Melbourne, Feb 19 : In a major breakthrough towards rebuilding broken bones, Aussie scientists have created a synthetic biomaterial that encourages the body to create bone on its own.

The biomaterial created by researchers at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Stryker Australia could probe top be an answer to successful bone grafts and treating bone disease.

Dr Cameron Lutton of QUT said that the biomaterial activates the initial stages of bone healing by encouraging the body''s natural clotting process, thus promoting bone growth.

"The biomaterial interacts with blood and mimics early bone healing events," ABC Online quoted Lutton as saying.

Melbourne, Feb 18 : U2 vocalist Bono has revealed that his band members fear that his political campaigning and charity work might dissolve the Irish group.

The 48-year-old singer admitted that his band members guitarist The Edge, bass player Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen Jr. are against his political and charity work.

"It''s dangerous. And it worries Larry, and it worries the whole band, if truth be told," The Herald Sun quoted him as saying.

Melbourne, Feb 18 : Can''t bear to look at that diamond bracelet your ex-boyfriend gifted you, who doesn''t want it back now? Well, then here''s a way to get rid of the piece and the bad memories that go with it- Exboyfriendjewelry. com.

With the promotional slogan "you don''t want it, he can''t have it back", ex-boyfriendjewelry. com was set up a year ago by Megahn Perry and her step-mother Marie, as an online shopping website and venting portal.

And thanks to the website, ex-wives and girlfriends are now selling off their pre-break-up gifts, along with the story behind the merchandise.

Melbourne, Feb 18 : Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds has been assured that his career is not at risk with a knee injury, which flared again last week.

Symonds visited a Melbourne specialist after spending long periods off the field during Queensland's Sheffield Shield loss to South Australia in Adelaide.

There were fears that Symonds could need further surgery to the right knee he that had been surgically repaired on New Year's Eve after Australia's MCG Test loss to South Africa, FOX Sports reported.

Melbourne, Feb 18 : One of the greatest sports commentators and the voice of cricket in Australia for nearly half a century, Richie Benaud, has revealed his intention to retire from all television commentary.

Benaud let the revelation slip in a radio interview with 2GB's Chris Smith today.

"I'll be doing Australian cricket next year - 2010, but I don't do any television at all anywhere else now and when I finish next year, then I'll be doing other things," the Daily Telegraph quoted Benaud, as saying.

Melbourne, New Delhi 17 : South Australian batsman Callum Ferguson on Tuesday said he is determined to be in the squad for the one-day internationals in South Africa.

Australia and South Africa will play five One-Day Internationals and two Twenty20 encounters from the second half of February to mid-April.

Ferguson, who has come in for praise from skipper Ricky Ponting, is keen to make the grade, Fox Sports reports.

Ferguson was dismissed once in four innings making 102 runs during the Chappell-Hadlee Series against New Zealand, which caused skipper Ponting to comment on the