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Posted on September 3, 2008. Filed under: Business, News, Science & Technology | Tags: browser, Business, calendars, Chrome, email, explorer, flawed web pages, flawed webpages, Google, Google Chrome, Google Inc., internet, Internet explorer, internet search engine, isolate flawed web pages, isolate flawed webpages, Microsoft, Microsoft’s Excel, Microsoft’s Word, Microsoft’s Word and Excel, most popular internet search engine, News, online search, search, search engine, Technology, web browser, web pages, webpages, word processing |
Google Inc., owner of the most popular internet search engine introduced a browser to challenge Microsoft’s decade long dominance of the market. The program, known as Chrome, will isolate flawed web pages so users can close them without shutting down the entire browser, and will make it easier to run other applications without downloading them [...]
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Posted on September 3, 2008. Filed under: News, Science & Technology | Tags: a sea ice specialist, deglaciation, Environment Programme, Glaciers, ice age, NASA, NASA's image, NASA's Satellite image, National Snow and Ice Data Centre, National Snow and Ice Data Centre in the US, News, Professor Mark Serreze, Professor Mark Serreze a sea ice specialist at National Snow and Ice Data Centre in the US, Satellite Image, Satellite Image of Arctic, Science, UN, UN Environment Programme |
NASA’s satellite images have revealed that the melting ice cap has facilitated the opening up of both the north-west and north-east passages, making it possible for the first time after Ice age 125,000 years ago, to pass through. In fact the images suggest the north-west passage opened last weekend while the final blockade on the [...]
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Posted on September 3, 2008. Filed under: News, Science & Technology | Tags: africa, African Buffalo, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh University’s School of Biological Sciences, elephants, forest, Global warming, grassland, Julian Derry, Julian Derry of Edinburgh University’s School of Biological Sciences, lakes, new species, News, Researchers, Researchers at Edinburgh University, rivers, Scotsman |
According to a report in the Scotsman, the future loss of lakes and rivers in
Africa would influence how species such as buffalo and elephants evolve. Large populations of animals, which need water to survive, could be divided and, over time, evolve into new species to cope their new surroundings. An isolated population of buffalo, unable [...]
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Posted on September 1, 2008. Filed under: Science & Technology | Tags: benign, Brandeis University in Waltham, catalyst, CFCs, Christos Douvris, enviroment, Fluorocarbons, greenhouse, HFCs, hydrofluorocarbons, Lewis acids, Massachusetts, News, Oleg Ozerov, Oleg Ozerov of Brandeis University in Waltham, Oleg Ozerov of Brandeis University in Waltham Massachusetts, Reyes Sierra, Reyes Sierra of the University of Arizona, Reyes Sierra of the University of Arizona in Tuscon, room temperature, Science, scientists, trap heat, Tuscon, University of Arizona |
Some of the most potent greenhouse gases are also among the most difficult chemicals to destroy, and the most persistent once released into the environment. Scientists have reported that they can chemically react these gases and turn them into more benign compounds. Oleg Ozerov of Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts said “Our process allows us [...]
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Posted on August 30, 2008. Filed under: Education, Science & Technology | Tags: beta cells, Diabetes, direct reprogramming, endocrine, exocrine, insulin, Juvenile, Juvenile Diabetes, Melton, News, pancreas, pancreatic, Science, Stem Cells, Type –I Diabetes |
Researchers have transformed ordinary cells into insulin producing cells in a living mouse by the technique called direct reprogramming, in which three genes are carried by the virus to transform the exocrine cells of the pancreas into beta cells which produce insulin. This nullifies the need of stem cells in research.
In the case of [...]
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Posted on August 30, 2008. Filed under: Science & Technology | Tags: alternative medicine, Alternative remedy, boost immunity, Children, endorphins, happiness, healthy, healthy social life, immunoglobulins, Laugh, Laughing, Laughter Club, live longer, mental stress, reduce blood pressure, reduce stress, reduces mental and physical stress, reduces mental stress, reduces physical stress, Remedy, Science, social life, stress relievers |
“Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live”
……Anonymous
Studies have shown that laughter has tremendous health benefits. Laughter reduces mental and physical stress, lowers blood pressure, elevates mood and fight against depression, boosts immunity, reduces pain, sharpens cerebral functions and even decrease the chances of heart attack. When we laugh [...]
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Posted on August 29, 2008. Filed under: Science & Technology | Tags: Alaska, Arctic Ocean, Arctic Ocean Sea Ice, Christopher Krenz, Chukchi Sea, east siberian sea, Global warming, ice meltdown, National Snow and Ice Data Centre, News, Oceana, Polar Caps, Satellite Image, Satellite Image of Arctic, Science, Sea Ice, siberian sea, The National Snow and Ice Data Centre, University of Colorado |
Arctic Ocean
sea ice has melted to the second lowest minimum since satellite observations begun. Sea ice melt recorded exceeded the low record in 2005 according to the scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Centre. With several weeks left in summer, the melt has a chance to diminish below the record set last year. [...]
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Posted on August 27, 2008. Filed under: Science & Technology | Tags: AgDNV, Anopheles, Anopheles gambiae, bacteria, densonucleosis, densovirus, Jason Rasgon, John Hopkins, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Malaria, Misc, Miscellanous, Mosquito, Research, Science, Wolbachia, Wolbachia bacteria |
Researchers at John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have discovered a virus that they claim is infectious to the Anopheles gambiae mosquito responsible for spreading malaria. The virus AgDNV, is a densonucleosis virus or “densovirus”. The virus is prevalent among insects but do not affect vertebrates.
According to the study, lead author Jason Rasgon, the [...]
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Posted on August 26, 2008. Filed under: Science & Technology | Tags: Science, News, Nicolas Bourbaki, Bourbaki Group, Henri Cartan, Mathematics, Maths, Samuel Eilenberg, Homological Algebra, Algebra, Mathematical Society, Russian Academy of Sciences, Aplied Mathematics, Industrial Mathematics, American Mathematical Society |
Henri Cartan died in Paris on August 13, 2008. He was 104. His death has been confirmed by the American Mathematical Society.
Cartan worked in several areas, but perhaps his most significant contribution is in the field of homological algebra. Together with Samuel Eilenberg, Cartan wrote the fundamental book on this subject.
In 1930s, Cartan was a [...]
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Posted on August 25, 2008. Filed under: Science & Technology | Tags: Arabidopsis thaliana, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Cytochrome P450, Genetic Engineering, Genetic Modification, Molecular Biology, News, P450, Research, Science, Technology, UT Medical School |
The university of Texas Medical school assistant professor Dr. CS Raman and his colleagues reported that they were able to manipulate flavor enzymes found in Arabidopsis thaliana, by genetic means. The enzymes-allene oxide synthase (AOS) and hydro-peroxide lyase (HPL) which produce jasmonate and green leaf volatiles (GLV), confers characteristics aromas to fruits and vegetables. AOS [...]
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