Vitamin C can help block the growth of cancer cells, found New Zealand researchers—a feat that could be quickly adopted into cancer treatment.
After much controversy over the role of vitamin C in cancer treatment, a team from Otago University at Christchurch have now shown that it has a role in controlling tumour growth.
They have said that their study of tumorous and normal tissue samples from women with cancer of the uterine lining, has given the first direct evidence of a link between vitamin C and a protein called HIF-1.
HIF (hypoxia inducible factor)-1 is considered a key protein in tumour survival.
Eating lunch off toilet seats safer than office desk!
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Having lunch off a toilet seat is safer than a typical office desk, according to an American microbiologist.
"There's more faecal bacteria in your kitchen sink than in your toilet after you flush it. People nuke their bathrooms, but not their kitchens," The New Zealand Herald quoted Dr Charles Gerba, of Arizona University, as saying.
He added: "There are 200 times more E. coli on the cutting board than on a toilet seat. It's safer to make a sandwich on a toilet seat than on a cutting board in the average home."
This is because many people don't sanitise the board properly after cutting up raw meat, or don''t use separate boards for raw meat and ready-to-eat foods.
"There's more faecal bacteria in your kitchen sink than in your toilet after you flush it. People nuke their bathrooms, but not their kitchens," The New Zealand Herald quoted Dr Charles Gerba, of Arizona University, as saying.
He added: "There are 200 times more E. coli on the cutting board than on a toilet seat. It's safer to make a sandwich on a toilet seat than on a cutting board in the average home."
This is because many people don't sanitise the board properly after cutting up raw meat, or don''t use separate boards for raw meat and ready-to-eat foods.
Computer programme decodes language used in Biblical times.
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A new computer programme has successfully decoded a written language last used in Biblical times.
The success could lead to "resurrecting" ancient texts that are no longer understood.
Created by an MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) team led by Regina Barzilay, the programme translates written Ugaritic, which consists of dots and wedge-shaped stylus marks on clay tablets, and was last used around 1200 B.C. in western Syria.
Through repeated analysis, the programme linked letters and words to map nearly all the Ugaritic symbols to their Hebrew equivalents in a matter of hours.
The success could lead to "resurrecting" ancient texts that are no longer understood.
Created by an MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) team led by Regina Barzilay, the programme translates written Ugaritic, which consists of dots and wedge-shaped stylus marks on clay tablets, and was last used around 1200 B.C. in western Syria.
Through repeated analysis, the programme linked letters and words to map nearly all the Ugaritic symbols to their Hebrew equivalents in a matter of hours.
Blackberry launches it new Messenger, targets Youth.
The Waterloo-based Canadian wireless giant has just launched TV, Internet and poster ads to woo young people in North America by playing up its BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) which is extremely popular among its professional and corporate clients.
More than 25 million of the total 46 million BlackBerry subscribers worldwide use BlackBerry Messenger. According to RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie, BlackBerry Messenger is so popular that its use has shot up nearly 500 percent during the fiscal.
In fact, at the RIM's annual shareholder meeting last week, BlackBerry Messenger was the toast of the evening, with television commercials highlighting the software for its better network efficiency against competition.
More than 25 million of the total 46 million BlackBerry subscribers worldwide use BlackBerry Messenger. According to RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie, BlackBerry Messenger is so popular that its use has shot up nearly 500 percent during the fiscal.
In fact, at the RIM's annual shareholder meeting last week, BlackBerry Messenger was the toast of the evening, with television commercials highlighting the software for its better network efficiency against competition.
Russia to start construction of new spaceport
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Russia will be investing US $800m (£527m) into a new spaceport in the country's Far East, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has announced.
It is said to aim to ease the dependence on the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan, built during the Soviet-era.
The future cosmodrome will be built near the town of Uglegorsk in the Far Eastern Amur region, close to the border with China.
It is planned to be mostly used for civilian launches and should be operational by 2015.
It is said to aim to ease the dependence on the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan, built during the Soviet-era.
The future cosmodrome will be built near the town of Uglegorsk in the Far Eastern Amur region, close to the border with China.
It is planned to be mostly used for civilian launches and should be operational by 2015.
