plant and animal kingdoms besides those tha...
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COIMBATORE,
February 8, 2012
Science park getting ready
This summer, children will have one more place to hang out – a science park. According to P. Iyamperumal, Executive Director of Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Centre, the project is bei...
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NEW DELHI,
February 7, 2012
Awards for eight young scientists
Three IITians are among the eight young scientists have won the prestigious Scopus award instituted by the National Academy of Sciences and Elsivier, a leading provider of scientific, technical an...
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LONDON,
February 5, 2012
Hedge your bet, plants “talk”
Prince Charles has long been mocked for claiming that plants could talk but now he can afford to have the last laugh as researchers say that it is indeed true. In fact, they claim to have caught th...
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London,
February 4, 2012
Mars too dry for life
Mars is too dry a planet to host any form of life, British scientists have concluded. An analysis of soil, collected during 2008 NASA Phoenix mission to Mars, by Imperial College London has...
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MOSCOW,
February 2, 2012
Chandrayan-2 faces delay after Russian Mars probe failure
The failure of the Russian Mars mission last month will cause a delay in the construction of a Russian lander for India’s Chandrayan-2 mission to the Moon, said Russia’s top space official....
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February 2, 2012
Rubber-mixed bitumen for roads
The Centre has formulated a plan to use natural rubber in roads, as recommended by experts. The use of natural rubber-modified bitumen has been specified by the Ministry of Road Transport & Hi...
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February 2, 2012
‘Lab-created H5N1 viruses removed natural barriers’
In two articles published today (February 2) in Nature, members of the United States National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) have for the first time gone on record explainin...
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February 2, 2012
Harmful effects of excess sugar intake
Most people think of sugar as “empty calories” — providing only calories. But is it right to consider it so?
It may not be providing any nutritional benefits, but added sugar does plenty...
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A long journey — History of horse domestication traced
Dinosaur Archaeopteryx had black feathers
World’s first magnetic soap ‘produced’
How fruit flies stay on course
Yeast evolves to multicellular variety in 60 days in the lab
Doomed Mars probe lands in Pacific Ocean
Higher temperature, blessing in disguise for lizards
Infosys prize conferred on six researchers from 5 science streams
February 8, 2012
Hominin genome sequenced
Scientists in Germany said recently they have sequenced nearly all the genome of the Denisova people, an extinct human-like species contemporary with the Neanderthals. The work by the Max Planck S...
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February 8, 2012
‘World's highest resolution' lunar images released
China recently released a set of “world's highest resolution” lunar images taken by its second moon orbiter, Chang'e-2, as it braces to launch its next mission to land a rover to explore its surfa...
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NEW DELHI,
February 7, 2012
Science communicator R.D. Sharma passes away
Science communicator, R.D.Sharma, has passed away. He was 73.
A former media consultant at India office of International Rice Research Institute,Sharma was known for his insightful writin...
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Thiruvananthapuram,
February 6, 2012
Solar cells moving down the roof
A backpack that powers your mobile phone, MP3 player or laptop on the go, tinted windows that continuously generate electricity from sunlight, solar modules that can be patched on to shamianas and...
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February 5, 2012
Towards bio innovation
Transforming agricultural residues into advanced bio fuels could create millions of jobs worldwide, economic growth, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and energy security by 2030, according to...
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WASHINGTON,
February 4, 2012
Potentially habitable planet discovered
International astronomers said on Thursday they have found the fourth potentially habitable planet outside our solar system with temperatures that could support water and life about 22 light-years...
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CHENNAI,
February 2, 2012
Defence scientists' idea of hybrid vehicles
Emulating the example set by leading car manufacturers in the world, India's defence scientists are contemplating the development of hybrid vehicles that can use electricity as a source of fuel, s...
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February 2, 2012
Question Corner: Why does Slapped place look red
Why does the place where one is slapped look red?
SALMAN SAEED, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh
Lewis in 1927 described triple response to skin injury. The tri...
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February 2, 2012
Bisons adapted to climate change
Ancient bison bones discovered at a Canadian goldmine are helping unravel the mystery about how animals adapt to rapid environmental change, a study reveals. The 30,000-year-old bones we...
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February 1, 2012
Dissection, the digital way
Follow me, I'm checking out this remarkable DVD, Prodissector FROG (Quicktime). “It's a multimedia, interactive programme to teach anatomy and physiology,” says the welcome note inviting me to sea...
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Is the edifice of radiation protection built on a lie?
‘Thin graphene's completely ‘invisible’ to water
Students rename GRAIL spacecraft
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