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BP levels higher in girls than boys 
H1N1 — what is in the virus name?H1N1 is now a household name. The 4th pandemic flu is making headlines. The flu phobia is visible and mask mania is disturbing. Obviously this is due to the horrific memory of millions of deaths within months during previous pandemics ... 
Nanosensor breathalyser for diagnosing lung cancerIt is not just alcohol that can be detected using a breath analyser. Scientists from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa have found a way to diagnose lung cancer using a breath analyser containing gold nanoparticles. A ... Hydrogen storage gets new hope A new method for “recycling” hydrogen-containing fuel materials could open the door to economically viable hydrogen-based vehicles.In an article appearing today in Angewandte Chemie, Los Alamos National ... Scientist rubbishes Apollo 15 conspiracy theory A Camera on board India’s maiden unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 has recorded images of the landing site of US spacecraft Apollo 15, a scientist said today, rubbishing conspiracy theories that the fourth US mission to land on the moon ... Chandrayaan-1 confirms lunar magma ocean hypothesis India’s maiden moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, in one of its vital findings, has endorsed the lunar magma ocean hypothesis, helping the scientists better understand the history of the satellite, a NASA scientist said here today. ... 
Protein in tick’s saliva promises cancer cureA protein in the saliva of a common South American tick, Amblyomma cajennense, is seen. It apparently reduces and can even eradicate cancerous cells while leaving healthy cells alone, yielding a future cure for cancers of ... Tens of millionths of a second delays thwarted A cheap solution for diagnosing data center network delays of tens of millionths of a second— that can lead to multi-million dollar losses for investment banks running automatic stock trading systems — has been found. ... Filtering electronic signals in cell phones A new class of tiny mechanical devices containing vibrating, hair-thin structures could be used to filter electronic signals in cell phones and for other more exotic applications. They are a new type of ‘band-pass’ ... 
Milky Way may survive galactic bombardmentAs scientists try to learn more about how galaxies evolve, an open question has been whether collisions with our dwarf galactic neighbours will one day tear apart the disk of the Milky Way. That fate is unlikely, a new study says. ... 
How a mouse’s brain recovers from strokeJapanese scientists using two-photon laser microscopy in vivo, found that after a cerebral stroke in one side of a mouse brain, another side of the brain rewires its neural circuits to repair its damaged neural ... Record drilling out of ice core in Greenland More than a mile of ice core has been recovered by deep drilling in Greenland. It is expected to help an international research effort better assess the risks of abrupt climate change in the ...
FARMER'S NOTEBOOK SRI paddy crops infuse hope and cheer to Andhra Pradesh farmers Farmers have to learn to adapt to the changing climatic conditions Managing mealy bug menace in custard apple Custard apple is mainly used as a dessert fruit. Developing fruits are often infested by two species of mealy bugs mainly the striped mealy bug and citrus mealy bug. These mealy bugs are small, pink coloured and soft bodied insects covered ... FARM QUERY Increasing milk yield of cattle Is there any natural method to increase milk yield in cattle other than feeding them with the usual hay or green grass? J. Devanathan Pudukottai, Tamil NaduMr. Ponraj, an agricultural ...
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