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Scientists discover Milky Way's most recent exploding star

IANS - 08:09 AM

Washington, May 15 (DPA) A group of scientists has discovered the galaxy's newest supernova - as exploding stars are known - providing clues to what happens when stars die.

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Padma Shri result of my hard work: Madhuri

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Sexminator!

Arnie sexiest Governor in the US: Strippers

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Family plans

Nick Cannon 'wants kids' with Mariah Carey

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Prachi transformed!

TV's favourite 'bahu' turns into glam girl

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In love?

Aniston and Mayer 'really into each other'?

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Night's frights!

Shyamalan delivers frights in 'Happening'

  • New optical component set to boost LED's light output ANI - Wed, May 14

    Washington, May 14 (ANI): Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT in Aachen have developed a new, low-priced optical component, which could boost the light output of light-emitting diodes.

  • Burying trees might solve global CO2 problem ANI - Wed, May 14

    Washington, May 14 (ANI): Scientists have suggested that burying trees might solve the global carbon dioxide (CO2) problem.

  • Architecture for fundamental processes of life discovered ANI - Wed, May 14

    Washington, May 14 (ANI): Scientists at the Universite de Montreal have completed a large survey of the network of protein complexes that orchestrate the primary processes of life.

  • New instrument package would help US satellite to monitor global climate change ANI - Wed, May 14

    Washington, May 14 (ANI): A team from the University of Colorado (CU) at Boulder in US are going to build a 34 million dollar instrument package for a US Environmental Satellite slated for launch in 2013, which would help monitor global climate change.

  • First identical twin camels bred in UAE IANS - Wed, May 14

    Dubai, May 14 (IANS) Scientists here have successfully produced United Arab Emirates' first identical twin camels using embryo splitting technology, WAM news agency reported Wednesday.

  • Secret UFO files revealed to British public IANS - Wed, May 14

    London, May 14 (DPA) Secret files about the sighting of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) over Britain were opened to the public for the first time Wednesday, arousing anew the interest of 'sceptics and believers', officials said.

  • UAE scientists produce first identical twin camels IANS - Wed, May 14

    Dubai, May 14 (IANS) In a breakthrough, scientists here have successfully produced the country's first identical twin camels using the embryo splitting technology, WAM news agency reported.

  • DNA fingerprinting breakthrough may send successful IVF rates soaring ANI - Wed, May 14

    Washington, May 14 (ANI): Australian researchers have used a technique, DNA fingerprinting, for the first time to identify which embryos have implanted after in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and developed successfully to result in the births of healthy babies.

  • Archaeologist to use satellite imagery to explore ancient Mexico ANI - Wed, May 14

    Washington, May 14 (ANI): An archaeologist is going to use satellite imagery obtained from NASA to explore ancient Mexico.

  • Researchers find key for faster-growing and durable football fields ANI - Wed, May 14

    Washington, May 14 (ANI): Researchers have found the most effective seed mixture, as well as the right planting time needed for faster-growing and durable football fields.

  • Harry Potter's 'invisibility cloak' comes closer to reality ANI - Wed, May 14

    London, May 14 (ANI): Your dream of having a Harry Potter 'invisibility cloak' could soon turn into a reality, thanks to physicists at the University of California at Berkeley, US, who have reported the development of the first 3D material able to bend light in the opposite direction to natural materials.

  • Here's how migratory birds save energy ANI - Wed, May 14

    Washington, May 14 (ANI): Pointed wings, a smaller weight to wing area ratio, and systematic avoidance of high winds and atmospheric turbulence are the right ingredients for migratory birds to save loads of energy, finds a new study.

  • Novel mechanisms regulating insulin release, fat deposition discovered ANI - Wed, May 14

    Washington, May 14 (ANI): Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown that a receptor called ALK7 plays an important role in the regulation of body fat deposition as well as the release of insulin from beta-cells in the pancreas.

  • Sloths are not such sleepyheads after all ANI - Wed, May 14

    Washington, May 14 (ANI): Scientists have shown that the sloth's world-renowned reputation for laziness is not true after all, by finding that the medium-sized mammals, which live in rainforest canopies of South and Central America, only sleep for nine-and-a-half hours a day, six hours fewer than previously thought.

  • Student develops promising new alternative to silicon chip IANS - Wed, May 14

    Washington, May 14 (IANS) A new generation of transistors will soon replace one of the world's most ubiquitous technologies - the silicon chip.


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