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Scientists develop 'skin' for robots

Rome, May 25 : European scientists have engineered artificial skins and sensor technologies to augment "sensitivity" in robots, says a study....

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'Scientists, engineers must join hands to meet 'grand challenge' of clean water supply'

Washington, May 23 : Scientists and engineers together must initiate a major new effort to educate the public and decision makers on a crisis in providing Earth's people with clean water that looms ahead in the 21st century....

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Culprit behind magnetic field misbehavior in solar flares identified

Washington, May 23 : When a solar flare filled with charged particles erupts from the Sun, its magnetic fields sometime break a widely accepted rule of physics....

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Flexible solar cells and displays may be possible with transparent electrode

Washington, May 23 : A new type of transparent electrode that might find uses in solar cells, flexible displays for computers and consumer electronics and future "optoelectronic" circuits for sensors and information processing has been created....

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New oral diarrhea vaccine shows promising results in phase I-study

Washington, May 23 : A novel oral, inactivated Escherichia coli diarrhea vaccine has been developed in Sweden and a clinical phase I-study of this vaccine has now been successfully completed....

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Fish larvae's visual system plays key role in hunting prey

Washington, May 23 : For most animal species, moving objects play a major role in the processing of sensory impressions in the brain, as they often signal the presence of a welcome prey or an imminent threat....

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Manufacturing one pair of sneakers emits 30 pounds of carbon dioxide

Washington, May 23 : A typical pair of running shoes generates 30 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to keeping a 100-watt light bulb on for one week, a new MIT-led lifecycle assessment has revealed....

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Smallest known plant-eating dinosaur found in Canada

Washington, May 23 : A team of paleontologists from the University of Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, Cleveland Museum of Natural History and University of Calgary have identified a new dinosaur, the smallest plant-eating dinosaur species known from Canada....

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Schizophrenia symptoms eliminated in animal model

Washington, May 23 : Overexpression of a gene associated with schizophrenia causes classic symptoms of the disorder that are reversed when gene expression returns to normal, scientists have shown in mice models....

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Asteroid piece from Mars up for auction

Washington, May 23 : A piece of asteroid that fell on earth after its impact on Mars is up for grabs....

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Colliding young galaxies create 'missing link' mega-galaxy

Washington, May 23 : Two hungry young galaxies that collided 11 billion years ago are rapidly forming a massive galaxy about 10 times the size of the Milky Way, a UC Irvine-led research has revealed....

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Herschel observatory finds mega merger of galaxies

Washington, May 23 : A massive and rare merging of two galaxies has been spotted in images taken by the Herschel space observatory, a European Space Agency mission with important NASA participation....

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Appin Security emerging as support structure to reduce information security deficit

New Delhi, May 22 : The shift away from paper records and the overt dependence on computers to boost proficiency has created new challenges for both the government and private companies, as they defend intellectual property, scrutinise fraud, and guard their reputations from external threats....

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'Star Trek Into Darkness' screenwriter regrets Alice Eve's underwear scene

New York, May 22 : 'Star Trek Into Darkness' screenwriter Damon Lindelof has apologized for the "gratuitous" scene that showed Alice Eve stripping down to her underwear....

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Early life exposure to traffic-related air pollution linked to hyperactivity

Washington, May 22 : A new research found that early-life exposure to traffic-related air pollution was significantly associated with higher hyperactivity scores at age 7....

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14 closely related crocodiles existed around 5mn years ago

Washington, May 22 : An international team of scientists have revealed that a total of 14 different crocodile species existed and at least seven of them occupied the same area at the same time about five million years ago....

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New evidence supports theory of cosmic impact 12,800 years ago

Washington, May 22 : Emerging evidence continues to point to a major cosmic impact 12,800 years ago as the primary cause for the tragic loss of nearly all of the remarkable large animals that had survived the stresses of many ice age periods, including mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths, American camel and horse, and saber- toothed cats....

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Coronal mass ejection collisions can be super-elastic

Washington, May 22 : A study has confirmed that collisions of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), emissions of magnetized ionized gas from the Sun, can be super-elastic....

