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What's on IBM's "Next Five in Five"?

Mon, 27/12/2010 - 09:59 by Manikandan Raman

By 2015, you could see the 3-D image of a person calling you and might be able to plan in advance the shortest and less traffic-congested route to the office. manNot enough? Even "breathing" batteries and laptops powered by kinetic energy could be on the way over the next five years, according to the latest technology predictions fromIBM (NYSE: IBM).

Study: Sensors could help firefighters

Tue, 30/11/2010 - 10:18 by Prince damin

Edinburgh, Scotland -- The ability to forecast the progress of a fire and predict how it will spread in a home or office could help rescue crews save lives, Scottish researchers say.

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have developed a method of feeding data taken from sensors located in burning buildings into computer models to yield real-time predictions of how a fire will spread, a university release said.

Simple sensors incorporated into smoke alarms, room temperature sensors or CCTV cameras can measure the temperature and height of a fire, researchers say, and sophisticated computer models can convert these into a forecast of the fire's dynamics.

Winery labels drink for political parties

Thu, 28/10/2010 - 06:56 by Prince damin

Rochester, Ill. -- An Illinois winery owner said he is attempting to use politically named wine to predict the outcome of the upcoming midterm elections.

Loren Shanle, owner of Walnut Street Winery in Rochester, said he is selling the same wine with two different labels, GOP and DEM, respectively featuring a cartoon elephant or donkey, The Springfield State Journal-Register reported Wednesday.
He said GOP has a double meaning of "grapes only party" while DEM also stands for "delicious every moment."

Shanle said the wine is a pink grapefruit blush with "natural fruit flavors, distinct aromas and grape characters, enhanced with a tangy blast of natural pink grapefruit."

"Our sales for GOP," he said, "are a little more than DEM."

Gene linked to rapid Alzheimer's onset

Fri, 17/09/2010 - 21:58 by Prince damin

St. Louis -- U.S. researchers say they've identified a genetic marker that could be used to predict how fast Alzheimer's disease will develop in patients.

Scientists at Washington University in St Louis say a gene variation associated with aggressive progression of Alzheimer's was found in patients with high levels of a protein linked to the disease, Britain's Daily Telegraph reported Friday.

They studied DNA variations in 846 patients with elevated levels of the protein.

"We have looked at data from three separate, international studies, and in all three we found the same association," study author Carlos Cruchaga said.

Geneticists question longevity study

Thu, 08/07/2010 - 03:01 by Pankaj Damin

Boston -- A recent study that found genes could predict how long a person could live sounded too good to be true, and several researchers say it was.

Since the research by Boston University was published in Science, geneticists began digging into the research and came up with something that may have altered the data, Newsweek reported Wednesday.

The culprit? A DNA chip, called a 610-Quad, used to identify and sequence DNA and which apparently tends to get some small -- but critical -- details wrong, the researchers said. The flaw could cloud the study's strongest results, suggesting they stem from a lab mishap instead of a true link to long life.

Genetic markers can predict longevity

Fri, 02/07/2010 - 23:56 by Pankaj Damin

Boston -- Genes can accurately predict how long a person will live, and they may provide clues to treat or prevent age-related diseases, a study says.

The study at Boston University identified a small set of DNA variations called genetic markers that can predict "exceptional longevity" with 77 percent accuracy, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.

There's no one single "longevity gene," the study published in the journal Science said, but rather a cumulative effect of almost 150 markers, and different people show different markers.

"The study shows that there are different paths to becoming a centenarian," BU graduate student and co-author Nadia Solovieff said. "People age in different ways."

Mechanism to predict menopause age imminent

Sun, 27/06/2010 - 17:51 by Jamie Anderson

Precisely predicting the age when women will reach menopause may just be a simple blood test away.

Common toads may predict earthquake 5 days beforehand

Thu, 01/04/2010 - 09:41 by Priyanka

According to a research study published in the ‘Journal of Zoology’ on Wednesday, a team of UK researchers have discovered after carefully studying the behavior pattern of common toads that the creature can predict earthquake five days beforehand.