'Positive vibes' emanated during meeting with Krishna: QureshiOctober 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that he received 'positive vibes' during his meeting with Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna last month.
People can bounce back from traumatic experiences like 9/11: StudySeptember 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - People who live through an extreme traumatic experience such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks or an airplane crash often have the capacity to bounce back, says a new study. most of them recover from devastating events, and even those who struggle with the experience can find some benefit from the experience despite the negative effects of the event in their lives.
Warmer oceans may increase food for fishAugust 25th, 2009 LONDON - In a new research, scientists have found that plankton, the basis of marine food webs, might grow faster in warmed up oceans. The sheer diversity of ocean food webs has made experts fear it would be impossible to predict how climate change will affect marine ecology.
Organic electronics that allows transport of both positive and negative charges developedAugust 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new research from the University of Washington scientists has described an approach to organic electronics that allows transport of both positive and negative charges. Until now, however, circuits built with organic materials have allowed only one type of charge to move through them.
Corals recover faster when they have clean water and plentiful sea lifeJuly 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has shown that bleached corals bounce back to normal growth rates more quickly when they have clean water and plentiful sea life at their side. The new research study, led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, suggests that by improving overall ocean health, corals are better able to recover from bleaching events, which occur when rising sea temperatures force corals to expel their symbiotic algae, known as zooxanthellae.
Positive self-statements do more harm than goodJuly 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - While self-help books are considered to boost a person's moral, a piece of research now suggests that positive self-statements in such books may actually leave people with low self-esteem and feeling worse about themselves. Psychologists Joanne V.
President calls for faster stimulus spending, predicts double-digit joblessnessJune 23rd, 2009 Obama: Unemployment to rise, need faster spendingWASHINGTON — Amid rising public impatience with an economy now under his watch, President Barack Obama on Tuesday said his administration needs to push money out faster to initiate a recovery and conceded that unemployment would rise above 10 percent. "People are going through a very tough time right now," Obama said at a White House news conference.
Obama slams Fox News for being a 'devoted attacker'June 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has slammed Fox News for being "entirely devoted to attacking his administration."
Responding to a remark made by CNBC's John Harwood that Obama has gotten an easy ride from the press, the US president called the charge "very hard for him to swallow."
Acknowledging the fact that media coverage has been "generally positive," he took yet another potshot at Fox News. "I've got one television station that is entirely devoted to attacking my administration.
Some raindrops travel 10 times faster than previously believedJune 11th, 2009 LONDON - Meteorologists may be miscalculating how much it rains, for a new study has found that many raindrops travel at "super-terminal" velocities, faster than was thought possible. Scientists previously thought that all raindrops fall at terminal velocity, a constant maximum speed that is determined by the interplay of gravity and drag.
Pre-schoolers pick up language faster in classmates' presenceMay 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Pre-schoolers pick up language faster in the presence of classmates with better linguistic skills. Of course, they also learn how to speak and understand language by the way their parents at home and teachers at school speak.
Spacecrafts may soon travel faster than light at 'Star Trek' warp speedMay 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Two physicists at Baylor University, US, have an idea that can turn traveling at the speed of light from science fiction to real science, just like the warp speed at which spacecraft travel in the fictional TV and film series 'Star Trek'. Dr. Gerald Cleaver, associate professor of physics at Baylor, and Dr.
Mickey Rourke asks ex Russian boxer to marry himMarch 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke, it seems, is ready to get married for the second time. Former Russian boxer and popstar Irson Kudikova has revealed that Rourke propositioned her during a recent trip to the former Soviet Union - where he's researching his villain role for the Iron Man sequel.
Mickey Rourke visits Russian prison for forthcoming flickMarch 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke is totally determined about getting the portrayal of his role as the villain in the 'Iron Man' sequel right, which is why he visited Russian prison to research his character. The Golden Globe award-winning actor, who is all set to play the Russian super-villain Whiplash in the flick, visited Moscow to get into the mindset of a former Eastern Bloc baddie.
Men with ring fingers longer than indexes run fasterMarch 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Men with ring fingers longer than their index fingers run faster, due to testosterone levels, says a new study. Researchers from Southampton University have linked finger-length ratios to a host of things good and bad, from fertility and disease vulnerability to test scores and personality traits.
Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johansson to star in 'Iron Man 2'March 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Mickey Rourke and Scarlett Johansson have been signed on to star in 'Iron Man 2' with Robert Downey Jr. in the lead.
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