Posts Tagged ‘flow’

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

London, April 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has said that there is a need to substantially increase the existing resources for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the tune of 500 billion dollars in the next two years as an interim step and also to double the IMF quota ... Full story

Washington, March 31 (ANI): In a new research, a team of Penn State engineers has identified a tiny microbe that can take electricity and directly convert carbon dioxide (CO2) and water to methane, producing a portable energy source with a potentially neutral carbon footprint. "We were studying making hydrogen in microbial electrolysis cells and we ... Full story

Napier (New Zealand), Mar.30 (ANI): India on Monday proved that it is a side very keen to acquire champion status by converting a no-win situation into which it was placed on the third day into a very creditable draw on the fifth and final day of the second Test against New Zealand at the MaClean Park in Napier. Having been asked by the Kiwis to follow ... Full story

Washington, Mar 27 (ANI): Forget about plugging your iPod or BlackBerry into a power source ever again, for now you can charge these devices just by waving your hand, or stretching your arm, and even by taking a walk. Scientists at Georgia have now come up with a new technology, called "nanogenerator", that converts mechanical energy from body movements or even the flow of blood in ... Full story

Washington, March 18 (ANI): Israeli scientists have developed a new device enables plants to send a text message when they need a drink. According to a report by Fox News, Israel Agricultural Ministry plant physiologist Dr. Eran Raveh and his earth-scientist partner Dr. Arie Nadler spent seven years perfecting the hammer-shaped sensor that gauges moisture levels in plants and trees and sends real-time alerts to mobile ... Full story

Washington, March 18 (ANI): Scientists are taking the help of a robot submarine to travel under an Antarctic glacier and learn why it has been thinning and accelerating over recent decades. Autosub, the robot submarine built and developed by the UK's National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, has been exploring Pine Island Glacier, a floating extension of the West Antarctic ice sheet, using sonar scanners to map the ... Full story

Washington, March 18 (ANI): A mechanical engineer of Indian origin is developing techniques that will help improve gas mileage by reducing the drag of vehicles. Drag is an aerodynamic force that is the result of resistance a body encounters when it moves in a liquid or gaseous medium, such as air. Reduction in drag means less fuel would be required to overcome the fluid resistance encountered by ... Full story

Jammu, Mar 18 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram will visit Jammu and Kashmir today to review the security situation in the State. According to official sources, Chidambaram will take stock of the security situation with top police, intelligence and Army officials in Jammu. The Minister will be briefed about the situation across the border especially reports suggesting of high-scale infiltration from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir during summer. Issues like ... Full story

New Delhi, Mar 14 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram will visit Jammu and Kashmir next week to review the security situation in the State. According to official sources, Chidambaram will take stock of the security situation with top police, intelligence and Army officials in Jammu. The Minister ... Full story

Washington, Mar 13 (ANI): Facemasks can help prevent adverse cardiovascular effects caused by pollution, scientists have shown. Researchers discovered that pollution from car exhausts caused arteries to stiffen, resulting in higher blood pressure and reduced blood flow to the heart, reports BioMed Central's open access journal Particle and Fibre Toxicology. Nicholas Mills from the University of Edinburgh worked with a team of researchers to investigate the cardiovascular ... Full story

Washington, March 13 (ANI): Injecting a patient's own bone marrow-derived stem cells into the spinal column using multiple routes can be an effective treatment for spinal cord injury (SCI), say researchers. Scientists from DaVinci Biosciences, Costa Mesa, California, and Hospital Luis Vernaza in Ecuador say that such a treatment can return some quality of life for SCI patients without serious adverse events. Revealing their findings in ... Full story

Washington, March 13 (ANI): Wellcome Trust scientists in Britain say that it may be possible to "read" a person's memories just by looking at his/her brain activity, as a study conducted by them has shown that memories are recorded in the regular patterns. Demis Hassabis and Professor Eleanor Maguire at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London (UCL) say that their study has ... Full story

Washington, March 12 (ANI): Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US have for the first time come up with a way to produce high-resolution 'Maps of Science', depicting the virtual trails that scientists leave behind while retrieving information from online services. "This research will be a crucial component of future efforts to study and predict scientific innovation, as well novel methods to determine the ... Full story

Melbourne, Mar 11 (ANI): The key to exam success in kids lies in a glass of water, says a new study. According to the latest research carried out in Britain, children who have a drink of water before sitting tests fare up to a third better. Although the reason why is not clear but it could be that information flows more effortlessly between brain cells when ... Full story

Washington, Mar 11 (ANI): It may soon be possible to detect cancer or diabetes using breath or urine samples, says a University of Missouri researcher. Xudong "Sherman" Fan, investigator in the Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center is developing a sensor device that will analyze breath or urine samples for volatile markers inside the body that indicate whether a patient has breast cancer, diabetes or asthma. The ... Full story

Islamabad, Mar.8 (ANI): Last Tuesday's attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team re- emphasizes the fact that the civilian government of President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is no more effective than the military rule promoted by President General Pervez Musharraf. The present administration, according to The Independent, has abjectly failed to stem the brutal advance of militancy across Pakistan. In an editorial, ... Full story

Washington, March 7 (ANI): NASA has announced the official launch date for space shuttle Discovery's STS-119 mission as March 11. According to a review of Discovery's readiness for flight, NASA managers have announced that Commander Lee Archambault and his six crewmates would be lifting off to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 11. The launch date was announced following a Flight Readiness Review. During the ... Full story

Washington, March 7 (ANI): Indian "holy powder" turmeric's health-related properties are due to its ability to make cell membranes more orderly, which improves cells' resistance to infection and malignancy, according to a study. Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy, of the University of Michigan, has found it out after studying how turmeric's main ingredient curcumin obtains its healing powers. This finding attains significance because very little has been known about ... Full story

Washington, March 5 (ANI): Engineers at Duke University, US, have found that microscopic particles of carbon known as buckyballs may be able to keep water pipes clear in the same way clot-busting drugs prevent arteries from clogging up. The research team found that buckyballs hinder the ability of ... Full story