London, December 11: A psychologist at the University of California, Berkeley, says that human memory studies may be improved by examining the tricks employed by online search engines and vice vers

London, Dec 11: Dodi Al Fayed told a jeweller that he was planning to announce

London, Dec 10: A recent survey conducted at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has revealed that most doctors fail to report their colleagues’ incompetence.

London, Dec 10: Swedish researchers believe they have uncovered the "irrelevance filter" in the brain that weeds out unnecessary information, thereby only leaving those details essential to form a

London, Dec 10: Thought spider’s web’s use was just confined to giving you goosebumps in scary films, think again because scientists in Japan have found a way to use spider’s webs to make anything from tights and fishing nets to bulletproof vests.

Researchers at Shinshu University have been successful in injecting spider genes into silkworms to create a thread that is stronger, softer and more durable than conventional silk.

The team, based in the city of Nagano and led by Masao Nakagaki, a professor of insect genetics, have devised a way of mass-producing spider silk, reports Times Online.

London, Dec 10: A new study by biologists has linked food supply to animal ageing by stating that animals may age faster depending on how much competition there is for food in their early life.