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Washington, Oct 4 : A new study has suggested that practicing yoga and meditation on a regular basis can help give a boost to the brain that ultimately can control a computer.

The research could have major implications for treatments of people who are paralyzed or have neurodegenerative diseases.

The study conducted at University of Minnesota involved a total of 36 participants. One group of 12 had at least one year of experience in yoga or meditation at least two times per week for one hour.

The second group included 24 healthy participants who had little or no yoga or meditation experience.

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Washington, Oct 4 : An undergraduate from Washington State University has developed a new method for detecting water on Mars.

The 21-year-old Kellie Wall looked for evidence that water influenced crystal formation in basalt, the dark volcanic rock that covers most of eastern Washington and Oregon and then compared this with volcanic rock observations made by the rover Curiosity on Mars' Gale Crater.

Wall said that this is really cool because it could potentially be useful for not only the study of rocks on Earth but on Mars and other planets.

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Washington, Oct 04 : Microsoft has released diversity stats showing that it has increased the number of its women staff, but says that there's still much work to be done.

CNET reports women now comprise 29 percent of Microsoft's worldwide workforce, up from 24 percent over the past year, according to new figures released by the company.

Microsoft Executive Vice President of Human Resources Lisa Brummel in an email to her staff said that though progress is being made in diversifying the workforce, a lot of work needed to be done.

Mumbai - Markets seemed to be in consolidation mode after strong rally as the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex and CNX Nifty declined 58.33 points and 23.30 points, respectively during the truncated week as operators decided to play safe after the Reserve Bank kept key interest rates unchanged.

Realty, metal, banking, power, capital goods and FMCG sectors attracted profit-booking and mainly weighed on Sensex.