Benazir murder case prosecutor shot dead in Islamabad
Islamabad, Unidentified gunmen riding on motorcycles in Pakistan capital Islamabad killed a special prosecutor of the Federal Investigating Agency (FIA) who was probing the December 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto [...]
How fluoride fights tooth decay
Washington : The 50-year-old mystery as to how the fluoride in drinking water, toothpastes, mouth rinses and other oral-care products prevents tooth decay, may have finally been solved.
Karin Jacobs and colleagues explain that despite a half-century [...]
World’s smallest movie stars carbon atoms as lead actors
Washington : Researchers at IBM have created the world’s smallest stop-motion movie.
The video ‘A Boy and His Atom’ features thousands of atoms that have been carefully arranged into nearly 250 frames with a scanning tunneling microscope [...]
Healthy diet with anti-ageing supplements may help reverse blood vessel abnormality
Washington: A diet low in grains, beans and certain vegetables — combined with “anti-ageing” supplements — improves blood vessel function, a new study has found.
The blood vessel abnormality, or endothelial dysfunction, occurs when [...]
Cleaner cook stoves may help reduce air pollution
Washington : In a broadly based response, scientists, international aid agencies and governments have launched efforts to develop and introduce cleaner, more efficient cook stoves that may improve health and livelihoods and reduce climate [...]
Potential novel treatment for influenza found
Washington : In a new study, an experimental drug has shown promise in treating influenza, preventing lung injury and death from the virus in preclinical studies.
University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers found that a drug called [...]
NASA invites public to send names and messages to Mars
Washington : NASA is giving a golden opportunity for those who want to be a part of space exploration history.
The agency is inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD to be carried aboard [...]
Insects’ eyes inspire new digital camera with unique imaging capabilities
Washington : Digital cameras with designs that mimic those of ocular systems found in dragonflies, bees, praying mantises and other insects have been created.
This class of technology offers exceptionally wide-angle fields of view, with low [...]
More vitamin D may not confer any benefit
Washington : A new research from Johns Hopkins has found that blood levels of vitamin D or so-called “sunshine vitamin” higher than the top of the range suggested by the Institute of Medicine confer no additional benefit.
This finding, [...]
NASA`s latest rover set to explore Greenland ice sheet
Washington : NASA`s newest scientific rover, known as GROVER, which stands for both Greenland Rover and Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research, is set for testing May 3 through June 8 in the highest part of Greenland.
It [...]
