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The world's major carbon emitters were in "full negotiation mode" as they met in Tokyo with the clock ticking to draft a new UN treaty on fi  read more »
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Healthy, older adults who participated in a training programme to improve the speed and accuracy of brain processing, registered twice the improvement  read more »
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A vaginal gel, intended to prevent HIV infection, has shown encouraging signs of success in the "first human clinical trial" in women, scien  read more »
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Scientists have deciphered the genetic code of common cold for the first time, a breakthrough which they claim could herald effective new treatments f  read more »
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The theory of 'naked singularity' of collapsing stars given by Indian astrophysicists has drawn global attention as it might change the basic tenets o  read more »
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State-run Kerala State Industrial Development Corp (KSIDC) will set up a state-of-the-art life science park near Thiruvananthapuram, it was announced  read more »
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Chinese calendar has been in continuous use for centuries. It predates the International Calendar (based on the Gregorian Calendar) in use at the present, which goes back only some 430 years. Basically, a calendar is a system we use to measures the passage of time, from short durations of minutes and hours, to interval read more »
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A 'leap second' will be added onto the final minute of 2008 because the planet is gradually slowing down as it spins on its axis. The tweak will help correct the time-lag which shows up on ultra-accurate atomic clocks. It is the 24th time since 1972 that the adjustment has been made by the Paris based International read more »
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