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Climate Change fuelled ancient human cultural innovation

Washington, May 22 : Rapid climate change during the Middle Stone Age, between 80,000 and 40,000 years ago, sparked surges in cultural innovation in early modern human populations, a new study has revealed....

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Researchers identify anti-cancer amino acid fragment

Los Angeles, May 22 : Scientists have identified an amino acid fragment that can be used to halt cancer spread, says a study....

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Grapefruit nanoparticles can deliver anti-cancer drug: Study

Washington, May 22 : Scientists have engineered nanoparticles derived from grapefruit lipids that could be used to deliver anti-cancer and other drugs to tumour cells, says a study....

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Robots learn to take proper handoff

Washington, May 21 : A humanoid robot can receive an object handed to it by a person with something approaching natural, human-like motion, thanks to a new method developed by scientists at Disney Research, Pittsburgh....

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Compound in Mediterranean diet makes cancer cells 'mortal'

Washington, May 21 : A compound abundant in the Mediterranean diet takes away cancer cells' "superpower" to escape death, a new research has suggested....

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Foldable electronics come closer to reality with inkjet-printed graphene

Washington, May 21 : Bendable tablet computer or an electronic newspaper that could fold to fit in a pocket may not be so far off....

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Salamanders could hold key to human organ regeneration

Washington, May 21 : Scientists have found that salamanders' immune systems are key to their remarkable ability to regrow limbs, and could also underpin their ability to regenerate spinal cords, brain tissue and even parts of their hearts....

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Now, waterproof fabric that drains sweat

Washington, May 21 : Bioengineers at the University of California, Davis have invented waterproof fabrics that whisk away sweat, using microfluidic technology....

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Climate change after cosmic impact may have wiped out wooly mammoths

Washington, May 21 : A new research has found evidence of a major cosmic event near the end of the Ice Age, which resulted in a climate change that forced many species, including wooly mammoths, to die....

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Venus, Jupiter and Mercury will dance in spring twilight

Washington, May 21 : Three planets - Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury will present a spectacular sky show during the last week of May....

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Sea level change influenced tropical climate during last ice age

Washington, May 20 : A new study looks to the past to learn about the future of tropical climate change, and our ability to simulate it with numerical models....

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Global warming likely to be slower than earlier predicted

London, May 20 : Scientists have said that the recent downturn in the rate of global warming will lead to lower temperature rises in the short-term....

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Engineered bacteria use hydrogen, carbon dioxide to produce electricity

Washington, May 19 : Researchers including one of Indian origin have engineered a strain of electricity-producing bacteria that can grow using hydrogen gas as its sole electron donor and carbon dioxide as its sole source of carbon....

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Brain rewires itself after damage or injury

Los Angeles, May 18 : When the brain's primary "learning center" is damaged, complex new neural circuits arise to compensate for the lost function, say life scientists from UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) and Australia who have pinpointed the regions of the brain involved in creating those alternate pathways — often far from the damaged site....

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Mobile apps to monitor clean cookstoves adoption in India

New Delhi, May 17 : Qualcomm Incorporated has developed SootSwap, a mobile application for monitoring the adoption of clean cooking technologies, a company official said here Friday....

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Electrical stimulation in brain could help boost mental math abilities

Washington, May 17 : For people whose math abilities are not so good, a mild form of brain stimulation may help improve their proficiency....

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Carbon aerogel 'world's lightest material' made by scientists

Washington, May 17 : A team of scientists in China has produced the lightest material ever made....

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Now, a robot bartender that takes orders via smartphone

Washington, May 17 : Scientists have created a cocktail-making robot that can be controlled by smartphones....

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Now, 'artificial forest' for solar water splitting

Washington, May 17 : An important advance in the race to develop carbon-neutral renewable energy sources has been achieved....

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Another gene key to morning wake-up call identified

Washington, May 17 : A gene involved in neurodegenerative disease also plays a critical role in the proper function of the circadian clock, according to Northwestern University scientists....

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NASA's asteroid sample return mission moves into development

Washington, May 17 : NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in 2016....

