Washington, March 12: In a move which would be taken positively by advocates of world peace, a team of engineers has developed a technique to “denature” plutonium created in large nuclear reactors, making it unsuitable for use in nuclear arms.
Developed by engineers at the Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev in Israel, the technique involves adding Americium (Am 241) in plutonium so it can only be used for peaceful purposes.
Washington, Mar 12: People who lose control over their facial muscles have now got a new lease of life, for scientists have now developed a technique that could restore their ability to wink, and eventually may help them smile by implanting an artificial muscle in their temple.
Developed at the University of California, Davis and SRI International, the technique has shown promising results on cadavers.
Washington, Mar 12: One need not have to pay attention to something in order to learn it, for now scientists have shown that the greed for reward can spark unconscious learning in humans.
The new study by researchers at Boston University demonstrated that stimulus-reward pairing could elicit visual learning in adults, even without awareness of the stimulus presentation or reward contingencies.
"Recent studies have raised the question of whether visual skill learning requires an active goal directed process or whether learning can occur automatically without any task, stimulus awareness, or goal directed behaviour," said study author Dr. Aaron Seitz, from the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside.
Washington, Mar 12 : Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor will be honoured at the seventh annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles next month.
The 49-year-old actor, who played the role of TV host in the Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire, will be honoured with the screenings of two classic films in which he stars,
1991''s Lahme and 1997''s Virasat, as well as Gandhi, My Father, which he produced.
Washington, Mar 12: Bristol Palin, the 18-year-old daughter of former Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah, and her fiance, Levi Johnston, have broken up a little over two months after the birth of their son.
According to a source, the split happened "a few weeks ago."
"It was a mutual thing," People quoted the source, as saying.
In February, Bristol had told FOX News and Greta Van Susteren that she and Levi expected to get married after they completed high school.
Washington, Mar 12 : `Harry Potter' star Daniel Radcliffe has been named the `Most Valuable Young Star' by Forbes magazine.
Washington, March 12: In a move which would be taken positively by advocates of world peace, a team of engineers has developed a technique to “denature” plutonium created in large nuclear reactors, making it unsuitable for use in nuclear arms.
Washington, Mar 12: People who lose control over their facial muscles have now got a new lease of life, for scientists have now developed a technique that could restore their ability to wink, and eventually may help them smile by implanting an artificial muscle in their temple.
Washington, Mar 12 : Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor will be honoured at the seventh annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles next month.
Washington, Mar 12: Bristol Palin, the 18-year-old daughter of former Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah, and her fiance, Levi Johnston, have broken up a little over two months after the birth of their son.
