Posts Tagged ‘light’

London, April 8 (ANI): An 'uncanny' glowing disc hovering above London has been captured by an amateur photographer.hmad Zaigham, 30, took the picture of the unidentified object from his home in South Harrow, North West London. "I was immersed in the TV programme when just by chance I saw this uncanny light in the sky and I ... Full story

Washington, April 8 (ANI): Scientists have completed the first study of microbes that live within the plumbing of deep-sea mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Mexico, where conditions may resemble those in extraterrestrial environments and early Earth. The study, which was partially funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), was conducted in an ... Full story

Wellington (New Zealand), Apr. 6 (ANI): On the fourth day of the final Test against India, New Zealand could put together only 167 runs at the loss of four wickets before play was suspended due to bad light. India was just six wickets away from a historic series triumph over New Zealand after marginalizing Kiwis in the third Test on Monday, after Zaheer Khan (2/50) ... Full story

London, Apr 2 (ANI): Former terrors suspect Binyam Mohamed in a testimony has said that he witnessed Pakistani neuroscientist Dr Aafiya Siddiqui during her detention at the Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan, contradicting the official position forwarded by the US Government that she and her children were not in American custody prior to July 2008 The latest twist in the dramatic case was revealed during a meeting ... Full story

Washington, Mar 31 (ANI): Scientists at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute have developed a new tool to combat hospital-acquired infections- antibacterial coating that is activated by light. The research team, led by Zoie Aiken, have tested the new coating with antibacterial properties, and found that it could kill 99.9 percent of Escherichia coli bacteria when a white hospital light was shone on its surface to activate ... Full story

Washington, March 31 (ANI): Researchers at the universities of Leicester and Oxford in the UK have identified a single gene responsible for controlling plant growth responses to elevated temperature, a breakthrough that could potentially have an enormous impact on crop production as global warming increases. "Exposure of plants to high temperature results in the rapid elongation of stems and a dramatic upwards elevation of leaves," said ... Full story

London, Mar 31 (ANI): British actress Laila Rouass has had to flee her luxurious home, and share former lover Gary Stretch's London flat, after she started getting death threats. Rouass, 33, who played the role of spoilt Amber Gates in ITV's 'Footballers' Wives', had been living alone in Surrey with her two-year-old daughter Inez, when she was scared off by late-night prowlers. "She is scared for her ... Full story

Washington, Mar 31 (ANI): A new study has delved into the emerging practice of drug delivery systems that use light to activate medications in the body. The new process makes use of biocompatible materials that are sensitive to certain physiological variables or ... Full story

New Delhi/Pune, Mar 31 (ANI/Business Wire India): Suzlon Energy Limited, the world's fifth leading wind turbine maker, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TERI University for setting up and offering an MTech Programme in Renewable Energy Engineering and Management. This MoU will facilitate Suzlon Energy to contribute to the Programme through exchange of ideas and expertise, and guest faculty. Since its inception in 1999, ... Full story

Islamabad, Mar. 30 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has formally lifted Governor's Rule in Punjab by signing a summary on the advice of Prime Minister Yousuf Raja Gilani. After a late night meeting with Gilani, Zardari signed the summary to lift governor's rule, The Dawn reports. A presidential spokesman told media that Zardari and Gilani "discussed political situation in the light of president's address to 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

London, March 28 (ANI): Biochemists believe that future medicines may feature an in-built system to prevent them from reaching the wrong tissue inside the body, says a report. Joakim Andreasson at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, says that a light-activated "combination lock"-a molecule that only becomes active when exposed to two distinct colours of light in the right order-has been developed, and that ... Full story

Washington, Mar 27 (ANI): Love surely hurts - in fact you really can die from a broken heart, say a new research, which has shed light on "broken heart syndrome". The condition, known medically as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, was first described by Japanese researchers in the early 1990s. However, it is still a mystery to many in the medical community. Symptoms typically mimic a heart attack and tend ... Full story

Paris, March 20 (ANI): Mars Express has uncovered geological evidence suggesting that some depositional process, revealed by erosion, has been at work on large scales in the equatorial regions of the Red Planet, which would shed new light on the past climate of Mars. The evidence comes from the mineralogical composition of the ... Full story

Washington, Mar 20 (ANI): A new study, conducted by researchers at University of Edinburgh, has shed new light on the genetics of mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The researchers found that a gene called DISC1 - known to play a role in the development of mental illness - may control the way some patients respond to psychiatric medication. They ... Full story

Bishenpur (Manipur), Mar 19 (ANI): An army officer was killed and another soldier wounded in gunfire with suspected rebels in Manipur's Bishenpur District on Wednesday. Around 9:30 p.m., some suspected rebels attacked the residence of an engineer of a state agency, lobbying two grenades as they fired gunshots. No casualties have been reported. Troops from the 12 Maratha Light Infantry rushed to the spot. On their ... Full story

New York, Mar.18 (ANI): After gracing the covers of Vogue, People, the New Yorker and New York, US First Lady Michelle Obama is about to become a comic book superhero - in a sleeveless dress, of course. Obama's 22-page bio-comic is the third in Bluewater's new "Female Force" series, following "Hillary Clinton" and "Sarah ... Full story

Washington, March 18 (ANI): Marine scientists have discovered a new species of jellyfish near the waters of Tasmania, which has a "rainbow glow". According to a report in National Geographic News, Jellyfish expert Lisa Gershwin caught the unnamed species in early March while swimming near a jetty off the Australian island of Tasmania with a "phototank" - a small aquarium that makes it easy to photograph ... Full story

Washington, March 17 (ANI): A new study has determined that a red-colored glandular secretion known as "hippo sweat" contains microscopic structures that scatter light, protecting the hefty mammals from burns, which may help scientists develop natural sunscreens in the future. "It would be nice to also try and replicate the antiseptic and insect-repellent characteristics of the sweat, to obtain a four-in-one product: sunscreen, sunblock, antiseptic, ... Full story

Peshawar, Mar 17 (ANI): Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat Muhammad (TNSM) chief Sufi Muhammad has warned judges of the Swat lower judiciary to cease their hearings, as sharia courts would start operations in the district from today. He warned at a press conference that if the judicial officers continued to attend their offices, it would be considered a ... Full story