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October 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Taking a major step towards improved CMOS sensors for most in-car camera systems, scientists have developed a new process that could provide colours to these systems. The CMOS sensors are semiconductor chips that convert light signals into electrical pulses and are installed in most digital cameras.

September 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - For women who experience severe menstrual pain, a new device developed by University of Cincinnati researchers could appear as a blessing. Fed up of the chronic pain, women often end up having medications that can cause gastrointestinal side effects.

July 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Raising doubts over the efficacy of the well known psychological tools-the Rorschach Inkblot Test-scientists have said that the test may not be the best diagnostic tool and practitioners need to be cautious in how they use this technique and interpret their results. In the Inkblot Test, a viewer looks at ten inkblots, one at a time, and describes what they see.

July 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has shown that squirrels quickly learn by watching their peers. In the study, Dr Lisa Leaver of the University of Exeter and her colleagues tested grey squirrels' ability to learn to choose between two pots of food after watching another squirrel remove a nut from one of the pots.

July 21st, 2009 2-door small cars get good marks in crash testsWASHINGTON — Small in stature, a group of 2009 two-door cars are providing good safety value to car shoppers, according to crash tests released Tuesday. The Ford Focus and Volvo C30 received top scores in front-end, side and rear crash tests, according to tests from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

July 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine say that the hair sheep, a less-hirsute version of the familiar woolly barnyard resident, may be key to better diagnostic tests in developing world. The researchers have found that not only are these ruminants low-maintenance and parasite-resistant, they're also perfect blood donors for the microbiology tests necessary to diagnose infectious disease in the developing world.

June 15th, 2009 US Intel: North Korea conducted nuke test in MayWASHINGTON — The U.S. government is officially confirming North Korea's underground atomic test in late May, saying the blast was somewhat larger than the regime's first test, conducted in 2006.

June 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has shown that post-meal surges in blood sugar can cut a man's level of circulating testosterone by about a quarter. According to study's researchers, the finding might help doctors decide to test for testosterone levels while patients are fasting.

June 12th, 2009 AP source: NKorea may be prepping new nuclear testWASHINGTON — A U.S. government official says North Korea may be preparing for its third nuclear test as the United Nations considers new sanctions on the dictatorship for conducting an underground nuclear explosion in May.

June 8th, 2009 Fed says bank plans for capital look sufficientWASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve says plans submitted by 10 banks to bolster their capital cushions are enough to help them survive a deeper recession. The plans "if implemented, would provide sufficient capital to meet the required buffer," the Fed says.

June 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - None of the four air samples taken from the "cloud" from North Korea's purported May 25 nuclear test prove that North Korea tested a nuclear device, Fox News has quoted a senior U.S. defense official, as saying.

June 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of Indian-origin researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have modelled a fast, ultra-broadband, low-power radio chip on the human inner ear. Rahul Sarpeshkar, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and his graduate student Soumyajit Mandal say that their device may enable wireless devices capable of receiving cell phone, Internet, radio and television signals.

May 8th, 2009 Stress tests find 10 big banks need $75B moreWASHINGTON — The government's long-awaited "stress-test" results have found that 10 of the nation's 19 largest banks need a total of about $75 billion in new capital to withstand losses if the recession worsened. The Federal Reserve's findings, released Thursday, show the financial system, like the overall economy, is healing but not yet healed.

April 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at Purdue University, US, have developed a critical part of a hydrogen storage system for cars that makes it possible to fill up a vehicle's fuel tank within five minutes with enough hydrogen to drive 300 miles. The research, funded by General Motors Corp.

January 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - How reliable are eyewitness accounts, whose testimony is crucial to the outcome of many criminal trials? They can be easily confused, researchers say. For example, if someone witnesses a man in a blue pullover stealing something, then overhear people refer to a grey shirt, how likely is it that the eyewitness will remember the actual colour of the thief's pullover? Studies have shown that when people are imparted false information about an event, they become less likely to remember what actually happened - it is easy to mix up the real facts with fake ones.