The second unit of Kudankulam atomic power project in Tamil Nadu went critical or started nuclear fission on Sunday at 8.56 p.m., said officials of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL).


Kudankulam n-plant II starts fission


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Coffee lovers who like to attend rock music concerts or work at airports should be cautious as a recent study indicates that caffeine has a serious impact on hearing.


Coffee impedes hearing recovery from noise: Study


Certain personality types are more likely to rebel rather than comply when seeing the colour red, suggests a study led by an Indian-origin researcher.


Red colour evokes more mischief than compliance


Littered cigarette butts may be an important source of metal contaminants leaching into the marine environment and potentially entering the food chain, revealed a research.


Metals from cigarette butts may pose potential threat to marine life


Prosocial behaviours, such as willingness to help others, may be linked to specific personalities, revealed a study.


Agreeable personalities more likely to help strangers


If you are having problems at work then there is a likelihood that your parents might be responsible to some extent for your troubles, a new research has startlingly revealed.


Are your parents to blame for your job headaches?


Humans and other terrestrial animals learn how to walk in similar ways, finds an interesting study.


Human babies learn to walk like infant animals do


Aerobic exercises such as brisk walking, running, jogging or swimming is likely to restore the cardiac protein quality control system in heart failure, suggests a research conducted on rats.


Aerobic exercises restore protein quality in heart failure


Norwegian researchers have ventured to delve into why people tend to perceive affinities between sound and body motion when experiencing music -- and agreed that it is all rooted in human cognition.


Why do we tap to that beat?


The strength of the astronauts increased to six on the International Space Station (ISS) as three Expedition 48 crew members on Sunday joined the orbital laboratory to facilitate key research.


Three new crew members join ISS astronauts


A tidal turbine designed to harness the kinetic energy found in moving bodies of water could be ideal for India to generate clean energy from a renewable resource with less cost and a smaller carbon footprint, says Canadian entrepreneur Nofel Izz who invented the device.


This tidal turbine could do wonders for India's energy sector


Researchers have discovered a new gene that controls blood vessel formation -- presenting a possible new drug target for cancer and heart disease.


New gene discovery holds potential for cancer treatment


An international team of scientists has created a massive open-access database on human cultures to help answer long-standing questions about the forces that shaped human cultural diversity.


Database to help answer what shaped human cultural diversity


Weight loss from bariatric surgery appears to reverse the premature aging associated with obesity, according to a research.


Weight loss from bariatric surgery reverses premature aging?


Exercise during pregnancy is safe and does not increase the risk of pre-term birth, a study has revealed.


Exercise during pregnancy does not increase pre-term birth risk


A study of numerous seasonal dark streaks called "recurring slope lineae" or RSLs found at a canyon network on Mars has offered important clues that liquid water could be present on the Red Planet.


Mars' slope lineae could suggest liquid water 


It is possible to influence drinking behaviour by activating particular neurons in brain, suggests a new study.


Neurons tell brain when to stop drinking


How do you build rapport with a new employer or someone on a first date? Eat the same food as your companion, a study has revealed.


Similar food habits quickly build rapport


NASA is set to launch a new airborne mission to map the contours of the atmosphere as carefully as explorers once traced the land and oceans below.


NASA probe to explore global atmosphere over oceans


Australian scientists have developed a new anti-venom treatment which will help save thousands of household pets from deadly snakebites.


New anti-venom developed to save pets from snakebites


Enriching its colllection of rare flora, University of Burdwan (BU) in West Bengal has recently become home to a giant water lily - a plant native to South America - with leaves spanning 1.6 metres in diameter.

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