Anti-aircraft laser unveiled at Farnborough Airshow
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Artists representation of what the CIWS laser beam looks like which, in reality, is invisible.
Raytheon US based Defense firm has unveiled its anti-aircraft laser at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire.
The Laser Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) can either be used on its own or alongside a gunnery system.
In May, the laser was used to shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a series of tests.
Raytheon said the solid state fibre laser produces a 50 kilowatt beam and can be used against UAV, mortar, rockets and small surface ships.
Mexican man caught smuggling small 18 monkeys in his clothes.
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Mexican authorities have arrested a man who was trying to smuggle 18 small monkeys into the country by carrying them in his clothing.
Roberto Sol Cabrera, a Mexican citizen, was stopped at a random check at Mexico City's international airport after arriving from Lima.
In a statement, police said Mr Cabrera Zavaleta had been behaving "nervously".
Once he was searched, it was discovered that he had hidden 18 titi monkeys in a girdle around his waist.
After his arrest, Mr Sol Cabrera confessed that the animals had travelled in his luggage, and that he had put them under his clothing "to protect them from X-rays" as he was going through customs.
The animals had been put into socks, police explained, and two of them were dead at the time of confiscation.
In a statement, police said Mr Cabrera Zavaleta had been behaving "nervously".
Once he was searched, it was discovered that he had hidden 18 titi monkeys in a girdle around his waist.
After his arrest, Mr Sol Cabrera confessed that the animals had travelled in his luggage, and that he had put them under his clothing "to protect them from X-rays" as he was going through customs.
The animals had been put into socks, police explained, and two of them were dead at the time of confiscation.
Prince William 'under fire over 1.4-mn-pound security bill'
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Prince William has come under fire over an estimated annual bill of 1.4 million pounds which the British government has to foot to protect him at a private cottage after he shunned the Royal Air Force accommodation, a media report said.
The Prince is classified as the highest security risk and receives round-the-clock armed protection. Scotland Yard provides him with a number of personal protection officers. In addition, a 15-strong unit of armed officers has been formed by North Wales Police to look after him during his training.
But, the second-in-line to the British throne's decision to live off base for the duration of his three-year helicopter pilot training course at RAF Valley in Anglesey has costly implications for the force providing his security, the Daily Express reported.
The Prince is classified as the highest security risk and receives round-the-clock armed protection. Scotland Yard provides him with a number of personal protection officers. In addition, a 15-strong unit of armed officers has been formed by North Wales Police to look after him during his training.
But, the second-in-line to the British throne's decision to live off base for the duration of his three-year helicopter pilot training course at RAF Valley in Anglesey has costly implications for the force providing his security, the Daily Express reported.
How to download the Rupee symbol [VIDEO]
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Government of India says may have to wait for at least one year before you get keyboards for your computers with the new Rupee Symbol.
Foradian Technologies Pvt Ltd, a Mangalore-based firm, has created a new font called the Rupee_Foradian, which can be downloaded from the company's site - Download the symbol here .
The firm has also put in a slide show on the site to help users download the symbol, and the move has generated amazing results with the tiral version being loaded about 1,100 times with the first hour of its launch. The company made available the full version, free, as soon as the hits crossed 5,000.
The Women look Most Beautiful at the Age 31.
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Women aged 31 are at the peak of their beauty, according to a new study which breaks the age-old myth that teenagers are the most attractive.
Women in their late 20s and early 30s are considered more attractive than fresh-faced eighteen and nineteen year olds, researchers said.
The findings, from a survey of the opinions of over 2,000 men and women, found that beauty was as much rooted in personality as appearance, according to The Telegraph.
Women in their late 20s and early 30s are considered more attractive than fresh-faced eighteen and nineteen year olds, researchers said.
The findings, from a survey of the opinions of over 2,000 men and women, found that beauty was as much rooted in personality as appearance, according to The Telegraph.
iPhone 4 in India by October by Airtel
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India's leading mobile operator, Bharti Airtel, is looking to launch Apple's iPhone 4 in September or October, Chief Executive Officer for India and South Asia Sanjay Kapoor said on Monday.
India's curbs on import of telecoms equipment are easing, Kapoor added. Carriers in the world's fastest-growing mobile market must obtain government clearance before they place any equipment purchase order, and earlier this year India had barred some operators from placing orders with China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp on security concerns.
