I am indeed delighted to participate in the dedication of Modern School Complex of JSS Public School Malur and address and interact with the Students of the beautiful complex. My deep respects to His Holiness Jagatguru Sri Sivaratridesikendra Mahaswamiji and greetings to the Vice Chancellor, Pri

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When a plant encounters drought, it does its best to cope with this stress by activating a set of protein molecules called receptors. These receptors, once activated, turn on processes that help the plant survive the stress.

What they discovered was that a "branching network" maintained by generalist species, like foxes or coyotes, that are able to move around and prey on different species in different locations, have an important role in promoting complex food-webs and thereby in maintaining biodiversity.

What is going on with tropical species at higher altitudes is important, Forero-Medina said, because about half of all birds species live 3,500 feet or more above sea level, and of these species, more than 80 percent may live within the tropics.

The Global Partnership for Education has launched a three-year effort to put 25 million children in the classroom for the first time and train 600 thousand teachers. It calls education one of the most important investments a country can make in its people and its future.

A cheap material that can store heat energy collected from the sun during the day that can be released slowly over night has been developed by researchers in the India.

The European Commission said this week that it's seeking $42.6 billion for scientificresearch on "secure, clean and efficient energy" and other societal needs.

The study of pyrite, or "fool's gold," led researchers at Oregon State University to the discovery of a new class of materials with promise for solar energy

The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) award-winning "Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions" podcast series features a new

Denmark aims to have wind power supply half of the country's electricity needs in 2020, under a new program presented by Climate and Energy Minister Martin Lidegaard on Friday.

Pope Benedict XVI on Monday called on young people to be the "guardians of creation" and urged greater respect for nature, as United Nations talks on climate change in South Africa got underway.

en may be helping more in the home but working women still do more multitasking in U.S. families than their partners and are finding it stressful, according to a new study.

Ten years ago, America had Steve Jobs, Bob Hope and Johnny Cash. Now it has no Jobs, no Hope and no Cash. Or so the joke goes.

Russia’s protest movement continues to move from the Internet to the streets and protesters have won an unexpected ally, the last leader of the Soviet Union.

achpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) said 1,17,480 children went missing in 392 districts between January, 2008, to January, 2010, as per data collected from government agencies.

Gudiya Das whines as flies settle on her face, waiting for her mother to swat them while she lies on a cot in Ichra, one in a cluster of villages around India's only functioning uranium mines.

Health experts in Britain have warned that the strain injuries stemming from long periods spent staring at small screens and tapping at tiny keys can be debilitating. And the injuries are becoming more common as high-tech gadgets grow ever more popular.

Earlier studies have shown that under high stress, the brain tends to shut off the cortical networks involved in creativity, contemplation, planning and thinking abstractly.

Suryanamaskar can do to your body what months of dieting cannot. And it can do to your mind what no spiritual discourse can.

There's no room for excuses with this space-saving, no-equipment workout.Gossip Girl star Kaylee DeFer tests our 8 easy moves

Israel’s best defense is to strengthen Fayyadism — including giving Palestinian security services more areas of responsibility to increase their legitimacy and make clear that they are not the permanent custodians of Israel’s occupation.

Teams from the Sakha Republic's mammoth museum and Japan's Kinki University will launch fully-fledged joint next year aiming to recreate the giant mammal, Japan's Kyodo News reported from Yakutsk, Russia.

Our own solar system compared to Kepler-22, a star system containing the first "habitable zone" planet, Kepler-22b. The habitable zone is the sweet spot around a star where temperatures are right for water to exist in its liquid form.

An antimalarial agent developed by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University proved effective at clearing infections caused by the malaria parasite most lethal to humans - by literally starving the parasites to death.

Some of the nastiest smelling creatures on Earth have skin that produces the greatest known variety of anti-bacterial substances that hold promise for becoming new weapons in the battle against antibiotic-resistant infections, scientists are reporting.Their research on amphibians so smelly (like

Obviously, just listing some avoidable habits is not enough. Because of this, I encourage you to check out Donald’sarticle on how to break bad habits. It gives a good foundation on how to actually start changing your habits from bad to good.

It is very rare to come across a person who would admit that he is happy now and here. Leave alone hard core melancholists. Most of us attach happiness to a probable happening in future; and not to the present moment.

Difficulty and challenge lurk in every nook and cranny. While the majority of us know it is not the circumstances, rather our action to them which is most important, it is not so easy to always keep faith. When hope slips away, it is difficult to keep motivated and inspired.

A commitment is a promise to ourselves or to others to fulfill a task or behave in a particular manner. Commitments play a very important role in creating and sustaining human relationships.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the world is finally in a position to eradicate AIDS, but says funding will be critical to future progress in fighting the epidemic.

Three mischievous boys skipped school one day and instead went to the zoo one day for an outing.They decided to visit the elephant cage first, but soon enough, they were picked up by a zoo security officer for causing a commotion.

This is a mind game and puzzle. You solve this with reasoning and logic. Fill in the grid with digits in such a manner that every row, every column, and every 3X3 box accommodates the digits 1 to 9 without any repetition.

As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.

Inequality in earnings has doubled in India over the last two decades, making it the worst performer on this count of all emerging economies. The top 10% of wage earners now make 12 times more than the bottom 10%, up from a ratio of six in the 1990s.

The United Nations AIDS organization and the U.S. President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) announced a five-year campaign to persuade men in 14 African countries to voluntarily submit to circumcision. Recent studies suggest that circumcision reduces the risk of female-to-male sexual

NASA began a historic voyage to Mars with the Nov. 26 launch of the Mars Science Laboratory, which carries a car-sized rover named Curiosity. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard an Atlas V rocket occurred at 10:02 a.m. EST (7:02 a.m. PST).