Washington, Aug 18 (IANS) Scientists have devised a small, cheap, lab-on-a-chip sensor that quickly and accurately identifies sweetness. It can accuratel...More

London, Aug 18 (IANS) Asians tend to have a tougher time than Europeans when it comes to telling the difference between a face that looks fearful versus surprised, disgusted versu...More

Washington, Aug 18 (IANS) Researchers have successfully developed a novel genome-analysis strategy for more rapid, lower cost discovery of possible gene-disease links. ...More

Kabul, Aug 18 (DPA) The democratisation of Afghanistan, despite its flaws, has been successful. For the second time since the overthrow of the Taliban regime, the population is to...More

Budapest, Aug 18 (DPA) Twenty years ago, thousands gathered in a field near Sopron, on Hungary's border with Austria, for a 'Pan-European Picnic' to protest the Iron Curtain that ...More

Sayano-Shushenskaya (Russia), Aug 18 (RIA Novosti) The toll in an accident at Russia's largest hydropower plant has risen to 12, with 64 people still unaccounted for, the country'...More

Kabul, Aug 18 (DPA) NATO said it would suspend military operations during the forthcoming Afghan presidential elections, as two rockets believed to have been fired by Taliban mili...More

New York, Aug 18 (IANS) The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group has sealed its $825-million deal with Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studios with investment banker JP Morgan syndi...More

Kunduz (Afghanistan), Aug 18 (DPA) The German army captain was enjoying supper, turkey breast with rice and vegetables -- his last proper meal for the foreseeable future. ...More

Toronto, Aug 18 (IANS) Methane emission by plants in dry or drought prone areas could aggravate global warming more than previously suspected, says a new study. ...More

Sydney, Aug 18 (IANS) Australia's relationship with India 'goes beyond the oft-cited notion of cricket, curry and Commonwealth', a parliamentarian said Tuesday. ...More

London, Aug 18 (IANS) English singer Robbie Williams fears that he has contracted swine flu. The 'Angels' hitmaker posted on his blog that he is seeking ...More

London, Aug 18 (IANS) After renting an entire island in Fiji for a holiday, Paris Hilton's boyfriend Doug Reinhardt has bought her a $81,000 rare black pearl necklace. ...More

Seoul, Aug 18 (DPA) Nobel laureate and former South Korean president Kim Dae Jung, 83, died Tuesday, the Yonhap news agency said, quoting hospital sources. ...More

London, Aug 18 (IANS) Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez is so scared of the darkness that she makes her husband Marc Anthony wait for her to fall asleep before he is allowed to turn o...More