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Astronomers discover most primitive supermassive black holes known (19 March 10:30) |
| The discovery will provide a better understanding of the roots of our universe, and how the very first black holes, galaxies and stars all came to be. |
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Cell division in bacteria just like clockwork (19 March 10:23) |
| Researchers showed, for the first time, how the circadian clock regulates the bacteria's rate of cell division - their method of reproduction - in single cells. |
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How the brain easily deciphers motion in Japanese line drawing (19 March 09:30) |
| To discover whether sketches of unstable bodies would also activate these regions, Osaka showed Japanese students Katsushika's drawings while scanning their brains with functional MRI. |
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NASA mission prepares for study of Arctic glaciers (19 March 09:00) |
| The IceBridge mission allows scientists to track changes in the extent and thickness of polar ice, which is important for understanding ice dynamics. |
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Multifunctional polymer can neutralize both biological and chemical weapons (19 March 08:58) |
| Conventional approaches might not provide the best responses for weapons of mass destruction, which could be biological, such as smallpox virus, or chemical. |
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Scientists find proof of global warming changing natural event (19 March 08:53) |
| There have been strong correlations between global warming and changes in the timing of events such as animal migration and flowering. |
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Car simulator unveiled in Queensland (19 March 07:58) |
| The driving simulator works by using eight computers, projectors and a platform capable of moving in three dimensions to simulate realistic traffic situations. |
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Soon gel that could change lives of babies born with cleft palates for good (19 March 07:55) |
| Clefts are quite common in newborns and in severe cases surgery is required to correct the problem. Moreover, future complications can occur as the child grows into an adult. |
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Potential new target for treatment of colitis identified (19 March 07:17) |
| Scientists have found that a protein made by a gene already associated with a handful of human inflammatory immune diseases plays a pivotal role in protecting the intestinal tract from colit... |
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Low-power laser can ignite nanoparticles (19 March 06:51) |
| Scientist say the development opens the door to a wave of new technologies in health care, computing and automotive design.
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Brain receptor behind learning deficits post-puberty identified (19 March 04:51) |
| It is well known that the onset of puberty marks the end of the optimal period for learning language and certain spatial skills, such as computer/video game operation. |
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Reality TV shows on fat people turn kids off junk food (19 March 04:42) |
| Marketing researcher at Massey University's Auckland campus Jacinta Hawkins looked at the influence of television content on the health of children aged between 7 and 13. |
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Cat-calling men give all men a bad name finds study (19 March 12:57) |
| The research looked into the feelings and reactions of women who saw and heard men making derogatory remarks to other women. |
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Leafcutter ant queens shut down male-male sperm competition (19 March 12:39) |
| Researchers discovered that in both ant and bee species, a male's seminal fluid favours the survival of its own sperm over the other males' sperm. |
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Newly discovered exoplanet may have water (19 March 12:37) |
| Corot-9b was found on May 16, 2008 and orbits its star every 95.274 days, a little longer than Mercury takes to go round the Sun. |
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How men produce 1500 sperms in a second (19 March 12:36) |
| For a long time, it is believed that stem cells in the testicles--also called germline stem cells--become sperm only through a simple, two-step process. |
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Women with swine flu more likely to suffer critical illness if pregnant (19 March 12:35) |
| Boffins concluded that 11% of mothers and 12% of babies died as a result of being admitted to intensive care with swine flu. |
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Tweet to reach out to your customers (19 March 09:54) |
| Creating awareness on the reach and need to utilise social networking tools, three young entrepreneurs -- Preetham Venkky, Arvind Sundararajan and Shyam Swaraj -- are hosting a workshop in B... |
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Amendment sought for the green cause (19 March 09:47) |
| Private players say certain features in renewable energy policy are keeping investors away. |
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Dosa or dum aloo What will Indias first astronauts eat (19 March 09:15) |
| The Mysore-based Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) is busy working on the menu for India's first astronauts--vyomanauts --who will embark on a space odyssey in 2015. |
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Planck satellite sees giant dust filaments stretching through our galaxy (18 March 10:42) |
| The image shows the filamentary structure of dust in the solar neighbourhood - within about 500 light-years of the Sun. |
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Amazon allows Kindle application for Mac computers (18 March 10:16) |
| Amazon, maker of the popular Kindle e-reader, is trying to cement its leading position as the top maker of e-readers and distributor of e-books by making content available on other devices. |
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Hobbits had million-year history on Indonesian island suggests new evidence (18 March 09:27) |
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The hobbit mystery was sparked by the 2004 discovery of bones on Flores that belonged to a three-foot-tall (one-meter-tall), 55-pound (25-kilogram) female with a grapefruit-size brain. |
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Layered graphene sheets could potentially store hydrogen safely (18 March 08:55) |
| Graphene has become something of a celebrity material in recent years due to its conductive, thermal and optical properties, which could make it useful in a range of sensors. |
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Use of prescribed burns to manage forests may help cut CO2 emissions (18 March 08:50) |
| A study found that burns, often used by forest managers to reduce underbrush and protect bigger trees, release substantially less carbon dioxide emissions than wildfires of the same size. |
