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Friday, May 03, 2013
Durham: A protein produced by mast cells in the immune system may predict which people infected with dengue virus will develop life-threatening complications, according to researchers at Duke Medicine and Duke-National University of Singapore (Duke-NUS).
Their study also found that in experiments in mice, a class of drugs commonly used to treat asthma by ...
Friday, May 03, 2013
Durham: People have long taken for granted that glasses and contact lenses improve vision for nearsightedness, but the genetic factors behind the common condition have remained blurry. Now researchers at Duke Medicine are closer to clearing this up.
Mutations in a gene that helps regulate copper and oxygen levels in eye tissue are associated with a severe...
Friday, May 03, 2013
Report by India Education bureau, Baltimore: First-of-its-kind symposium explores causes and prevention of domestic child sex trafficking in a multidisciplinary, bipartisan and public health framework
This week on May 1 and 2, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the bipartisan Advisory Council on Child Trafficking (ACCT) and the Goldman S...
Friday, May 03, 2013
Report by India Education bureau, Princeton: Three Princeton University students with diverse interests in computer networks, machine learning and the basic physical processes of the brain were among 15 recipients of this year's Hertz Fellowship for graduate studies in the sciences.
The students — Amy Ousterhout and Aman Sinha, seniors, and Dani...
Friday, May 03, 2013
London: The behaviour of seabirds during migration – including patterns of foraging, rest and flight – has been revealed in new detail using novel computational analyses and tracking technologies.
Using a new method called ‘ethoinformatics’, described as the application of computational methods in the investigation of animal behavi...
Friday, May 03, 2013
London: When children with conduct problems see images of others in pain, key parts of their brains under-react, according to new research published today in Current Biology.
The study, led by researchers at the UCL Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, found these children show reduced responses in three areas of the brain associated with empathy...
Friday, May 03, 2013
New York: Student teams from all 14 NYU global sites competed for more than $37,000 in cash and prizes as part of the second annual Bickel & Brewer – NYU Global Debate Competition held during the 2012-13 academic year. The competition is made possible through a gift from The Bickel & Brewer Foundation.
The debate topic for the 2012-13 compet...
Friday, May 03, 2013
Report by India Education bureau, New Delhi: Union Minister for Culture Smt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch today re-opened the renovated gallery of Tanjore and Mysore Schools of South Indian Paintings at the National Museum, New Delhi for public.
The Gallery comprises 88 paintings. Although almost every painting is unique, some of the masterpieces are exa...
Friday, May 03, 2013
Report by India Education bureau, Madison: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a professor of pathobiological sciences in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine and leading expert on influenza, has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
Kawaoka, who also holds a faculty appointment at the University of Tokyo, was one ...
Friday, May 03, 2013
Report by India Education bureau, Madison: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a professor of pathobiological sciences in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine and leading expert on influenza, has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
Kawaoka, who also holds a faculty appointment at the University of Tokyo, was one ...
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 FICCI Calls for Regulating Sports Betting to Counter Spot Fixing (Delhi)
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New Delhi: In the wake of latest controversies related to spot fixing case in cricket and revelations of role of underworld in leveraging ban in sports betting, FICCI has once again reinitiated its call for regulating sports betting in In ..
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Tata Communications becomes a preferred supplier of international voice termination for leading VoIP provider (Maharashtra)
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Mumbai: Tata Communications, a leading provider of a new world of communications, today announced that it has signed a five-year strategic voice sourcing agreement with Vonage Holdings. This partnership is a first of its kind between Tata ..
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HRD Ministry approved setting up of Block Institutes of Teachers Education in 196 districts (Delhi)
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Report by India Education bureau, New Delhi: The HRD Ministry has approved setting up of Block Institutes of Teachers Education in 196 districts during the current Five Year Plan. These institutes will be opened in SC/ST/Minority concentr ..
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Conference of Ministers and Secretaries of States and Union Territories in-Charge of Sports & Youth Affairs Begins in New Delhi (Delhi)
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Report by India Education bureau, New Delhi: The Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Jitendra Singh has said that supporting and promoting the youth development must be one of the foremost priorities, across all sectors and stakehol ..
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NIELIT, Srinagar will contribute to the growth of J&K, Dr. Killi Kruparani (Jammu and Kashmir)
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Report by India Education bureau, New Delhi: Union Minister, Dr. Killi Kruparani, has inaugurated the Lecture Blocks and Research & Development Lab of National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) at Srinagar. ..
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