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Study: Children spending more time with screen media than books
What’s happening to the bedtime story? A study carried about by Common Sense Media has found that American children aged between 0 and 8 now spend more than triple the amount of time watching television than reading books. or having stories read to them. The research also looked at the growing use of mobile devices [...]
Just be nice to others to make the world full of kind people
London, September 20 (ANI): Spreading altruism through social networks can make people across the world kind to one another, says an expert. Nicholas Christakis, of Harvard Medical School in Boston, has observed in a study that one’s kindness can turn a friend kind to someone else he/she knows. To demonstrate this, Christakis designed a cooperation [...]
HIV uses several routes to escape immune system pressure
Washington, September 19 (ANI): Researchers at the Emory Vaccine Center have shown that HIV relies upon a number of strategies rather than use any preferred escape route to escape immune system pressure. The human immune system has the ability to temporarily overpower HIV in early infection. Studies conducted in the recent past have shown that [...]
Young age at first drink can turn under-15s into alcoholics
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 [...]
Britons spend 1 month of their lives looking for TV remote!
London, Sept 18 (ANI): Britons waste one month of their lives searching for the television remote control, a new study has found. After studying 4,000 individuals, the researchers found that the average viewer loses it an average of 3.2 times a week and spends more than four minutes looking for it each time, reports The [...]
Negative public opinion about foreign countries an early warning signal for terrorism
Washington, September 18 (ANI): People’s negative views toward the leadership and policies of other countries may be an indication that a terrorist act may be carried out, say researchers. Alan Krueger, a Princeton University economist, and Jitka Maleckova, of Charles University in the Czech Republic, came to this conclusion after analysing public opinion polls and [...]
Vaccine for urinary tract infections comes closer to reality
Washington, Sept 18 (ANI): A simple vaccine may soon be available to protect against urinary tract infections, thanks to researchers from University of Michigan. The study conducted over mice showed that the vaccine prevented infection and produced key types of immunity. It alerts the immune system to iron receptors on the surface of Escherichia coli [...]
Scientists find meteorite that came from innermost asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
Washington, September 18 (ANI): In a very rare finding, scientists have discovered an unusual kind of meteorite in the Western Australian desert and have uncovered that it came from the innermost main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Meteorites are the only surviving physical record of the formation of our Solar System. However, information about [...]
Weight loss can prevent kidney disease progression in obese patients
Washington, Sept 18 (ANI): Shedding extra pounds can preserve kidney function in obese people with kidney disease, according to a new study led by Indian origin scientist from Cleveland Clinic. Weight loss can improve a number of health problems, like it can improve control of diabetes, lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and reduce the [...]
Stem cell transplantation may correct rare genetic disorder in kids
Washington, Sep 18 (ANI): Scripps Research Institute scientists have offered new hope for parents whose children suffer from the rare genetic disorder ‘cystinosis’ by showing through an experiment on mice that stem cell transplantation can successfully correct the defect. “After meeting the children who suffer from this disease, like an 18-year-old who has already had [...]
India needs to liberalise, change policies to attract more FDI: Nazareth (Corrected)
New Delhi, Sep 18 (ANI): Policy analyst Premila Nazareth has emphasised that India needs to liberalise and change its policies to attract more foreign direct investments. During the release of the annual study of worldwide investment trends by the United Nations Conference on Trade And Development (UNCTAD) in the national capital, Nazareth also blamed the [...]
India needs to liberalise, change policies to attract more FDI: World Bank
New Delhi, Sep 17(ANI): World Bank consultant Premila Nazareth on Thursday emphasised that India needs to liberalise and change its policies to attract more foreign direct investments. During the release of the annual study of worldwide investment trends by the United Nations Conference on Trade And Development (UNCTAD) in the national capital, Nazareth also blamed [...]
‘Zero tolerance’ policy has zero effect
Washington, Sep 17 (ANI): Amid an ongoing debate about changing the drinking age from 21 to 18 in the US, a Sam Houston State University economist has raised voice against a related law- the “zero tolerance” policy. Darren Grant studied data from 30,000 fatalities in nighttime accidents involving drivers under 21, and concluded that zero [...]
The pen may be mightier than the keyboard for schoolkids
Washington, September 17 (ANI): It may not be wrong to say that the pen is mightier than the keyboard, for a new study on schoolchildren so suggests. Virginia Berninger, a University of Washington professor of Educational Psychology, looked at the ability of second, fourth, and sixth grade children to write the alphabet, sentences, and essays [...]
Green tea may help improve bone health
Washington, Sept 17 (ANI): Green tea may help improve bone health, researchers in Hong Kong have reported. The boffins found that the tea contains a group of chemicals that can stimulate bone formation and help slow its breakdown. The study has been published in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a bi-weekly publication. In [...]
NSA to convene China Study Group meeting to discuss incursion fallout
New Delhi, Sep.17 (ANI): National Security Advisor M K Narayanan will hold a meeting of the China Study Group – consisting of top officials including Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar and Secretaries of Defence, Home and Foreign Ministries – here today. The meeting is expected to take stock of the situation along the Sino-India border, [...]
Atheists ‘more successful at online dating’
London, Sept 16 (ANI): People who don’t believe in god are more likely to achieve success at online dating, according to a new study of opening messages. Self-effacing men are also more likely to get a reply to their approaches, while nothing turns off potential dates more than textspeak like “ur” and “luv”. The researchers [...]
Oz women under constant pressure to be ‘yummy mummies’
Melbourne, Sept 16 (ANI): The hype created by celebrity yummy mummies like Angelina Jolie and Jessica Alba has put women under pressure to lose weight quickly after giving birth, reveals a new Australian study. The study conducted by Deakin University showed that more than one in four women are “usually or always dissatisfied” with their [...]