Last week, the telecoms minister said the government expected to resolve the issue in a couple of weeks.
India's curbs on import of telecoms equipment are easing, Kapoor added. Carriers in the world's fastest-growing mobile market must obtain government clearance before they place any equipment purchase order, and earlier this year India had barred some operators from placing orders with China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp on security concerns.
Last week, the telecoms minister said the government expected to resolve the issue in a couple of weeks.
Germans party in oneof the country's busiest stretches of "Autobahn".
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This is one of the craziest venue i ever heard for the Party Goers. Germans had organised an enormous party on one of the country's busiest stretches of "Autobahn".
At least 1m people are expected to drop in on a banquet being held on Sunday on a 60km stretch of motorway.
Only pedestrians and cyclists are now allowed on this part of the A40/B1.
The event is part of cultural celebrations in the western Ruhr area, Germany's former industrial heartland.
The party organisers said they had given away 20,000 tables for "the longest banquet in the world" in the middle of the motorway between the cities of Dortmund and Duisburg.
Divers find 230-year-old champagne in Baltic shipwreck which is tastes Fabulous
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Divers have found bottles of champagne some 230 years old on the bottom of the Baltic which a wine expert described on Saturday as tasting "fabulous."
Thought to be premium brand Veuve Clicquot, the 30 bottles discovered perfectly preserved at a depth of 55 metres could have been in a consignment sent by France's King Louis XVI to Russian Tsar Peter the Great.
If confirmed, it would be by far the oldest champagne still drinkable in the world, thanks to the ideal conditions of cold and darkness.
"We have contacted (makers) Moet & Chandon and they are 98 per cent certain it is Veuve Clicquot," Christian Ekstroem, the head of the diving team, told AFP.
Thought to be premium brand Veuve Clicquot, the 30 bottles discovered perfectly preserved at a depth of 55 metres could have been in a consignment sent by France's King Louis XVI to Russian Tsar Peter the Great.
If confirmed, it would be by far the oldest champagne still drinkable in the world, thanks to the ideal conditions of cold and darkness.
"We have contacted (makers) Moet & Chandon and they are 98 per cent certain it is Veuve Clicquot," Christian Ekstroem, the head of the diving team, told AFP.
Old Spice ad campaign goes viral[Video]
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There is nothing new about this if you use browser Youtube Daily.
In one of the largest viral video ad campaign ever launched, Old Spice is swarming YouTube.
The Procter & Gamble Co. brand released more than 180 videos featuring the campaign's star, ex-football player Isaiah Mustafa. In the videos, he responds personally to online queries or comments from various Web users and some famous ones, including Ellen DeGeneres and Alyssa Milano.
The videos, all of which feature Mustafa in a towel speaking directly to the camera, have been steadily released over the last few days. On Friday, they accounted for eight of the most popular 11 videos on YouTube and more than 21 million views in total.
Britain not to ban Muslim women from wearing burqa
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Britain has said that it would not follow France in banning Muslim women from wearing 'burqa' in public as such a move would run contrary to the conventions of a "tolerant and respectful society".
The immigration minister, Mr Damian Green, told 'The Sunday Telegraph' that the move to ban women from wearing veils would be "rather un-British", despite a recent opinion poll showing widespread public support for such an action.
Claiming it would be "undesirable" for Parliament to vote on a burqa ban in Britain similar to that approved in France, he said: "Telling people what they can and can't wear, if they are just walking down the street, is rather un-British thing to do.
The immigration minister, Mr Damian Green, told 'The Sunday Telegraph' that the move to ban women from wearing veils would be "rather un-British", despite a recent opinion poll showing widespread public support for such an action.
Claiming it would be "undesirable" for Parliament to vote on a burqa ban in Britain similar to that approved in France, he said: "Telling people what they can and can't wear, if they are just walking down the street, is rather un-British thing to do.
UN assigns Mukesh Ambani to key group on development goals
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Reliance Industries chief, Mr Mukesh Ambani, has been named by the United Nations to a key advocacy group on Millennium Development Goals, whose mandate includes finding ways to fight socio-economic evils such as poverty.
