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The Birth of Science


The birth of Science is often dated to 1660, when the Royal Society was founded in London by the followrs of Francis Bacon, who arguied that knowledge could come only by testing ideas through experiment. Some authorities see the roots of Science in ancient Babylon.




Nose to Known Cancer


Irael scientist have sevelopedan an artificial nose , similar to a dog's olfactory system, so that it could sniff cancer at an early stage.





The Home of Hydrocarbons

The intricate geographical processess taking place under the sands of the Cauvery basin have made it the 'home of hydrocarbons' in south India.
The basin covers an area of 27,850 sq.km. and extends from Puducherry in the north to Romnad in the south, Thanjavur in the west and Karaikal in the east.





Bones make-up


Organic Matter 33.30%; Phosphate of lime 51.04%; Carbonate of Lime 11.30%; Flouride of Calcium 2.00%; Phosphate of Magnesia 1.16%; Soda/Chloride of Soduim 1.00%.



A Bird that eat 40,000 animals a day


Shorebirds like the redshank feed on tiny crustaceans called Corophium which live in the mud of estuaries and seashores. As many as 40,000 of these crustaceans can be eaten by one bird in a single day.



The Influenza Virus

An influenza virus has only eight genes. This is far fewer than the estimsted 25,000 that human beings possess.


How Chicken Drug Can Help

Researchers in China have discoverd that that bacteria in Chicken manure can break down crude oil into harmless chemicals when oil contaminates soil.

3 million Pacemakers

Nearly 10 lakh pacemakers are implanted in patients world wide annually. Of these 30,000 are implanted in India. The total number of patients with pacmaker is around 3 million, according to information available in Feb. 2009.


Newborn Infants Detect Music

Researchers have demonstrated that two to three day old babies can detect the beat in music. This phenomeon - termed 'beat inductin' - is likely to have contributed to music's origin.

AIDS Report

India is no longer the world's leader with 5.7 million people as per UN 2006 estimates. Early analysis suggest that Indian has AIDS victims between 2 and 3 million. India also ranks below South Africa, which has a more accurate survey result of about 5.5 million.

Universal Blood Type


A team of Danish, English and French scientists has found a way to convert Types A, B and AB blood into O - the universal donor blood group that can be given to anybody. The enzymatic blood conversion system enables the precise and permanent conversions of groups to ensyme converted group O, known as ECO red cells and is safe.

The Oldest known Seed

The oldest known seed came from a North American arctic lupine, found in 1954 burid in frozen silt in Yuken, Canada.Scientists determined if had been there for about 10,000 years.

Hybrid Vehicles
If all the cars on US roads were converted to hybrids, the ammount of carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles in the year 2050 would measure the same as what was recorded in the year 2000.

Roses
Roses have been cultivated for almost 5,000 years. More than 8,000 varieties of the flower have been developed for garden cultivation.

Sunbeds and Cancer
That sunbeds can cause cancer is the latest finding worrying the British. Tanning salons in Britain are around 8000, it is estimated. A quater of British adults are thought to have used sunbeds. Studies indicate that using sunbeds below the age of 30 increases the risk by 75%.

A New Class of Black Hole
An international team of astronomers has discovered a new class of black hole, more than 500 times the mass of the sun. The finding is in a distant galaxy 290 mm. light years from Earth. A black hole is a remnant of a collapsed star with such a powerful gravitational field that it absorbs all light that passes near it and reflects nothing.