London, September 1 : British sports car maker Lotus has unveiled a new model that runs on biofuel, and can do up to 84mph (135km/h) over snow and ice.

The Concept Ice Vehicle (CIV) is a one-seater that has been installed with a supercharged motorbike engine, and can operate in temperatures as low as minus 72C (minus
98F).

The company has revealed that the new car has been designed for an expedition to the South Pole, organised by the explorers Andrew Moon and Andrew Regan.

Another purpose of this creation is to raise awareness of climate change and to demonstrate the efficiency of biofuel, say the makers.

Canberra, September 1 : An Australian researcher has found that glow worms can switch their prey-caching light on and off to a daily biological rhythm.

According to a report by ABC News, the researcher in question is Dr David Merritt of the University of Queensland, who has reported his findings in the current issue of the journal Biological Rhythms.

Glow worms are larvae of a particular type of fly that only lives in Australia and New Zealand.

Special cells in the rear end of the animal produce light that is used to attract prey.

The larvae use strings of silk, beaded with sticky drops of mucus, to snare their victims that are attracted to the light.

“It’s like a spider with its web,” said Merritt.

Bangkok - The Asia-Pacific region is the world's largest broadband market with 39 per cent of the total, the largest mobile phone market with 1.4 billion subscribers and claims 42 per cent of the world's internet users, a UN report revealed Monday.

By mid-2008, China and India alone had over 600 and 280 million mobile phone subscribers respectively, representing nearly a quarter of the world's total, said a report on telecommunications and information communication technology indicators by the International Telecommunication Union released in Bangkok.

The Asia-Pacific region, covering a vast and disparate area from West Asia to the Pacific Islands, notched up several "superlatives" in this year's report.

London, September 1 : Lead might have been banned from petrol in many parts of the globe, but millions of people will grow old faster than they should because of past exposures to the toxic metal, according to a new study.

Two studies conducted at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland and the University of Michigan have revealed that lead accelerates ageing by up to six years, and can remain in the body for years after the exposure.

The harmful effects of exposures to the metal include memory loss and difficulties with language.

In yet another step towards technology, Google launched it latest tool of search feature. The most benefit of this new tool will be made by those who are bad at spelling or face difficulties while asking a query. The user has to type in a blank search box, and this search feature will give you suggestions regarding it.

The basic aim of Google Suggests is to make your searching more convenient. For example if you are looking for videos by Michael Phelps’s 100 meter butterfly race, if you type more keywords like “Michel Phelps 100,” you will get better search results by Google. Google is unique as it uses its own algorithms to find what you are looking for.

Washington, August 31: Scientists have discovered a magmatically triggered "slow earthquake" at Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii.

From June 17-19th 2007, Kilauea experienced a new dike intrusion, where magma rapidly moved from a storage reservoir beneath the summit into the east rift zone and extended the rift zone by as much as 1 meter.

Researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM), Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, and the US Geological Survey (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory have now discovered that the 2007 dike intrusion was not the only action going on.