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London, August 5 : University of Cincinnati researchers have devised a new way to improve the efficiency of traditional LCD panels by preventing a huge part of the light generated in the display from getting wasted.

Jason Heikenfeld, a university expert, says that his team’s approach uses ultraviolet light and liquid lenses.

He has revealed that the display is made from pixels of red, blue and green phosphorescent materials that emit photons when zapped with ultraviolet light.

This is channelled onto the pixels by tiny "waveguides", he adds.

London, Aug 5 : Think twice before you accept a dinner invitation from a loving Italian couple when holidaying in Italy, for along with dinner you might be served an offer to swap your partners.

From what is being reported by La Stampa newspaper in Italy, a quarter of all Italian couples regularly take part in wife swapping.

According to their article titled, "The Lunch Time Swingers", almost 500,000 Italian couples are officially swapping partners at private sex clubs, and thousands more doing it in a more ad-hoc fashion in car parks, specially designated beaches or even cemeteries.

London, Aug 5: After being bestowed with the honour “Freedom of Caithness”, Prince Charles paid a moving tribute to his grandmother late Queen Elizabeth saying he wished to ring her up to convey how he felt receiving the award.

But, he added, the most frustrating thing for him was that he couldn’t ring up to tell her about it.

London, Aug 5: Undercover protection has just got a ‘deeper’ push, all thanks to the ‘bullet-resistant bras’ which are being issued to police women in Germany.

The revolutionary underwear has been developed as a second barrier of defence after normal bras were found to cause injuries while on duty.

The officers' bullet-proof vests, while stopping the force of gunshots in an attack, pushed the plastic and metal parts of their underwear into their flesh, causing injury.

London - Britain's HSBC bank Monday reported a 28-per-cent drop in pre-tax half-yearly profits to 10.2 billion dollars (5.2 billion pounds) as a result of the "toughest conditions in financial mar