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Standard Gold Announces New President
MINNEAPOLIS–(Business Wire)– Standard Gold, Inc. (OTCBB:SDGR) has hired gold industry veteran Steve Flechner to serve as its president. At Standard Gold, Mr. Flechner will be working closely with and relying upon two highly-qualified mineral project specialists, Senior Technical Vice President Clyde Smith, Ph.D. and Vice President of Exploration and Sustainability David S. Smith. Together, they [...]
JNU students protest against non-implementation of faculty quota
New Delhi, Apr 5 (ANI): A group of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students protested here on Monday against the administration outside the office of the University Grants Commission (UGC) for not filling up reserved faculty positions. Students said the directives and the constitutional provisions in implementation of reservation policy in filling up faculty positions meant [...]
US army set for “hopping rotochut” that hops to avoid rubble trouble
London, September 19 (ANI): The U.S. army’s fleet of robots will soon be enhanced with the addition of forthcoming reconnaissance craft called the ‘hopping rotochute’, which will be capable of travelling deep into obstacle-ridden spaces like caves and rubble-laden buildings to video what it finds. The self-righting probe is being developed for the Army Research [...]
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 [...]
Invading black holes cause ‘cosmic flashes’
Washington, September 19 (ANI): Mathematicians at the University of Leeds, UK, have determined that cosmic flashes, known as gamma ray bursts, are produced by jets of plasma that originate from invading black holes. Gamma ray bursts are beams of high-energy radiation that are similar to the radiation emitted by explosions of nuclear weapons. The orthodox [...]
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 [...]
Pak Army’s plans to use private militia against Taliban may backfire: Report
Washington, Sep.18 (ANI): The Pakistan Army’s initiative to sponsor local militias, or the lashkars, as they are commonly known, may have been working in its favour against the Taliban, however some people feel such move could back fire in future. Backed by the Army, which had initiated an all out operation against the Taliban in [...]
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 [...]
Catalyst simulations for fuel cells may make clean cars a reality
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 solar power, and produces water instead of carbon emissions. Materials science and engineering assistant professor Dane [...]
Planck spacecraft obtains first peek of big bang’s ‘afterglow’
London, September 18 (ANI): European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Planck spacecraft has obtained its first peek at the afterglow of the big bang, revealing it in unprecedented detail. The ESA spacecraft was launched into space on May 14 this year. It is observing the glow of hot gas from just 380,000 years after the big bang, [...]
Researchers operate biomedical robots from different locations worldwide via Internet
Washington, September 18 (ANI): Experts from the University of Washington and SRI International have jointly developed a new software protocol, to standardize the way biomedical robots are managed over the Internet. Nine research teams from universities and research institutes around the world recently made a successful demonstration of biomedical robots operated from different locations in [...]
Emma Watson used gap year to design teen summer wear for People Tree
London, Sep 18 (ANI): Harry Potter star Emma Watson has revealed that she spent her gap year designing a ‘complete teenage summer wardrobe’ for the fair trade fashion brand People Tree. Watson, 19, who has just enrolled at Brown University in the US, acted as a creative advisor for the ethical fashion collection, which will [...]
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 [...]
Police swoop on sellers of Jaswant Singh’s pirated book in Pak
Lahore, Sep.18 (ANI): Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh’s book on Mohammad Ali Jinnah has sent the Pakistani book piracy nexus working overtime, but it has also landed people in police custody. Pakistani security agencies have arrested three people for selling pirated editions of the book ‘Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence,’ following a countrywide [...]
Scientists map melting history of Greenland’s ice sheet
Washington, September 17 (ANI): Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have mapped the history of the melting of the Greenland ice sheet. Numerous drillings have been made through both Greenland’s ice sheet and small ice caps near the coast. By analyzing every single annual layer in the kilometres long ice [...]
Robot that mimics humans from the inside out
London, Sept 17 (ANI): Boffins have developed an amazing skeleton robot that moves just like humans. The creation is known as an “anthropomimetic robot”. Using human anatomy as a blueprint, scientists have replicated tendons using kite lines. And used elastic bands to mimic the bounce of a muscles, reports The Sun. The University of Sussex [...]