Mr Ambani is the only Indian to be a part of the MDG Advocacy Group that comprises eminent international personalities including Microsoft Chairman, Mr Bill Gates, philanthropist, Mr Ted Turner and Nobel laureate, Mr Muhammad Yunus, among others.
Ambani is expected to focus on a global partnership for development, that will include development of an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system.
Mr Ambani is the only Indian to be a part of the MDG Advocacy Group that comprises eminent international personalities including Microsoft Chairman, Mr Bill Gates, philanthropist, Mr Ted Turner and Nobel laureate, Mr Muhammad Yunus, among others.
Ambani is expected to focus on a global partnership for development, that will include development of an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system.
Brain exercises reduce accident risk in older drivers
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There's a clinically proven brain fitness training tool that helps older adults reduce their likelihood of being in a car accident.
For instance, playing a computer-based programme DriveSharp for 20 minutes a day, three times a week helps older drivers cut their crash risk up to 50 per cent, stop 22 feet sooner when driving at 90 kmph and increase confidence while driving at night and in stressful conditions.
"It is important for drivers to understand that they can take an active role in staying safe on the road as they age," said Jodi Olshevski, gerontologist and assistant vice president of The Hartford Financial Services Group.
For instance, playing a computer-based programme DriveSharp for 20 minutes a day, three times a week helps older drivers cut their crash risk up to 50 per cent, stop 22 feet sooner when driving at 90 kmph and increase confidence while driving at night and in stressful conditions.
"It is important for drivers to understand that they can take an active role in staying safe on the road as they age," said Jodi Olshevski, gerontologist and assistant vice president of The Hartford Financial Services Group.
Twitter exploring new ways to earn money with special deals
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Twitter is exploring new business models.
The newest idea is special deals for Twitter users. The deals would be financed by companies that use the Twitter account @earlybird for advertising, reported Twitter on its website.
Deals will initially be almost exclusive to American markets. But, over time, it's possible that the deals could be expanded to other regions or focus on broader categories, like music or fashion.
Twitter, which lets users send messages up to 140 characters long, has grown rapidly to more than 12 million users. But the Californian start-up has had a hard time earning money. Plans for an advertising campaign met with sharp resistance from Twitter users.
The newest idea is special deals for Twitter users. The deals would be financed by companies that use the Twitter account @earlybird for advertising, reported Twitter on its website.
Deals will initially be almost exclusive to American markets. But, over time, it's possible that the deals could be expanded to other regions or focus on broader categories, like music or fashion.
Twitter, which lets users send messages up to 140 characters long, has grown rapidly to more than 12 million users. But the Californian start-up has had a hard time earning money. Plans for an advertising campaign met with sharp resistance from Twitter users.
YouTube theme song on Paul the octopus
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Paul the octopus now has the ultimate accessory of every bona fide television celebrity - his own theme song.
Penned by a man billed as a novelty animal song writer, Parry Gripp, the tune features a somewhat nasal vocal track over a simple electronic beat.
The chorus is sung to the immortal words: "Paul, the Octopus, We love you, He picks the winner, When he eats his dinner, Paul the Octopus, We love you."
Paul's acquired his celebrity status while building a 100-percent record in predicting eight games correctly at the World Cup.
Penned by a man billed as a novelty animal song writer, Parry Gripp, the tune features a somewhat nasal vocal track over a simple electronic beat.
The chorus is sung to the immortal words: "Paul, the Octopus, We love you, He picks the winner, When he eats his dinner, Paul the Octopus, We love you."
Paul's acquired his celebrity status while building a 100-percent record in predicting eight games correctly at the World Cup.
World Cup final ball auctioned off for $74,000 brought by Spanish Fan
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First Time WC winner have another chance to rejoice as one of the Spanish fans have bought a ball used in Spain's World Cup final win over Holland for £48,200 ($74,000) in an online charity auction.
Proceeds from the sale on eBay are due to go to 46664, Nelson Mandela's campaign to prevent HIV/Aids.
The company said 133 bids had been placed from 55 international bidders.
Proceeds from the sale on eBay are due to go to 46664, Nelson Mandela's campaign to prevent HIV/Aids.
The company said 133 bids had been placed from 55 international bidders.
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