London, Nov 24 : In a collaborative study, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, have developed a new strategy to predict the immunity of a vaccine without having to expose individuals to infection.

The multidisciplinary approach, which involves immunology, genomics and bioinformatics, is a breakthrough in the development of vaccines.

London, November 24: The computer technology shown in science fictions like Minority Report and James Bond flicks are drawing closer to reality, with a Los Angeles-based company designing a system that can consign the mouse to history.

John Underkoffler, chief scientist at Oblong Industries that has created the technology, says that the new technology called G-Speak may fundamentally change the way we interact with computers.

London, Nov 22 : A new generation of ultra-low-power computers may soon be a reality, courtesy microchips that process information without moving electrons.

The conventional computer chips process information in the form of electric charges and transmitted by physically moving electrons from one place to another.

Using this technique, engineers were able to pack numerous transistors onto a single chip.

However, as transistors become smaller, tiny variations in the structure of the materials they are made from can affect the smooth electron flow, which makes it difficult to guarantee that neighbouring transistors are alike.

Washington  , November 22 : Verizon Wireless, the second largest wireless telecommunications network in the US, has said that its employees who accessed Barack Obama''s personal cellular phone account without authorisation have neither heard the U. S. President-elect’s voice mails nor viewed his e-mails.

A spokesman on the transition team said that the company had found earlier this week that several employees had breached the personal cellphone account of the president-elect.

Washington, Nov. 22 : The cyber attack on the Department of Defense that has led to a ban on the use of external hardware devices could have come from a number of foreign countries, possibly Russia or China, the Pentagon has claimed.

The attack came in the form of a global virus or worm that is spreading rapidly throughout a number of military networks.

FOX News has quoted a US Navy rear admiral as telling his staff on Thursday that the coordinated attack was strategically timed to hit between the November 4 presidential election and Inauguration Day on January 20.

Washington, Nov 22 : A new analysis of the “screaming mummy”, an Egyptian mummy who died wearing a pained facial expression, has suggested that he could be Prince Pentewere, suspected of plotting the murder of his father, Pharaoh Ramses III.

According to a report in National Geographic News, recent examinations of the mummy, found in 1886 and now located in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, have helped archaeologists piece together a story of attempted murder, suicide, and conspiracy.