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Washington, Sept 5 : A new research has discovered that human brain is already equipped with an 'anti-relapse' circuit that could help overcoming the cocaine addiction.

Yaoying Ma, research associate of the study that biology, by nature, had a yin and a yang and a push and a pull.

Yan Dong, assistant professor of neuroscience in the University of Pittsburgh's Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, said that the pro-relapse response was predominant after cocaine exposure but since the anti-relapse response existed inside the brain, it could possibly be clinically tweaked to achieve therapeutic benefits.

New Delhi, Sept 05 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi today stressed on the importance of technology, saying depriving the children of technology is a crime.

"Importance of technology is increasing every day. We must not deprive our children of technology. It is a social crime if we do so," he said while addressing the students and teachers across the country on the occasion of Teacher's Day.

The Prime Minister also emphasized on the need for physical activity, saying that besides watching television and working on computers the children should engage themselves in physical activity.

Washington, Sept 6 : An international team of scientists have discovered new evidence that planets are forming around a star about 335 light years from Earth.

The study led by a Clemson University astrophysicist found carbon monoxide emission that strongly suggests a planet is orbiting a relatively young star known as HD100546. The candidate planet is the second that astronomers have discovered orbiting the star.

Washington, Sep 5 : Facebook rolled out a new update to its Slingshot app making the ' pay

New Delhi, Sep 5 : Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said here on Friday that he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi both wish to be known as the infrastructure Prime Ministers.

"Both PM Modi and I wish to be known as infrastructure PMs and the G20 will focus on mobilizing private capital to address the world's infrastructure deficit," PM Abbott said while addressing a Business Meet in New Delhi.

Washington, Sep 5 : Twitpic on Thursday announced that it will shut down later this month after a trademark battle with Twitter.

Twitpic founder Noah Everett said that the announcement was hard to make, but the decision was made after Twitter threatened to cut off Twitpic's access to its application programming interface, CNET reported.

The company filed its trademark application with the US Patent and Trade Office in 2009, but an 'implied' threat of disconnect from Twitter's API came from Twitter counsel during a recent published for opposition, report said.