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Solitons Could Power Molecular Electronics, Artificial Muscles

... polymer chains tend to bend and twist as solitons pass through them, scientists have wondered whether solitons could be used to power artificial muscles for high-tech robots and devices to aid human mobility. Such muscles would be made of organic polymers, and flex in response to light or electrochemical...

Muhammad Ali In Battle Royale With Obesity

...ed like boxing gloves or punchbags. 'It is time to pass on the values, beliefs and principles that made me a champ to the next generation of champions,' Ali said in a statement. Each item will contain less than 150 calories. The 64-year-old Ali is suffering from Parkinson's disease, so it is unclear how...

Brain Septum Could Help In reducing Epileptic Seizures

...he conductor, orchestrating brain impulses as they pass from the brain stem through the septum and on to the hippocampus, said the study’s lead researcher, Luis V. Colom, of the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College. The hippocampus is a part of the brain that plays a role in memory, ...

Basketball Top For Injurious Sports

...ver or look at the floor. The proper position to pass a volleyball is: · Feet positioned a little wider than shoulder-width apart · One foot slightly in front of the other · Hips and knees bent (do not stand upright) · Arms below shoulder-height · Stand on forefeet, not heels An ACL injury c...

Inhaled Insulin: A New Modality for Management of Diabetes

...its large and permeable surface area. From here it pass into the blood stream. Pfizer recommends that Type 1 patients use Exubera along with the injections, while the Type 2 patients may use it alone or in combination with the injections or pills. Exubera is a boon to those patients with Type 2 Diabe...

72-year-old Bachelor of Rajasthan Fails Class 10 Again!

...ould continue taking the board examinations till I pass it," he said. Shiv Charan took his first board exams in 1969 and since then clearing it has been the only goal of his life. "For me, success is not merely clearing the exam - it will also throw open the doors of marriage for me," he said. He has n...

Glivec Enhances Survival Rates In Leukemia

...c helped save my life and I am grateful that I can pass on this message of hope to others diagnosed with this once devastating disease." Professor Charles Craddock, director of Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, added, "The significant success of Glivec in treating CML is a...

Japan Lifts Ban on Poultry from Philippines

...evidence that the virus has mutated to allow it to pass easily among people. Philippines exported 5,000-6,000 tonnes of poultry to Japan....

Ban On Philippine Poultry To Japan To Be Lifted Shortly

...ence yet that the virus has mutated to allow it to pass easily between people. They announced earlier this week that the limited human-to-human transmission of bird flu might have occurred in an Indonesian family, raising fears of a possible pandemic....

Soda Drinks Contain Benzene - A Carcinogen, Reports FDA

...ion (WHO). Benzene can cause leukemia and can also pass through the placenta and affect the fetus....

Hepatitis Scare in Toronto

... but can survive outside the body for days. It can pass between hosts through sex, intravenous needles -- and contaminated hospitals. Ms. Mondesir said that the hospital follow strict infection control and safety measures....

Bird Flu Crisis To Inflict Tremendous Damage: FAO

...ear the virus could mutate, gaining the ability to pass from person to person and, in a worst case scenario, unleashing a deadly human pandemic with the potential to kill millions. Source: PTI news ...

Girls Outshines Boys In CICSE Exam

...shining boys for the second consecutive year. The pass percentage of girls in the Class 10 examination was 96.9 as against 95.29 among boys. Similarly, in Class 12, 95.96 percent of the girls were successful as compared to 91 percent among the boys. Around 1,500 schools are affiliated to the CISCE boa...

In-Vivo Gene Therapy Technique to Cure XSCID in Basset Pups

...virus vector the virus that had been engineered to pass on the gene leading Felsburg and his colleagues to believe that there is a lower limit to the dose before the treatment becomes effective. Since the boys involved in the French gene-therapy study did not develop leukemia until more than three years a...

Sanyo’s Electrolysed Water Technology Effective In Suppressing Bird Fl

... two ways, one by letting air containing the virus pass through a filter impregnated with electrolysed water, and the other, by spraying a mist of electrolysed water onto a cotton bud smeared with the virus. Officials from Sanyo have explained that the technology is useful in preventing the spread of bi...

Less Invasive By Pass Surgery Proves Economical In The Long Run

...ctors should practice less invasive surgery for by pass surgery. They say that the traditional surgery though is not harmful// can increase the chances of exposing patients to innumerable infections. Most of the Asians suffer from diabetes and are prone to infections. In the traditional method the great s...

Rubella Outbreak Grips Vietnam

...rus marked by fevers and rashes. Symptoms normally pass in about a week. ‘Rubella is only dangerous if contracted by pregnant women,’ said Nguyen Van Nghiem, an official with the department of health in Ho Chi Minh City. ‘A high percentage - between 50 to 70 percent - will give birth to babies with ph...

Computer Keyboards In Hospitals Could Spread Infection To Patients

...tals are a reservoir for bacteria that staff could pass to patients and need to be disinfected every day, a new study warns.// Researchers collected samples from 25 computer keyboards at various locations inside University of North Carolina hospitals and found that each keyboard was infected with at leas...

Nitiol Stents A Better Alternative for the Conventional Stents

...ire other procedures// such as angioplasty or a by pass surgery. The other alternative to stainless steel stents are flexible nickel-titanium tubes. They are very effective in helping blood flow through thigh arteries clogged by heart disease. Researchers conducted a new study and published it in the Ne...

New Camera Pill To Diagnose Stomach Problems

...port said the camera melts inside and the residues pass out with stool. --Edited IANS...

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