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Washington, May 8: Scientists have identified the cells responsible for hair growth as well as the mechanism that causes them to turn grey, a finding that could lead to new treatments for balding and greying hair. "Although this project was started in an effort to understand how certain kinds of tumours form, we ended up learning why hair turns grey and discovering the identity of the cell that...

Washington, May 8: A few phone calls to people who have suicidal tendencies could significantly reduce future suicide attempts and save many lives, a new study has found. Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Brown University in the US found that phone calls to suicidal patients following discharge from Emergency Departments led to a 30 per cent reduction in future...

Cape Canaveral, May 8: The US military"s experimental X-37B space plane landed on Sunday at NASA"s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a classified mission that lasted nearly two years, the Air Force said. The unmanned X-37B, which resembles a miniature space shuttle, touched down at 7:47 a.m. EDT (1147 GMT) on a runway formerly used for landings of the now-mothballed space shuttles, the...

Kasargod, May 8: A group of unidentified persons set fire to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Uduma panchayat committee office, K.T. Jayakrishnan Memorial building, at Pariyaram here in the early hours of Sunday. Furniture and office files were destroyed in the fire. BJP leaders have accused the CPI(M) of perpetrating the crime.

The reprehensible acts by cow vigilantes seem to be going on unhindered. Some incidents have happened right in front of the police, who have turned a blind eye. Despite the Centre issuing an advisory last year on the action to be taken by the state governments over such incidents, not much has changed on the ground. This has only emboldened self-styled cow protectors to have a free run. A big...

Kanhangad, May 7: A man was killed and three others, including a 10-year-old boy and two women, were injured as the car they were travelling in collided with a fish-laden truck at Aingoth in Kanhangad south on Saturday. The accident occurred around 11.30 a.m. as the car proceeding from the temple town of Kollur to Irikkur in Kannur is said to have collided with the truck in its bid to overtake...

New Delhi, May 7: This may seem strange and quite funny to you but yes knowing your doctor may help reduce the pain you feel of an injection needle, says a new study. Elizabeth Losin, assistant professor at the University of Miami in the US said, "When someone believes that something is going to help relieve their pain, their brain naturally releases pain- relieving chemicals." Losin said, ''Our...

New Delhi, May 6: Facebook, in a big push in to television, is gearing to launch about two dozen new shows mid-June. According to a report in Business Insider, the social media giant is working on shows in two different tiers – long, big-budget shows similar to Netflix"s "House of Cards" as well as shorter 5-10 minutes shows that could also feature in Facebook"s new video tab. The new video tab is...

Kasaragod, May 6: The district registered a pass percentage of 94.77 in the SSLC examinations. Of the 19,811 students who appeared for the examinations, 18,774 passed, with 812 getting A+ grade in all subjects. Forty-nine schools registered 100% pass. While 9,907 students from the Kasaragod educational sub-district became eligible for higher education, 8,867 from Kanhangad cleared the exam. As...

New Delhi: It's not less than a wonderful invention, An 18-year-old man in Mexico has developed a 'smart' bra integrated with sensors that can detect early signs of breast cancer. The bra, developed by Julian Rios Cantu, has to be worn for only an hour a week, so it does not interfere with daily life. It has 200 sensors that map the surface of the breast as well as texture, colour and temperature...