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.

Sydney, Oct 2 : Temperatures across Australia are likely to rise by one degree Celsius by 2030, but it could rise by up to 5 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country by 2070, a new CSIRO study has revealed.

Penny Whetton, co-author of the new Climate Change in Australia report produced by the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO, said the probability of warming exceeding one degree Celsius was 10-20 per cent for coastal areas of Australia, and more than 50 per cent for inland regions.