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Washington, Sept 19 (ANI): Drinking at young age may affect genes linked to alcoholism and make youngsters vulnerable to severe problems, says a new study.

The study led by Dr Arpana Agrawal, from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, revealed that the younger an individual was at first drink, the greater the risk for [...]

Washington, Sep 18 (ANI): University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are working towards developing better catalyst for fuel cells in a bid to make clean cars a reality.

If successful, the researchers could make a car that runs on hydrogen from [...]

Barmer (Rajasthan), Aug.29 (ANI): The Government of Rajasthan on Saturday demanded a lion’s share of the value added tax (VAT) that would be generated from the extraction of crude oil from the Mangala Processing Terminal ( MPT) here.

According to sources, the issue will be settled later when state government [...]

New Delhi, July 16 (ANI): Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran will lead the joint trade delegation of textiles sector to Japan on July 20.

The seventeen-member delegation comprises the representatives of the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL), the [...]

Washington, July 7 (ANI): Researchers from Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy (IGSP) have revealed that family history can play a vital role in predicting the severity of mental disorder.

They suggest that just 30 minutes or less of [...]

Washington, July 1 (ANI): Scientists have identified a brain mechanism linked with alcohol addiction that involves the stomach hormone ghrelin, a discovery that may lead to new therapies for addictions like alcohol dependence.

The researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg, have observed that blocking [...]

London, June 29 (ANI): Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have a step closer to understanding how alcohol alters the way brain cells work.

The researchers say that they have identified a binding site for alcohol in an ion channel that plays a key role in several brain functions associated with drugs of abuse [...]

Washington, June 25 (ANI): Although the number of people taking up smoking has declined following rigorous efforts, nicotine dependence has remained steady among adults, according to a new study.

The research led by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health researchers has shown [...]

Colorado (US), May 28 (ANI): Vice President Joe Biden teased his boss President Barack Obama on Wednesday over his teleprompter dependence.

Speaking at the Air Force Academy commencement ceremony in Colorado, Biden poked fun at Obama’s known affinity for his teleprompter.

Biden made the crack about Obama’s crutch after a strong gust of wind blew over [...]

Washington, May 28 (ANI): People with parents who fight are more likely to have mental health problems in later life, a new study has found.
n the study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, researchers looked at what impact interparental violence had on people as children by observing their mental health outcomes in [...]

New Delhi, May 27 (ANI): In the toughest ever message yet to be issued by a Defence Minister to stem corruption in armed forces procurements, A K Antony today said the Government “would not hesitate to ruthlessly cancel contracts,” if malpractices are found in any acquisition.

Antony asked organisations such as the CII and the [...]

Agra, May 18 (ANI): Ever since the mercury has risen this summer, breaking several oldecords, residents of Agra are enduring acute shortage of drinking water and even compelled to buy water at a premium.

In some areas one can witness the broken water mains over a drain and people hanging their buckets to fetch drinking [...]

Washington, Apr 29 (ANI): Smokers interested in quitting the habit can now get some serious help from their iPhones – a new free application of the smart phone provides a live quitline coach and uses live text to advice on how to kick the butt.

Developed by The George Washington University’s School of Public Health and [...]

London, Apr 14 (ANI): A Japanese firm is launching a solar-powered waterproof mobile phone that can be entirely operated by exposure to sunlight.

The new phone is a sunlight-powered device, which will be sold by mobile phone company KDDI from June, reports The Telegraph.

Ten minutes of exposure to [...]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese wholesale prices are falling at their fastest rate since 2002, March figures showed on Monday, as weakening domestic demand on top of falling commodity prices drives Japan toward its second bout of deflation this decade.
With interest rates already almost at zero, analysts say the Bank of Japan has limited weapons to [...]

Washington, April 12 (ANI): A team of scientists, engineers, and yachtsmen are making what they say will be the largest solar boat ever built, with a view to making a trip around the world.

Planet Solar is being built at the Knierim Yacht Club in Kiel, Germany.

The 13-million-dollar revolutionary vessel will be 98 feet long [...]

The collapse of UK’s morgtage lender, Northern Rock, in 2007, due to dependence on wholesale deposits has caused concerns over Indian commercial banks’ substantial increase in reliance on volatile deposits and other funding sources in the last couple of years. Northern Rock failed as wholesale funding, the source of 80 per cent of its resources, [...]

New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Elections are ‘of ultimate importance’ for the country and the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament – which had to be shifted out of India due to a clash of schedules – ’stands nowhere’, says Election Commissioner S.Y. Qureshi.
‘For India, elections are of ultimate importance and IPL stands nowhere. It’s [...]

New Delhi, Mar 26 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will organise a one-day conference on cyber crime here today.

Organized in association with Council of Europe, the conference will hold deliberations on cyber crime threats [...]

Washington, Mar 3 (ANI): A new research has challenged a popular belief after claiming that alcohol abuse leads to depression, and not the other way round.

Using data gathered from a 25-year study of health and development in New Zealand, David M. Fergusson, Ph.D., and colleagues at the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University [...]