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Reading ‘Harry Potter’ shows how the ‘muggle’ mind works

Harry Potter swoops around on his broom, faces the bully Malfoy and later runs into a three-headed dog. For scientists…

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Diseases can now be ‘forecast’

Scientists at CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute (C-MMACS), Bangalore India, who work on discoveries in various fields, are introducing a weather-forecast…

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New method found to turn sawdust into petrol

Your car may soon run on sawdust. Researchers have successfully converted sawdust into building blocks for petrol. Scientists at Katholieke…

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“EU’s Google case should not be politicised” says a worried US

The United States voiced concern earlier yesterday over a draft plan by two EU lawmakers to break up Google Inc,…

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Nano particle platelets to help control bleeding

Scientists, including two of Indian-origin, have developed new synthetic platelets that mimic and outperform natural platelets at controlling bleeding. Researchers…

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Imagination, reality flow in opposite ways in brain

Imagination and reality flow in opposite directions in the brain, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of…

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Coming Soon:Facebook ‘newspaper’

Facebook's move to fulfill its ambition to be the personal “newspaper” for its billion-plus members is likely to mean more…

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Gravity saved the universe after Big Bang

Gravity may have saved the universe from collapsing immediately after the Big Bang by providing stability needed to survive expansion…

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World’s first public funded spaceship to land on the moon within a decade

A British-led consortium has announced plans to land a robotic probe on the Moon in 10 years' time and has…

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