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Monkeys pay more attention to females than males (18 March 08:32) |
| To reach the conclusion, biologists studied six neighbouring groups of wild vervet monkeys in South Africa's Loskop Dam Nature Reserve. |
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Cutting sulphur emissions from ships will ironically increase global warming (18 March 07:45) |
| In July this year, the world's shipping lines will begin to apply pollution-cutting rules that will save tens of thousands of lives a year. |
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26 decline reported in species populations in high Arctic (18 March 06:51) |
| While some of these declines may be part of a natural cycle, there is concern that pressures such as climate change may be exacerbating natural cyclic declines. |
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All a terrorist needs is 50 dollars to bring down a plane (18 March 04:01) |
| Reports indicate that a terrorist needs just about 50 dollars to purchase a GPS jammer, an electronic device small enough to fit in a shirt pocket, which can conceivably bring down an airpla... |
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One in four Brits are not working post-recession (18 March 03:27) |
| Experts said the stunning figure showed the grim toll of the worst slump in living memory. |
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Birds may have evolved head feathers as sensory device (18 March 03:26) |
| Infrared camera recordings showed that whiskered auklets bumped their heads nearly three times more often if their long head feathers were taped down. |
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Endangered orangutans being wiped out to make KitKat chocolates (18 March 03:04) |
| Greenpeace claims that the work is carried out by a company using illegal methods. The worldwide trade in the oil is considered the single greatest factor threatening the orangutan. |
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Orangutans being wiped out to make chocolates (18 March 03:04) |
| Greenpeace claims that the work is carried out by a company using illegal methods. The worldwide trade in palm oil is considered the single greatest factor threatening the orangutan. |
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Fish to fight malaria in Meghalaya (18 March 02:39) |
| With malaria being a perennial menace in the state, the state government has turned to a fish variety to kill mosquito at larval stage. |
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One lakh turtles nest in Rushikulya beach in Orissa (18 March 02:29) |
| The eggs are expected to hatch in the first week of May, about 45 days after the mass nesting. |
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Bees see the world almost five times faster than humans (18 March 02:27) |
| The ability to see at high speed is common in fast-flying insects; allowing them to escape predators and catch their mates mid-air. |
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Why silk is so super strong (18 March 02:26) |
| Researchers say the key to silk's pound-for-pound toughness, which exceeds that of steel, is its beta-sheet crystals, the nano-sized cross-linking domains that hold the material together. |
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Dogs likely originated in the Middle East not Asia or Europe (18 March 02:25) |
| Dogs seem to share more genetic similarity with Middle Eastern gray wolves than with any other wolf population worldwide, said Robert Wayne, UCLA professor of ecology and evolutionary biolog... |
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Scientists see first quantum effects in visible object (18 March 02:24) |
| Research showed that a tiny resonating strip of metal - only 60 micrometres long, but big enough to be seen without a microscope - can both oscillate and not oscillate at the same time. |
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Facebook beats Google as US most-visited site (18 March 12:21) |
| Facebook has become the most-visited site in the US after beating former titleholder Google. |
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Loneliness linked to high blood pressure in elderly (18 March 11:50) |
| Researchers looked at the possibility that depression and stress might account for the increase but found that those factors did not fully explain the increase in blood pressure among lonely... |
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New password-stealing virus targets Facebook (18 March 09:59) |
| The emails tell recipients that the passwords on their Facebook accounts have been reset, urging them to click on an attachment to obtain new login credentials. |
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Dominant female mongooses can bully relatives to self-abort their litters (17 March 09:58) |
| A finding suggests that female bullying may frequently be tied to reproductive cycles and can benefit the aggressors if they take physical action. |
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New nicotine replacement products offer hope to smokers (17 March 09:08) |
| The products come in small sachets, which smokers keep in their mouth, allowing nicotine - the addictive ingredient in tobacco - to be rapidly released. |
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Crystals of zinc oxide in water can lead to clean hydrogen fuel (17 March 08:59) |
| The new crystals, however, are designed to be submerged, so the charge they generate instead pulls apart water molecules to release hydrogen and oxygen gas. |
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Dinosaurs may have choked on ozone after asteroid impact (17 March 08:43) |
| Ozone (O3) is a gas that is just three little oxygen atoms bounds together, which doesn't make it a candidate for a potent mass murderer. |
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Tropical ants use their legs as rudders to glide from predators (17 March 08:20) |
| Rather than fall directly to the ground, the ants flip their bodies in mid-air and glide backwards, usually to the tree from which they fell, while peering between their legs to see where th... |
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UV exposure has increased over the last 30 years reveals satellite data (17 March 08:17) |
| Most of the increase has occurred in the mid-and-high latitudes, and there's been little or no increase in tropical regions. |
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Semi-tropical frogs help scientists devise foam that removes excess CO2 (17 March 06:54) |
| In natural photosynthesis, plants take in solar energy and carbon dioxide and then convert it to oxygen and sugars. |
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Scientists identify the most promising interstellar candidates for stardust (17 March 06:51) |
| Several tons of matter will be transferred through our solar system each year. Geoscientists of Frankfurt's Goethe-University helped to identify the chemical structure of the particles. |
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