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Cardiac CT: reducing radiation dosage possible Extended sleep improves athletic performance Wondering how star athlete Roger Federer won the French Open tennis championship? The secret may lie in increased sleep. According to a study, athletes who extended their nightly sleep and reduced accumulated sleep debt reported improvements in ... New element discovered The element 112, discovered at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (Centre for Heavy Ion Research) in Darmstadt, has been officially recognized as a new element by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). ... A quicker way of finding tainted food Last year, some 300,000 infants in China were sickened, and at least six died, after consuming infant formula that had been deliberately adulterated with the chemical melamine. The scandal, and previous contamination incidents involving ... 
How bats play ’follow the leader’ as they huntBats hunt in groups in the dark using a form of sonar called echolocation to find and snatch bugs out of the air. A study found that bats actually shut their traps for microseconds so they can hear the leader and take direction. ... 
How snakes are able to slither on flat surfacesSnakes use both friction from their scales and redistribution of their weight to slither on flat surfaces, a study has found. Previous studies claimed snakes move by pushing laterally against rocks and branches. ... Guaging distances up to 300 million light years There is now a way to measure distances to objects three times farther away in space than previously possible. A rare type of giant star, could be an excellent signpost for distances up to 300 million light years. ... 
Robot shows how to cook a Japanese dishCooking robot ‘Okonomiyaki Robot’ pours the ingredients for okonomiyaki (Japanese flour cake) over a heated cooking pan during a demonstration. The robot can demonstrate the whole process of okonomiyaki cooking. ... 
Typhoons trigger slow earthquakes: studySurprisingly, a study shows that typhoons trigger slow earthquakes, at least in eastern Taiwan. Slow earthquakes are fault slippage events that take hours or days, not a few seconds to minutes, to release energy. ... 
Playing pin-ball using electrodes on the headMichael Tangermann operates a pinball machine via electrodes attached to his head. The proband, using the Berliner Brain Computer Interface (BBCI), controls the pinball machine through thoughts. ...
FARMER'S NOTEBOOK Zero farming: no investment, yet guarantees good yield Three tonnes of paddy have been harvested from an acre by this method ICRISAT develops climate change-ready varieties As the world gets warmer with climate change, the dryland tracts will become even drier making it more difficult for the farmers to grow crops in the region. FARM QUERY Training programme in spirulina Is there any organisation near my place from where I can learn spirulina production? Sumati Jagadeesan Kanchipuram, Tamil NaduYou can contact Mr. K. Retna Raja Singam, Programme co-ordinator at ...
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