Washington :  Usually female song sparrows stray from their breeding partner and mate with male next door. However, a new study has revealed that sleeping around can be costly. The 20-year study found that offspring conceived outside sparrows’ [...]

Washington :  People who think problems through in a foreign language – and it doesn’t matter which one – make more rational decisions and are more apt to take smart risks, especially in the financial realm, according to a recent study. Left [...]

Washington :   Alcohol consumption may affect cognitive function and the risk of dementia in the elderly, both adversely and favourably as alcohol may have both a neuro toxic and neuro protective effect, depending on the dose and drinking pattern. This [...]

Washington :   Scientists have determined the genetic sequences of all strains of a drug resistant superbug, a finding that could help develop new ways to prevent and treat infection by such bacteria. Antibiotic-resistant superbugs, including [...]

Washington :   Researchers have come up with a microfluidic chip to test for latent tuberculosis. They hope that the test will be cheaper, faster and more reliable than the current one. Biomedical engineers at UC Davis claim that the test can [...]

Washington :   Researchers have designed an innovative programme that enables us to learn how to love our bodies and faces and to improve our physical self-concept. The Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, which has come [...]

London :    Researchers have come up with an avant-garde material that expands every time it is put under pressure. Under any circumstances, this metamaterial, designed by Zachary Nicolaou and Adilson Motter of Northwestern University in Evanston, [...]

London :   Researchers are constructing a robot that is intelligent and capable enough to build its own set of tools. Additionally, the robot will be armed with a glue gun if needed, in a bid to get the job of making and fixing its very own [...]

London :   Eugene Polley, inventor of first wireless TV remote control, died on Sunday at a Chicago hospital. He was 96. His former employer Zenith Electronics said that Polley passed away of natural causes. In 1955, he invented Flash-Matic, [...]

Washington :    The universe is a spectacularly complex place, studded with galaxies and larger-scale structures that have evolved over its 13.7-billion-year history. Those began as small perturbations of matter that grew over time, like ripples [...]