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Science and Technology - Briefs
Issue Date: Mar 15, 2013
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Making waves
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Needle effect
Issue Date: Feb 28, 2013
ACUPUNCTURE is an ancient healing system that involves inserting thin needles in the body. It has been around for over 2,500 years and is said to treat several ailments, including heart diseases. Researchers have now reviewed four studies on the effects of acupuncture on an individual before and after an exercise-session. Based on their observations, they suggest the therapy can act as a performance enhancer for athletes.
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Guinea pig out, computer in
Issue Date: Feb 28, 2013
SCIENTISTS and pharma companies are on a constant lookout for new and better drugs. They work equally hard to ensure these new drugs remain free of side-effects. These unwanted secondary effects are a huge health concern and the main reason medicines are taken off market. Researchers from Kyushu University in Japan have now proposed a new in silico or computer-based method to predict side-effects of drugs.
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Science and Technology - Briefs
Issue Date: Feb 28, 2013
Material Sciences
Live wire
Here is a wire you can stretch, bend or cut and it would still work. Scientists have created the self-healing, elastic wire using liquid metal and a polymer. Small tunnels are bored in polymer sheath and are filled with a liquid alloy of indium and gallium, forming a liquid metal wire inside the stretchable sheath.
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Worm wipeout
Issue Date: Feb 15, 2013
MOST children suffer from worm infections in their intestines sometime or the other. Such infections cause low appetite and weight loss, making their parents overfeed them. If studies on mice are any indicator, it would be better to starve the kids a little to get rid of the worms than overfeed them.
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Catching them young
Issue Date: Feb 15, 2013
KOUSHIK CHAKRABORTY
Plant Physiologist at Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh
Salt-resistant oilseeds
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