Edinburgh -- Today‘s mobiles perform a variety of functions besides just serving as wireless communication gadgets. They serve as MP3 players, cameras, DVD recorders, to name just a few.

New Delhi -- UPA-Left candidate Mohammad Hamid Ansari and NDA candidate Najma Heptullah will file their nomination papers for the August 10 Vice-Presidential election here today.

Washington -- Scientists from the Cornell University, New York and Microsoft Research in Washington State, both US, have developed a software that identifies the most informative people in an online community, based on their posting patterns.

Washington -- The 3000 kilometre long Trans-Antarctic Mountains are most likely the remnant edge of a gigantic high plateau that began stretching and thinning out some 105 million years ago, according to a new study by geologists from the Columbia University‘s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

Washington -- Researchers at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, US, have come up with an innovative way of using MRI to create images of fluid flow inside the body.

Washington -- Researchers at the Beth Israel Deacon

Washington -- A British company claims to have developed a technology that uses a person‘s voiceprint as a way to secure credit card payments.

Washington -- A team of British and Iranian physicists have created small self-propelled polystyrene balls as wide as a strand of human hair.

Washington -- Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology, US, have developed a wristwatch that recognizes hand gestures and uses them for touch-free control of electronic devices such as MP3 players, cell phones and home appliances.