Posts Tagged ‘ability’

Chancellor Alistair Darling has been urged to invest in a national housebuilding programme to give "immediate social and financial return" to the ailing economy. Skip related content Related photos / videos Alistair Darling has been urged to provide £6bn for home-building Related content * McLaren in the dock again with the FIA * McLaren invited to explain themselves * ... Full story

Hundreds of officers carried out raids on 10 properties in the North-West of England and arrested 12 men - including 10 Pakistani nationals on student visas and one Briton. Sources said the raids - codenamed Operation Pathway - were brought forward after Metropolitan Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick was photographed carrying clearly visible papers relating to the operation as he arrived in Downing Street for a meeting ... Full story

HE IS one of India's longest serving MLAs - a rare Muslim who has never lost an election in a constituency where Muslims do not make up even 1 per cent of the voters. Meet Habibullah Khan, the 74-year-old MLA of Nabarangpur, a son of the soil and symbol of national unity in this remote tract of Orissa, 450 kilometres southwest of the state capital ... Full story

Melbourne, Apr 7 (ANI): Oestrogen, the female sex hormone, reduces a woman's ability to burn fat after having a meal, say researchers. The finding, by Sydney endocrinologist Associate Professor Tony O'Sullivan, of the University of NSW and St George Hospital, Sydney, may help explain why ladies store fat more efficiently than men. The study has been published in the journal, Obesity Reviews. To reach the conclusion, the researchers ... Full story

Washington, April 7 (ANI): Researchers at University of Western Ontario have succeeded in growing new blood vessels using stem cells from bone marrow, a medical advance that could be used to treat patients with diseases such as peripheral artery disease. It's one of the severe complications often faced by people who've had diabetes for a long time. Reduced blood flow (ischemia) in their limbs can ... Full story

Washington - The United States will push for more restrictions on tourism to the North and South Poles to protect the regions' natural environment, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday. Opening a nearly two-week summit bringing together the two diplomatic bodies that govern the Arctic and Antarctic, Clinton warned that protecting the region was crucial for reducing global climate change. "Strengthening environmental regulation is ... Full story

London, Apr 2 (ANI): You might hate your sister for keeping the telephone busy all day and irking you with her 'beauty treatments', but a new study has found that girls in the family spread happiness. However, when it comes to boys, they are not such a big treat, says the study, which claims that brothers breed distress. According to a research of 571 families, which comprised ... Full story

Washington, April 1 (ANI): Scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have reached a step closer to developing a new drug to inhibit tumour growth in cancer patients, and potentially help in the healing of wounds. The researchers looked at angiogenesis - the body's formation of new blood vessels from existing blood vessels - and how some blood ... Full story

London, April 1 (ANI): The US military is planning to boost the number of satellites it routinely monitors for the risk of a smash-up with orbiting debris, like the recent collision between a US communications satellite and a defunct Russian probe. The US Air Force has catalogued more than 19,000 pieces of space debris larger than 10 centimetres ... Full story

Washington, Apr. 1 (ANI): Congressional Republicans have decided to ditch the former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin in favour of the former House speaker Newt Gingrich for the House-Senate fundraising dinner on June 8 in Washington. This is a gazebo Republican event to raise money for GOP House and Senate candidates. Just weeks ago, the House and Senate Republican campaign committees had firmly secured telegenic ... Full story

London, Apr 1 (ANI): Fish have the limited ability to count directly up to four, say scientists. Christian Agrillo, an experimental psychologist at the university of Padua in Italy, said that it was during a study on North American mosquito fish that their limited mathematical ability was observed. The researcher said that the fish used its mathematical ability to count the number of other fish around it. "We ... Full story

Melbourne, April 1 (ANI): Some American airports are using whole body scanners at security checkpoints, which can penetrate people's clothing. Developed by New York-based L3 Communications, the scanner has become a cause of concern, with reports suggesting that even underwear is visible in the scans. Due to this ability of the novel scanner, it is being likened to scanners on the 1990 science fiction film Total ... Full story

Kolkata, March 30 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Shourie on Monday said that Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh should not hesitate from joining BJP leader L.K. Advani in a public debate. The public would know the ability of the person who deserves to be their prime minister, said Arun ... Full story

Washington, Mar 30 (ANI): Scientists have found that several categories of patients with heart disease, including African-Americans and lower-income families, have a lower quality of life. Although paediatric surgeons can effectively repair complex heart defects in kids, some of the children may have great quality of life, while others with the same condition may not. The new study was conducted at seven paediatric medical centres throughout the ... Full story

London, Mar.30 (ANI): Oxford defeated Cambridge in the 155th annual boat race. Fortunes change quickly in the Boat Race, and Saturday's was no exception. For the first seven minutes Cambridge had it all their own way, despite fractionally fluffing the start when the umpire's "attention", but thereafter, the Light Blues (Oxford) quickly caught up and held the cards till the end. By the time the race reached ... Full story

Cape Town, Mar.28 (ANI): Former Proteas medium pacer Charl Langeveldt has joined the Indian Premier League (IPL). According to Sports24, Langeveldt has struck a deal with the Kolkata Knight Riders after his county team Derbyshire 'reluctantly' set him free to participate in the five week cricket extravaganza starting from April 18. "I am pleased he has the opportunity to play alongside the world's best in the ... Full story

London, March 28 (ANI): Cambridge University researchers say that the time spent in education may reduce people's risk of dementia later in life. The researchers compared the mental abilities of elderly people, and found that those born after the school leaving age was raised in the country fared better. Based on that observation, the researchers came to the conclusion that further changes to the school ... Full story

London, March 27 (ANI): A new research has determined that warm summers are dramatically reducing populations of daddy long legs, which in turn is having a severe impact on the bird populations which rely on them for food. The new research, by a team of bird experts, including Newcastle University's Dr Mark Whittingham, spells out for the first time how climate change may affect upland bird ... Full story

London, Mar 26 (ANI): Nightclub-loving Prince Harry has turned all his attention to his books, after being warned that he could fail his training course to become an Army helicopter pilot. Army sources have revealed that the Royal is trying his best to impress his instructors. After initially failing a series of theory tests, Harry is now determined to ... Full story

Washington, Mar.20 (ANI): President Barack Obama congratulated the Iranians on their New Year early on Friday, hinting that the United States might be willing to ease trade sanctions against Tehran if it behaves more responsibly in international affairs. Obama4s comments, which were videotaped for broadcast to the Iranian people, contrasted ... Full story