Jurassic Biggies

The Jurassic version of jumbo jets — huge flying creatures weighing hundreds of pounds is a mystery of dinosaur-era flight: How did something so big get off the ground? What people think of as flying dinosaurs but are technically giant reptiles didn't launch into the air like birds they leap into the air off all four legs, informed as from the university’s Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution. Only vampire bats do something like that. The flying creatures are called pterosaurs. They were a group of flying reptiles that could weigh more than 500 pounds and have bus-sized wingspans. Last year, researchers tried to figure out how they got off the ground by looking at the largest bird now flying, the albatross. They concluded that anything much bigger couldn't get off the ground the same way.

In birds, the hind legs were stronger than the front and in pterosaurs the front legs were several times stronger than the hind ones. It’s a lot like a leap frog; they kind of pitch forward at first, the legs kick off first, and then the arms take off. That allowed some of the giants to get into the air in less than a second. It is calculated that the 550-pound pterosaur, Hatzegopteryx thambema, launched at a speed of 42 miles per hour.

Relive Your Life

In what could raise hopes of people living with high blood sugar, scientists claim to have developed a stem cell treatment which can free diabetics from dependence on insulin. A team at Regional Blood Center in Brazil in Ribeirao Preto in Brazil has developed the new treatment that stops the immune systems of patients with type1 diabetes from destroying the pancreatic islet cells, which manufacture insulin hormone.

According to the scientists, the treatment, tested successfully on 12 out of 20 diabetic patients, is actually a three-step process which relies on extracting and storing CD34 stem cells from blood of those with high blood sugar. In the next step, patients will receive drugs that destroy what remains of their immune systems, obliterating at the same time the components of the immune system that attack the islets. Finally, the saved stems are returned to the patient so that they can regenerate afresh an immune system that will no longer attack islet cells.

Bleeding In Brain

Taking aspirin or similar blood-thinning medication may cause minute bleeding in the brains of older adults, according to a new study. The report found that older patients taking aspirin appeared more likely to have barely-perceptible bouts of cerebral “microbleeding,” detected by researchers with the aid of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. This seems to be a serious case of medicine intake.

The drug often is taken as a blood thinner by elderly people to treat or prevent heart disease. Every medicine has a side effect but this seems to have them further more. This is time to take care.

Avoid Snoring In Sleep

Three- to six-year-old children who snore have more symptoms of depression and anxiety, as well as attention and language problems, than their age-matched counterparts who do not snore, Finnish report reveals snoring as a possible risk factor for mood problems and cognitive impairment in preschool-aged children.

The snoring children were also more likely to have other sleep problems, such as nightmares, talking in their sleep, or difficulties going to bed. Brain function tests also showed some significant differences between the snorers and non-snorers, including decreased attention and language skills among children who snored.

The Brain Power

A research in France has invented that when patients have both hands transplanted, their brains reestablished connections much more quickly with the left hand than the right. The report was written with just two patients, but both had been right-handed before losing their hands, and both followed a pattern of reconnection with their brain that was quicker for the left hand.

The study at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Lyon shows that even years after the loss of hands the brain can reorganize and rewire itself to recognize and connect to a replacement. More study is needed to determine why the brain reconnected more efficiently to the left hand in these patients.

Reduce Menopause Effects

Researches reveal that soybean reduces the effects of menopause in a very effective way. A new study has found dietary supplementation with soy aglycons of isoflavone lowers cholesterol, increases the anti-oxidative properties of the liver and prevents degeneration of the vaginal lining.

The researchers have based their findings on the analysis of the effects of dietary supplements on a group of female rats that had undergone ovary removal. The research may help a lot for all those with menopause problem. This research seemed to be very effective and is to be tested on human.

Save World

Fitness plays the most important part of one's health. Obesity seems to be the major cause for most diseases. Now researchers have found that obesity is also a reason for global warming. The carbon dioxide exhibited by big people is cause for about 0.2 % of global warming. Now people all around the world are given advice and counseling to reduce obesity.

Obesity reduction is important to all as it helps to increase the life span of people and the people around us. Yoga is one of the proposed techniques to reduce obesity. For all people sitting in front of the computer waiting for the weight to reduce of its own, there is a serious advice to take steps to reduce their weight. Now it is necessary to reduce obesity because it not only reduces the life of personal but also the life of earth. So please do take some serious steps to save earth.

Cricket Starts

Hi all. It’s the end of the long wait for all cricket lovers. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is underway. After lot of controversies in and around the IPL, it has at last started in South Africa. Elections disturbing made IPL to shift to South Africa. South Africans have given a warm welcome with open hands. It’s a great work by Mr.Lalit Modi to shift it to South Africa and make the IPL happen.

The rains seemed to threaten but the first match started off with a bang with the leading cricketers making it to the ground. The first day saw upsets as both the finalists of the last season suffered defeat in their respective opening matches. This season though not played in home seemed to have a great support from the local crowd. Hope the IPL makes an impact on the world to globalize the game. Just keep watching the great games are still to come.

India’s Probe In Moon

India has become the fourth country to enter the exclusive moon club. Chandrayaan the first unmanned satellite of India has been launched. During the flight the satellite’s video camera took pictures of the moon, the spectrometer began its analysis and the altitude meter did what is known as ranging. While approaching the moon, it slowed down slightly, and then spun. While spinning, its three instruments went into action.

When it was five km above the moon’s surface, the altimeter did the ranging of the moon. It would be worthwhile if there was a landing which would make India’s presence felt on the moon’s surface. It is believed that if this was done, India could always stake a claim to a portion of the moon. The MIP first transmitted its signal on its successful landing to the main orbiting craft, which in turn relayed it to Istrac. The whole process took less than 1.3 seconds. The Indian national flag is planted near the Shackleton crater.