Paris, Oct 5 : The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) orbiting gamma-ray observatory, Integral has helped astronomers discover a gamma ray lighthouse shining at the edge of our universe.

Washington, Oct 5 : Composite plastic that’s as strong as steel, but light and transparent at the same time is now a reality.

Washington, Oct 5 : Scientists have discovered that the wild New Caledonian crows use a greater variety of tools and foraging techniques than previously thought.

London, Oct 5 : An Indian origin Harvard University physicist has been awarded the alternative Nobel Prize in physics for studying how sheets become wrinkled.

Washington, Oct 4 : NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed and Earth like planet forming 424 light-years away in a star system called HD 113766.

Agency astronomers have discovered a huge belt of warm dust – enough to build a Mars-size planet or larger – swirling around a distant star that is just slightly more massive than our Sun.