Washington, Nov 13: Archaeologists have discovered a labyrinth filled with stone temples and pyramids in 14 caves, some of which are underwater, on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, which according to Maya myth, might be the portal to hell.
According to a report in National Geographic News, the discovery has experts wondering whether Mayan legend inspired the construction of the underground complex, or vice versa.
Maya myth said that the souls of the dead had to follow a dog with night vision on a horrific and watery path and endure myriad challenges before they could rest in the afterlife.
Washington, November 13: A new study has confirmed that a commonly used anaesthetic can produce changes associated with Alzheimer''s disease in the brains of living mammals.
Led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers, the study shows how administration of the gas isoflurane can lead to generation of the toxic amyloid-beta
(A-beta) protein in the brains of mice.
"These are the first in vivo results indicating that isoflurane can set off a time-dependent cascade inducing apoptosis (cell death) and enhanced levels of the Alzheimer''s-associated proteins BACE and A-beta," says Dr. Zhongcong Xie of the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MGH-MIND) and the MGH Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care.
Washington, Nov 13: NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has concluded its orbit-raising phase and is beginning instrument commissioning in preparation to start science observations.
IBEX, which is the latest in NASA’s series of low-cost, rapidly developed Small Explorers spacecraft, is the first mission designed to image the interaction at the edge of the solar system.
Washington, November 13: A multi-university research team, including an Indian-origin expert, is testing the live broadcast of surgeries using the advanced networking consortium ‘Internet2’.
The technology, which allows for the transmission of high quality video to multiple locations in real time, may enable doctors from different hospitals across the world to collaborate on a surgery, without having to actually be in the operation theatre.
London, Nov. 13, 2008 -- Supreme Council member and Ruler of Sharjah, H. H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi, visited here Wednesday the Royal Botanic Gardens, the third most popular of its kind in the world. The Gardens house botanic collections (conserved plants, living plants and documents) that have been enriched over 2 and half centuries.
Washington, Nov 13: NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has concluded its orbit-raising phase and is beginning instrument commissioning in preparation to start science observations.
Washington, November 13: A multi-university research team, including an Indian-origin expert, is testing the live broadcast of surgeries using the advanced networking consortium ‘Internet2’.
London, Nov. 13, 2008 -- Supreme Council member and Ruler of Sharjah, H. H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi, visited here Wednesday the Royal Botanic Gardens, the third most popular of its kind in the world. The Gardens house botanic collections (conserved plants, living plants and documents) that have been enriched over 2 and half centuries.
