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Washington, Mar 16 (ANI): Visual memory might not be dependent on a person’s attention level or what a scene contains, but it is the timing of when the scene is presented which is important, says a new study.
The study by researchers at the University of Washington shows how visual scenes are encoded into memory at [...]

London, March 15(ANI): A lawyer is calling upon Madrid”’’s conservative government to add the siesta to list of protected Spanish cultural icons.
The appeal follows the announcement made earlier this month by Esperanza Aguirre, the President of Madrid”’’s regional government, that the bullfight would be included in the catalogue of items of “special cultural value” that [...]

Washington, Sept 10 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Leicester and Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology in Portugal have found that vitamin C can help protect DNA damage of skin cells and lead to better skin regeneration.

Previous research has shown that DNA repair is upregulated in people consuming vitamin C supplements.

In the new [...]

Lahore, Aug.30 (ANI): Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Gohar Ayub Khan has said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was not in favour of conducting nuclear tests in 1998, but was ‘outlawed’ by his cabinet and forced to accept its decision regarding going ahead with the tests.

In an interview with a private television channel, [...]

Washington, July 11 (ANI): Barack Obama’s staff called the owner of a religious gift shop in Philadelphia, Louis DiCocco, for advice as to what gift should be given to Pope Benedict XVI when the U.S. President meets him.

“Someone there remembered us from the Pope’s last visit,” the Washington Post quoted DiCocco as saying in a [...]

Melbourne, July 6 (ANI): It’s not the beer, but your genes, that cause that ‘not so loved’ ‘beer belly’, according to British scientists.

In a study of thousands of beer drinkers, it was discovered that although regular drinkers had a tendency to put on weight, they did not [...]

Washington, July 3 (ANI): University of Michigan researchers in the US are analysing information regarding the virtual world Second Life avatars to study how trends or “gestures” spread across this online community.

The researchers describe gestures as code snippets that Second Life avatars must acquire in order to make motions such as dancing, waving or [...]

New Delhi, May 30 (ANI): Resentful voices against Bharatiya Janata Party were heard at the Janata Dal (United)’s national executive meet which was held to discuss party’s performance in recent Lok Sabha polls here.

After the meet, JD (U) spokesperson Shivanand [...]

Washington, May 16 (ANI): Beef, chicken, fish, eggs, dairy products and some fruits and vegetables could help keep stomach ulcers at bay, says a new study.

Bacteria known as Helicobacter pylori are known to cause such ulcers, and thus antibiotics are used a primary [...]

Washington, May 4 (ANI): Personalised treatments following surgery are now being offered for patients with early stages of lung cancer, experts at an international conference said.

The experts reckoned that cancer vaccines and targeted therapies could help patients with lung cancer after surgery.

“Personalizing therapy is the key strategy for longer and better survival in lung [...]

Washington, April 24 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have determined that fire must be accounted for as an integral part of global climate change.

The study identifies significant contributions of fire to climate change and identifies feedbacks between fire and climate change.

The researchers determined that intentional deforestation [...]

Toronto, April 7 (IANS) The Canadian government has stripped Patna-born Indo-Canadian lawyer T. Sher Singh of the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian award.
The Order of Canada was given to Singh in 2001 for his work as an advocate for ‘the importance of positive race relations and interactive dialogue among members of different religions.”
But [...]

New Delhi, Apr 7 (ANI/Business Wire India): The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in collaboration with the Society for Promotion and Innovation of Biopesticides (SPIB) will organise the Fifth International Conference from April 26-30 in New Delhi.

The conference will witness the presence of about 600 delegates from around the globe to deliberate on the [...]

New Delhi, Apr 7 (ANI/Business Wire India): The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in collaboration with the Society for Promotion and Innovation of Biopesticides (SPIB) will organise the Fifth International Conference from April 26-30 in New Delhi.

The conference will witness the presence of about 600 delegates from around the globe to deliberate on the [...]

Washington, Mar 25 (ANI): Johns Hopkins scientists have found that an increased consumption of fructose can lead to higher food intake, which may contribute to a high incidence of obesity and Type 2 diabetes.

Because of the recent inclination towards excessive consumption of ‘high energy’ foods and sedentary behaviour, there is a high incidence of obesity [...]

New Delhi, Mar 24 (ANI/Business Wire India): Max New York Life Insurance has been declared one of India’s strongest consumer brands by Superbrands India, an independent brand authority, formed with the objective of identifying and paying tribute to exceptional brands.

The [...]

New Delhi, Mar 21 (ANI/Business Wire India): The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in association with Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) celebrated World Forestry Day 2009.

Internationally, the day is celebrated [...]

Washington, Mar 20 (ANI): Eating out in restaurants, laid back attitude towards exercise, and leading high-risk lifestyles are some of the barriers that stop patients with type 2 diabetes from controlling their condition, say researchers.

In the study involving 8,900 patients, the researchers from Hong Kong and Northern Ireland listed some [...]

Washington, Mar 10 (ANI): As part of a breakthrough in human genetics, Netherlands scientists can now predict with 90 percent accuracy if a person has blue or brown eyes by analysing DNA from only 6 different positions of the genome.anfred Kayser of the Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam led the [...]

San Francisco, Feb 26 (ANI/Business Wire India): blinkx, the world’s largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced that it has signed a Red Label agreement with Sagoon (www.sagoon.com), a newly launched Internet search engine.

Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx [...]