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Water might have an 'imitator' that copies its unique properties

Washington, Jan 20 : Water might not be so unique after all, with researchers pointing out that the properties which were believed to be only present in water, might also be there in some simple mo

Now, software that may help in enhancing students’ comprehension skills

Washington, Jan 20 : Researchers at the University of Buffalo have designed a special software that not only reduces the time to grade children's handwritten essays, but may also help in enhancing

Stars can help stay young by consuming planets

A second Jupiter-sized planet London, Jan 19 : A new research has indicated that stars can slow down their aging process by consuming Jupiter-sized planets.

According to a report in New Scientist, most stars eventually become
white dwarfs, but along the way expand into red giants, while their
cores shrink and undergo a short but intense phase of helium fusion.

“Yet gobbling up a Jupiter-sized planet as they expand can affect that
process,” said Brad Hansen at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Calculations by Hansen suggest that if the planet is swallowed at the

4,500-year-old tomb sheds light on burial customs of ancient Egypt’s middle class

Ancient Egypt’sWashington, Jan 19: Archaeologists have unsealed the burial chamber of a 4,5

“Monsters” might be the reason behind extreme chaos in black holes

London, Jan 19: Scientists have blamed distortions in the fabric of space- time known as “monsters” for the extreme chaos present in black holes, which have more disorder than all the stars in the

Global warming causes older Arctic sea ice to almost disappear

Global WarmingWashington, Jan 19: A new study using satellite measurements has revealed

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