US researchers say hydrogen sulfide, known for its bad smell is important for regulating our blood pressure. According to the study published in Science, researchers at John Hopkins University, in Maryland found that hydrogen sulfide; a toxic gas responsible for the foul odor of flatulence is also produced by an enzyme called CSE in the thin lining of the blood vessels. This regulates blood pressure by relaxing the blood vessels.
Guangdong Yang, PhD, of the University of Saskatchewan and Lakehead University in Canada, and colleagues examined two groups of mice in the study. One group of mice was normal while the second group of mice had been engineered to not have CSE, an enzyme long suspected of making hydrogen sulfide.
Violence in Bihar has forced the Eastern Railway authorities to cancel seven trains that pass through Bihar.
"Though there has been no news of any fresh violence on this day, the railway authorities did not want to take any chances," said an Eastern Railway official.
The cancelled trains list includes Bhagalpur-New Delhi Vikramshila Express, the Bhagalpur-Muzaffarpur Jansewa Express, the Sealdah- Balia Express, the Howrah-Patna Janshatabdi Express, the Howrah-Hardwar Puja Special, the Howrah-Raxaul Mithila Express and the Sealdah-Jaynagar Gangasagar Express, an ER press release said. The Sealdah-Udaipur Ananya Express was diverted via Pradhankhunta.
Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Mohammad Yasin Malik and president of Jamiat-e-Ahlahadees Moulana Showkat Shah were arrested on Wednesday night. The police arrested them on the charges of launching an anti- election campaign in north Kashmir.
A senior police officer of the state has confirmed their arrest and said that both of were lodged in Submal Police station.
Their arrests have sparked protests in Maisuma area. Police resorted to lathi charge to disperse the angry protesters.
These two break-out factions of Hurriyat Coneference have planned for anti-election campaign through out the valley.
Meanwhile the National Conference has launched its election campaign.
Seoul - Hanwha Group was chosen by South Korea's state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) as the preferred bidder for a controlling stake in Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, the KDB announced on Friday.
"Hanwha was found to best fit our criteria of selection, including bid price, management ability and fund-raising plan," Chung In-Sung, deputy governor of the KDB, said at a press conference.
Hanwha, a conglomerate with roots in explosive maker Hanwha Corp, won out rival bidder Hyundai Heavy in the bid for a 50.5 per cent stake of the world's third-largest shipbuilder.
London - British theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking will retire from teaching next year, the University of Cambridge has announced.
Hawking, who suffers from a motor neurone disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) that has left him almost paralysed and only able to communicate through a computer, will hand over the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics to a successor in the new academic year, a statement said early Friday.
Hawking, who reaches the Lucasian chair's retirement age of 67 in January, will continue his research at the university.
The Lucasian Chair of Mathematics is renowned and was occupied by Isaac Newton in the 17th century.
Melbourne, Oct 24 : It''s not just the youngsters who are hooked on to the Internet for their daily dose of erotica, as an Australian researcher has found that older adults are a step ahead when it comes to cybersex.
Sociologist Sue Malta, at Swinburne University''s Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, claims that her study provides evidence that older adults have a voracious appetite for the Internet and sex.
For her study, Malta conducted in-depth interviews with 45 older Australians and five older Americans about their romantic Internet relationships. The participants were aged from 60 to 92 years, and included those involved in online relationships as well as a smaller group that had first met face to face.
Seoul - Hanwha Group was chosen by South Korea's state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) as the preferred bidder for a controlling stake in Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, the KDB announced on Friday.
