Kabul, March 7 (IANS) At least 15 members of the Islamic State (IS) militant group were killed in airstrikes in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, the government said on Monday. “Acting upon confirmed intelligence…
New York, March 7 (IANS) A team of US engineers has developed a new flexible “meta-skin” which can be tuned to reduce the reflection of a wide range of radar frequencies to cloak an object….
Tokyo, March 7 (IANS) In an important step towards development of green energy, Japanese researchers have developed a new prototype of a turbine to efficiently harness energy from ocean currents. In various experiments to test…
Vienna, March 7 (IANS/WAM) The price of OPEC’s basket of thirteen crudes rose to $32.34 a barrel on Friday, from $31.61 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations. The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes…
London, March 7 (IANS) An analysis of palm-sized stone grinders used around 7,000 years ago in North Africa shows that ancient communities resisted new farming practices because of their highly mobile style of life. Giulio…
The ruins of a recently discovered wine cellar in a Canaanite palace that dates back to approximately 1700 B.C., near the modern town of Nahariya in northern Israel. Researchers found 40 ceramic jars, each big…
Toronto, March 7 (IANS) Making lessons easier for students may not help them learn better. According to a Canadian study, making students struggle with problems by introducing difficulty in the problem will help them perform…
London, March 7 (IANS) Researchers have found that a blood test may be able to sound early warning bells that patients with advanced melanoma skin cancer are suffering from relapse. “Being able to spot the…
Kuala Lumpur, March 7 (IANS) The aircraft debris found in French overseas territory of Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean could be from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, according to the drifting calculation, a Malaysian…
New York, March 7 (IANS) Nearly 49 percent American smartphone users have either broken or lost their devices summing up to almost 230,685,172 broken or lost mobile phones, a study by the US-based Verizon and…
Islamabad, March 7 (IANS) At least eight people, including two police personnel, were killed and 16 injured on Monday in a suicide bombing in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police said. The bomber blew himself up as…
Ahmedabad, March 7 (IANS) The Pakistan Marine Security Agency (PMSA) has captured at least three Indian boats with 18 fishermen on board in the Arabian Sea off the Jakhau coast in Kutch district of Gujarat….
London, March 7 (IANS) The impact of human activities on the Earth has triggered a new geological era, the Anthropocene, which is marked by the spread of man-made materials such as aluminium, concrete, plastic, and…
Islamabad, March 7 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and 14 injured on Monday in a suicide attack in the premises of a court in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. The attacker was…
New York, March 7 (IANS) Students in the US two to three times more often describe male professors as “brilliant” and “genius” than female professors, new research has found. “Male professors were described more often…
New York, March 7 (IANS) Scientists believe that humans possess the unique ability to imagine a never-before-seen object or concept, but there is little that we know about the neurological mechanism behind it. A new…
New York, March 7 (IANS) Having high-protein foods makes you feel fuller between meals, an important factor that can ultimately help you reduce overall calorie consumption and reduce weight, suggests new research. Higher protein loads…
New York, March 7 (IANS) Are you making your toddler an over-achiever? Beware! According to a new study, the increasing academic stress on younger children is likely to be the reason behind the high prevalence…
Sydney, March 7 (IANS) A man was killed and two others were injured in a shooting incident at an industrial site in Sydney, police said on Monday. The police had surrounded the attacked industry with…
Beijing, March 7 (IANS) Business tax in China will be replaced by value added tax (VAT) before May 2016, a concrete step in deepening fiscal and taxation reform, the country’s finance minister said on Monday….