Common sense suggests that warning labels on products like cigarettes and medications would encourage people not to go for them. Wrong. Research suggests that warning labels can actually have the opposite effect, making the product more appealing. “When there is a time lag between reading a warning and then buying or consuming the related products, […]
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets was trading 129.50 points or 0.61 percent down in the pre-noon trade Friday. Selling pressure was seen in the banking index (bankex) and the IT and capital goods sectors. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 21,236.65 points, was trading […]
Traditional Chinese herbs may offer a new option for managing blood sugar levels, either alone or in combination with other treatments, to help people at risk of developing diabetes. Pre-diabetes is diagnosed when an individual has developed elevated blood sugar levels, but glucose levels have not yet risen to the point of developing type 2 […]
Congress President Sonia Gandhi Friday said the 2014 Lok Sabha elections will be “a battle for India” and its secular traditions. “We assemble here as the 2014 Lok Sabha elections approach. We meet today to send a clear signal that the Congress is ready and prepared for the battle ahead,” she said in her address […]
Cultivation of various plant species, also food plants, is possible on the soil of Mars, according to ecologist Wieger Wamelink of the Dutch research institute Alterra of Wageningen University. To investigate whether it is possible to grow plants in the soil of Mars and on the moon, researchers undertook an experiment with 14 plant species […]
China is expected to exceed Europe to become the largest energy importer in the world by 2035, said a report issued by British oil giant BP. The annual Energy Outlook 2035 report, released Wednesday, forecast global energy consumption to grow 41 percent from 2012 to 2035 — slower than the growth of 55 percent during […]
Three new exoplanets have been discovered orbiting stars in the Messier 67 star cluster and one of them circles a star that is nearly identical to the Sun, according to European Southern Observatory, or ESO, officials. The find, which was made using the ESO’s new HARPS telescope instrument at the La Silla Observatory in Chile […]
Poland’s first-ever face transplant has been recognised as the world’s best example of reconstructive surgery of 2013 at a recent annual meeting of the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM) in Hawaii, media reported Thursday. The surgery was carried out in May 2013 at the Institute of Oncology in Gliwice of southern Poland by a […]
The national capital was enveloped in dense fog Friday morning with the minimum temperature recorded at 8.2 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average. “The day ahead will be partly cloudy and light rain and thunder shower are expected in the afternoon,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department. The maximum temperature is […]
Wild card Ashwin Vijayaraghavan from Andhra Pradesh continued his great run to shock top seed Tamil Nadu’s Vijay Sundar Prashanth and storm into the semi-final of the national grasscourt tennis championship here Thursday. Prashanth took the first set of the men’s quarter-final outing 6-4 with a break of serve in the fourth game at the […]