Scientists in the US examined brain scans of bullies and non bullies and found them to differ in their response to scenes of pain. The researchers found the area associated with reward was stimulated when violent teenagers were shown pictures of people inflicting pain on others which is contrary to current thinking that aggressive teens lack the ability to empathize with people in pain and that their violent behavior could be innate as well as learnt.
The Sensex fell below the 10,000 level on the back of heavy selling action, weak global markets and fears of a deep and prolonged recession.
Realty, oil & gas, consumer goods and metal stocks were hammered badly.
The various relief and rescue packages declared by worldwide central banking institutions failed to lift investor response.
At 1:37 p.m., the 30-share index, BSE Sensex stood at 9936.97, down 599.19 points, from its previous closing mark, while the broad-based Nifty slipped to 2971.30, down 176.95 points.
ZTE Corporation, a top global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has rolled out the prototype of the world’s first 10G EPON network equipment including related system services.
The ZXA10 C220 and MDU prototype equipment are unified platforms designed for EPON, 10G EPON and GPON networks.
Researchers have found that breast fed babies could have stronger lungs that last well into their childhood from the sheer physical effort involved in sucking milk while breast feeding. They found that children who had been breast fed for a minimum of four months had stronger lung function in later childhood.
Sony Computer Entertainment India has rolled out its latest PSP-3000 in India, at the biggest gaming expo ‘PlayStation Experience 2008’ held in Mumbai on Saturday.
Moreover, the company has also declared its plans to launch of the 80 GB Sony PS3 console in the Indian market.
Supporting Wi-Fi connection, the PSP-3000 plays the similar games and provides the same media support as the former PSP models.
According to research, IVF babies born from frozen embryos are healthier than those who develop from fresh embryos. Three studies that were presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine conference in San Francisco, said that babies from frozen embryos were less likely to be premature or under weight.
A study from Finland said that babies born from fresh embryos had a 35 % higher chance of being premature and were 64 % more likely to have a lower birth weight than those born from frozen embryos.