Hamburg, July 16 (DPA) Manufacturers, not wanting to miss a chance to apply the benefits of the new wave of technology, are placing a lot of faith in the future of nano materials ...More

Hong Kong, July 16 (DPA) An Indonesian maid arrested after mixing her menstrual blood in a pot of vegetables she was cooking for her Hong Kong employer has walked free from court,...More

Dhaka, July 16 (IANS) Bangladesh will begin construction of a new deep sea port by 2010-end that it says will boost the country's economy and help the entire South Asian region ga...More

Washington, July 16 (IANS) A discovery by Japanese scientists could foster a new genre of anti-virals that sidestep resistant flu virus problems, according to a new study. ...More

Washington, July 16 (DPA) Several pieces of insulation broke free from the space shuttle Endeavour's external fuel tank when it took off and at least one piece hit the orbiter, Th...More

Kathmandu, July 16 (IANS) After marauding elephant herds created bad blood between Nepal's border villages and India, now big cats are threatening to strain ties between the two n...More

Toronto, July 16 (IANS) New research by Canadian scientists is set to turn upside down the DNA theory which says that every cell in the body is identical to every other cell. ...More

London, July 16 (IANS) 'Batman Begins' star Christian Bale has once again lost a lot of weight to play a drug addict ex-boxer in his new film. Dailymail....More

Madrid, July 16 (DPA) European champions Barcelona late Wednesday announced the signing of left-back Maxwell from Inter Milan. Barca will pay Inter aroun...More

London, July 16 (IANS) Evidence from tissue culture experiments show that popular dietary supplement carnosine may help prevent and treat cataracts, which is a leading cause of vi...More

Washington, July 16 (DPA) The Organisation of American States adopted a resolution calling on the International Olympic Committee to reinstate baseball and softball in time for th...More

Sydney, July 16 (IANS) The male members of an ancient fish species known as sea dinosaurs impregnated females with penis like organs 380 million years ago, just like modern day sh...More

London, July 16 (IANS) Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor denies reports that grief over her friend Michael Jackson's death was the reason for her hospitalisation. ...More

London, July 16 (IANS) British comedian Sasha Baron Cohen's new movie 'Bruno' has been banned by authorities in Ukraine because they feared the comedy will 'damage the morality' o...More

Sydney, July 16 (IANS) A widespread gene mutation, once thought to be a trivial abnormality, adds significantly to the risk of developing bowel cancer, according to a new study. ...More