Washington, August 25: A study has determined that wasted food is wasted water because of the large quantum of water that goes into the cultivation and processing of food.

According to a report in ENN (Environmental News Network), the study, titled “Saving Water”, released by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), found that In the United States, as much as 30 percent of food products, worth some 48.3 billion dollars, is thrown away annually just by households alone.

“That’s like leaving the tap running and pouring 40 trillion litres of water into the garbage can -- enough water to meet the household needs of 500 million people,” said the report.

Washington, Aug 25: Forty two percent of delegates pledged to Senator Hillary Clinton have said that they will for her at convention despite calls from Democratic leaders for party unit.

A CBS News/New York Times survey shows some continuing dissatisfaction among delegates pledged to Hillary Clinton. The dissatisfaction among Clinton delegates relates to both the nominee and the process by which he was elected.

Washington, Aug 25: Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s aides have said that they intend to use Democrat rival Barack Obama’s running mate against him, to make the presidential contest a two-against-one fight.

They added that with Obama on one side and Joseph Biden and McCain together on the other, not just on Iraq but on the North American Free Trade Agreement, which Biden voted for, and the 2005 Republican Energy Bill, which Biden and McCain voted against.

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Washington  - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Saturday praised Joe Biden, his pick for vice president, as a man capable of changing the culture of politics in Washington despite his 36 years in the national legislature.

"For decades, he's brought change to Washington but Washington hasn't changed him," Obama said, introducing Biden at a rally in Springfield, Illinois. "He's uniquely suited to be my partner as we work to bring our country back on track."

Washington, August 23: Scientists at The University of Manchester have come up with a way to speed-up the production of biological 'chips', paving the way for rapid tests for serious diseases and MRSA infections and faster discovery of new drugs.

Reporting their work in a paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), the researchers have described ‘protein chips’ as objects that have proteins attached to them, and that allow important scientific data about the behaviour of proteins to be gathered.