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Earth Hour Evolves Beyond the Hour, Beyond the Light Switch
Earth Hour Co-Founder and Executive Director, Andy Ridley, has announced a series of high profile and individual environmental actions, and a new dynamic online platform, to mark the global launch for Earth Hour, Beyond the Hour.
Use of Social Networking Websites By Homeless Youth Can Lead to an Increase in Risky Sexual Behaviors
A new UCLA AIDS Institute study suggests that the use of social networking websites by homeless youth can lead to an increase in risky sexual behaviors. But interestingly, homeless kids who used these sites were also more likely to have been tested for...
Electronic Cigarettes Hold Promise As Aid to Quitting
A study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researchers reports that electronic cigarettes are a promising tool to help smokers quit, producing six-month abstinence rates nearly double those for traditional nicotine replacement products. In...Clay-armored Bubbles May have Formed First Protocells
A team of applied physicists at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), Princeton, and Brandeis have demonstrated the formation of semipermeable vesicles from inorganic clay. The research, published online this week in the journal...New Nanoparticles Make Blood Clots Visible
For almost two decades, cardiologists have searched for ways to see dangerous blood clots before they cause heart attacks. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report that they have designed nanoparticles that find...
Arcadia High School Wins Regional Science Bowl
A team of five students, four competitors and an alternate, from Arcadia High School won the Regional Science Bowl competition on Saturday, Jan. 22, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Abhishek Bachchan: Glad To Be Part Of A Cause
It seems that Bollywood hero Abhishek Bachchan was pleasantly surprised by a nine-year-old girl. Abhishek Bachchan had recently attended an award ceremony that felicitated sixteen people for taking up a cause. Abhishek was the chief guest of the program.The...Sonam Kapoor Donates 3000 Kites To Her Alma Mater!
Whatever actress Sonam Kapoor does, she does it in style, be it her swanky dresses in Aisha or donating gifts for charity. Sonam bought 3000 kites and “phirkis” for the occasion of Makar Sakranti, but not for herself of course, she gifted them to...
