 | Alcohol could cause damage to the brain of youngsters., says a study, which stresses that teenagers should know what liquor misuse can do to them.
Thomas Heffernan, a psychologist at Northumbria University, examined over 100 college students for... More |
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 | Smoking a hookah, which has become increasingly popular with college students, could be as harmful as cigarettes, warns a new study.
Since the smoke is filtered through water in a hookah, many youngsters feel that harmful agents are removed, the... More |
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 | An Indian techie is contributing to the knowledge sharing platform with his publications on the theme of information and communication technology for development, or ICT4D, through the Internet.
Ravi Gupta, 36, a civil engineering alumnus of IIT... More |
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 | Asia's demand for oil will nearly double over the next 25 years and will account for 85 percent of the increased demand in 2007, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) officials said Thursday at an energy conference here.
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 | Visiting US Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman Thursday said it was opposed to the gas pipeline project between India, Pakistan and Iran as any cooperation in the development of its oil and natural gas assets would help Tehran in its nuclear weapons... More |
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 | What is believed to be the oldest known section of the earth's crust, estimated to be 3.8 billion years old, has been charted in Greenland.
The section of volcanic rocks found in southwestern Greenland was formed as the sea floor split apart,... More |
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 | The crew for the space shuttle mission that will carry components for an intricate Japanese science laboratory to the International Space Station (ISS) has been named Friday by NASA.
The space shuttle Atlantis will deliver a pressurised module... More |
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 | Jammu and Kashmir can give the Gulf nations a run for their money if the potential for extraction of oil and natural gas in the state is tapped, said a global geology professor here.
Jonathan Craig, geology head of oil firm Eni Milan, Italy, said... More |
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 | Expressing grave concern over electricity shortage in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday called for introspection by policy-makers and stakeholders on how best to address the situation.
"The fact that less than half of the... More |
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 | Imagine running your computer on a solar energy backup for five hours a day! It's possible, says an expert who sees India as a promising destination for alternative sources of power.
Terence "Terry" J. Hart, vice chairman and technical... More |
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