Science and Technologies

November 8, 2009 10:56 AM

Smart hand for physically challenged

Raising hopes of thousands of physically disabled people who have lost their arm, European scientists are developing an artificial limb that can actually feel. Researchers are working on a breakthrough in artificial limb technology, a prosthetic hand that can actually feel, under the Smart Hand proj...

November 4, 2009 11:01 AM

Smoking during pregnancy causes much damage to the child

According to researchers, smoking during pregnancy significantly increases the risk of having a child with behavioural problems. Writing in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, UK and US researchers say the problems can be evident in children as young as three years old. They believe sm...

October 29, 2009 7:51 PM

Asteroid explosion

In one of the largest asteroid explosions ever observed, a comet with the energy of three Hiroshima bombs has exploded in the atmosphere above Indonesia. According to NASA, an asteroid 5 to 10 metres in diameter detonated high in the atmosphere above South Sulawesi of Indonesia earlier this month, r...

October 29, 2009 7:29 PM

Asteroid explosion over Indonesia releases huge energy

In one of the largest asteroid explosions ever observed, a comet with the energy of three Hiroshima bombs has exploded in the atmosphere above Indonesia. According to NASA, an asteroid 5 to 10 metres in diameter detonated high in the atmosphere above South Sulawesi of Indonesia earlier this month, r...

October 29, 2009 10:11 AM

Unmanned NASA Rocket

An unmanned NASA rocket designed to help develop a new space taxi service to the moon streaked through the sky on Wednesday night on a successful two-minute test flight.<br/>The 327-foot Ares 1-X rocket, currently the world's tallest, blasted off at 9 pm Indian time from a modified sp...

October 27, 2009 4:38 PM

Smoking: even one cigarette can be injurious

Smoking just one cigarette can be injurious to the health of young adults. According to a research presented at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, smoking even one cigarette daily increases the stiffness of the arteries in young adults aged between 18 and 30 years by around 25 per cent. Stiff art...

October 26, 2009 8:16 PM

Antibody that can control internal bleeding

In a major breakthrough, scientists have discovered an antibody that could minimise the internal bleeding seen in traumas like bullet wounds and car crashes. According to scientists at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF), they have found a specific type of antibody that can block the ability...

October 26, 2009 8:12 PM

Antibody that can control internal bleeding

In a major breakthrough, scientists have discovered an antibody that could minimise the internal bleeding seen in traumas like bullet wounds and car crashes. According to scientists at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF), they have found a specific type of antibody that can block the ability...

October 24, 2009 7:00 PM

Body clocks are shaped by the weather: Scientists

In a discovery that could help tackle sleep disorders, scientists found that our internal body clocks are shaped by the weather as well as by the seasons and environmental signals.<br/>A research led by a team from Edinburgh University found the mechanism had to be so complicated because i...

October 24, 2009 12:54 PM

Body clocks are shaped by the weather: scientists

In a discovery that could help tackle sleep disorders, scientists found that our internal body clocks are shaped by the weather as well as by the seasons and environmental signals.<br/>A research led by a team from Edinburgh University found the mechanism had to be so complicated because i...

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