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Satellite data help pinpoint glaciers' role in sea level rise

Washington, May 17 : A new study of glaciers worldwide using observations from two NASA satellites has helped resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise....

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Google becomes sophisticated 'virtual world of the real' with Global Truth

Washington, May 17 : Google through a new project called Ground Truth is becoming an ever more sophisticated virtual mirror of the real world....

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Low IQ linked to genetic risk for schizophrenia

Washington, May 17 : Reduced IQ may be linked to the risk for developing schizophrenia, a new study suggests....

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Space was too good not to share it, says Canadian astronaut

London, May 17 : Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has said that he his life in space was "too good" to not share on social media....

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One-third of sea-level rise comes from melting mountain glaciers

Washington, May 17 : An international group of researchers has confirmed that melting of glaciers caused about one third of the observed sea-level rise, while the ice sheets and thermal expansion of sea water account for one third each....

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Ancient 'scissor-handed' creature named after Johnny Depp

Washington, May 17 : A scientist has named an ancient extinct creature with 'scissor hand-like' claws, which he discovered in fossil records, in honour of his favourite movie star Johnny Depp....

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World's biggest ice sheets likely more stable than thought

Washington, May 17 : A research team has argued that high ancient shorelines do not necessarily reflect ice sheet collapse millions of years ago....

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New method proposed to fill missing piece of Einstein's theory

Washington, May 17 : A new device proposed by scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno and Stanford University that would detect elusive gravity waves from the other end of the cosmos, may open a new window into the nature of the universe....

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NASA's Kepler space telescope could soon be shut down permanently

Washington, May 17 : The Kepler space telescope - NASA's primary instrument for detecting planets beyond our solar system -- had suffered a critical failure and could soon be shut down permanently, the agency's officials announced Wednesday, May 15....

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NASA satellite data reveals glaciers' role in sea level rise

Washington, May 17 : Observations from two NASA satellites have helped scientists resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers worldwide are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise....

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NASA's 9-year-old Mars rover breaks 40-year-old record

Washington, May 17 : NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has broken the record for the farthest total distance driven by any NASA vehicle on another world....

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NASA's asteroid mission passes confirmation review

Washington, May 17 : The Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), the NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid, passed a confirmation review Wednesday called Key Decision Point (KDP)-C....

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Sun shoots solar flares into space

Washington, May 17 : The sun has put on a spectacular light show in recent days, firing off solar flares and coronal mass ejections that have sent particles from the sun hurtling into space at speeds of over 2,000 km per second....

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Oldest evidence of split between Old World monkeys and apes uncovered

Washington, May 16 : Discovery of two fossils from the East African Rift has provided new information about the evolution of primates, according to a study....

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2.7-billion-year-old water may hold clues to life on Earth and Mars

Washington, May 16 : A team of scientists from UK and Canada has discovered ancient pockets of water, which have been isolated deep underground for billions of years and contain abundant chemicals known to support life....

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NASA detects faulty wheel in Kepler telescope

London, May 16 : The planet-hunting space telescope Kepler has been hobbled by a broken wheel, NASA scientists have revealed....

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NASA engineers perform first part of Webb Telescope's eye surgery

Washington, May 16 : Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., completed one of the most delicate performances of their lives and meticulously implanted part of the eyes of the James Webb Space Telescope....

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Mars bombarded by over 200 space rocks per year: NASA

Washington, May 16 : Scientists have estimated that Mars is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least 3.9 meters across, US space agency NASA said....

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Sun erupted with three X-class flares in 24 hours

Washington, May 15 : NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of three X-class flares that the sun emitted in under 24 hours on May 12-13, 2013....

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Dangerous bacterium can counteract 'coffee ring effect'

Washington, May 15 : When a coffee stain dries, its edges become noticeably darker and thicker, while the middle of the stain remains almost unsoiled....

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NASA finds new astronomical tool to trace evolution of cosmic carbon

Washington, May 15 : Scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center could be able to systematically investigate the molecular evolution of cosmic carbon....

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