Washington, November 3: An Indian-origin scientist’s research team at Boston University has joined forces with collaborators from Germany, France and Korea to create a nanoscale torsion resonator f

Washington, Nov 3: Scientists have pinned down the British landing site of Roman emperor Julius Caesar as near the northeastwards.

When Julius Caesar arrived off the coast of Britain with his hundred-ship force in August, 55 B. C., he was greeted by a host of defenders poised to hurl spears down on his invading army from the towering Dover cliffs.

Seeking a better landing site, he sailed on a strong afternoon current and landed his troops at a beach seven miles away, according to his own account.

London, November 3: An international research team has found that bacteria can directly cause human blood and plasma to clot, something that has long been thought to have been lost during the course of vertebrate evolution.

The researchers believe that their new findings may help advance scientists’ understanding of coagulation during bacterial infections, which in turn may pave the way for new clinical methods for treating serious medical conditions like sepsis and anthrax.

London, November 3: A team of researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital has found that the ability of the immune system cells called T-lymphocytes to fight childhood cancer neuroblastoma can be improved with the aid of an artificial tumour-specific receptor.

London, November 3: British actress Gemma Arterton, who stars as MI6 Agent Strawberry Fields in the latest James Bond film ‘Quantum of Solace’, dared the onlookers by revealing her toned body in a bikini.

The 22-year-old, who was born with 12 fingers, was seen topping up her tan in a black bikini as she emerged from a pool in Morocco.

“She looked gorgeous, no one could take their eyes off her. It’s no surprise a body like that made it into a Bond film,” News of the World quoted a fellow holidaymaker as saying.

London, November 3: An anti-obesity medicine called tesofensine has been found to be about twice as effective as any previous diet drug.

The drug made by NeuroSearch of Copenhagen, Denmark, was tested on some people who weight more than 100 kilograms.

A research article in the journal The Lancet suggests that those who took the drug lost almost 13 kilograms in 6 months.

The drug makes people feel full early in a meal by increasing the pleasurable effects of three neurotransmitters.