Washington, March 17 : A new case report published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) has determined that stun guns, in certain circumstances, may result in brain-specific complications such as seizures.

An analysis of an incident where a previously well police officer was mistakenly hit by a taser shot with 2 barbs in the upper back and head meant for a suspect indicates that seizures may occur and should be considered an adverse event related to the use of these devices.

London, Mar 17 : `Busy' British parents are finding it difficult to pass on simple recipes, says a new research, which found that three-quarters of mums do not give their children regular cooking lessons.

On the behalf of the Potato Council, 2,039 people were interviewed and it was found that one-fifth of mothers said they rarely or never taught their children to cook.

Only half of mothers questioned described themselves as a good cook as against three-quarters of grandmother.

Dubai, Mar. 17 : The Dubai Executive Council has urged the residents of Dubai, where foreigners make up more than 80 per cent of the population, to respect the customs of the Muslim majority country and avoid inappropriate public behaviour.

Playing loud music, dancing, nudity, kissing and even holding hands in public is considered inapproppriate behaviour under new guidelines laid down by the authorities.

New study findings released today show airlines worldwide lost more than $1.4 billion to online fraudsters during the last year (2008), about 1.3% of worldwide airlines’ online revenue.

The facts comes from a new independent Airline Online Fraud Survey commissioned by CyberSource Corporation in collaboration with Airline Information LLC and completed January, 2009.

Washington, March 17 : Chemists have used single oxygen atoms dancing on a metal oxide slab, to get a better understanding of how water splits into oxygen and hydrogen, which would improve their understanding of the chemistry needed to generate hydrogen fuel from water or to clean contaminated water.

The scientists, from the Department of Energy''s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), made the discovery while trying to determine the basics of how titanium dioxide - a compound sometimes found in sunscreen - breaks down water.

The chemical reactions between water and oxygen are central to such varied processes as hydrogen production, breaking down pollutants, and in solar energy.

Washington, March 17 : Scientists in America have identified the triggering mechanism by which breast and prostate cancer cells begin.

Dr. Ercole Cavalieri and Dr. Eleanor Rogen made this achievement with their colleagues at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer in Omaha, Nebraska.

"We have found the first step that starts a cell down the road to becoming a cancer cell. By blocking this first step from happening, we feel we can stop the development of breast and prostate cancer," say the researchers.