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Like humans, birds also compensate for sleep loss by ‘power napping’

Washington, March 4: German researchers have found that birds compensate for sleep loss in the same manner as humans, i. e. by “power napping”.

3 billion-yr-old microcrystals provide new record of planetary evolution

Washington, March 4: An international research team has discovered three-billion-year-old zircon microcrystals in northern Ontario in Canada, which are proving to be a new record of the processes t

Researchers discover key for converting waste to electricity using bacteria

Washington, March 4: Researchers at the University of Minnesota (UM) have discovered the key for converting waste to electricity by taking the help of the bacteria, Shewanella, that can convert sim

Richard Boucher to arrive in India today

New Delhi, Mar 4: US Assistant Secretary of State for Central and South Asia Affairs Richard Boucher

Widespread damage from 2007 Eastern US spring freeze attributed to earlier warming

Widespread damage to plants from a sudden freeze

Spielberg may not snap ties with Paramount, says Viacom chief

Washington, March 3: Viacom CEO Philippe DaumanAmid speculations that Steven

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