Washington, Nov 25: Researchers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) have developed a method that could lead to solar photovoltaic cells with greater efficiency and lower cost.

Using computer modeling and a variety of advanced chip-manufacturing techniques, researchers have applied an antireflection coating to the front, and a novel combination of multi-layered reflective coatings and a tightly spaced array of lines to the backs of ultrathin silicon films to boost the cells’ output by as much as 50 percent.

The carefully designed layers deposited on the back of the cell cause the light to bounce around longer inside the thin silicon layer, giving it time to deposit its energy and produce an electric current.

Hong Kong - Actor Brad Pitt and Fantastic Four star Jessica Alba are the celebrities Asians would most like to kiss under the mistletoe this Christmas, according to a survey released Tuesday.

Jessica Alba was voted the number one mistletoe choice by men in Singapore, Malaysia and Australia while men in Hong Kong opted for Nicole Kidman in the survey by LG Electronics.

London, November 25: Kim Cattrall, the star of ‘Sex and the City’, has posed semi-naked to appear in a recreation of Titian’s masterpiece as part of a campaign to save the artwork from being removed from public display.

The ‘Police Academy’ star went topless for a modern version of ‘Diana and Actaeon’ to help artist and photographer Tom hunter raise
50 million pounds to save the artwork from hitting the open market.

London, November 25 : A letter that Lord Nelson had written 20 months before the Battle of Trafalgar in February 1804, when his fleet were blockading the French inside Toulon, is to be sold at auction.

Nelson had written the letter from HMS Victory to his second in command, detailing a strategy for the naval campaign against the French.

The letter is addressed from "Victory at the Madalina Islands, 13th February 1804", and sent to Sir Richard Bickerton bart, Rear Admiral of the White" aboard HMS Kent.

"Rendezvous No 99 - Twelve leagues due West from Cape Corse. To be added to the list of Rendezvous," the Telegraph quoted the secret order as reading.

Melbourne, Nov 25 : English chef Gordon Ramsay’s alleged mistress Sarah Symonds is said to be desirous of having a TV career like Rebecca Loos.

UK publicist Max Clifford revealed that Symonds had come to him for advice earlier this year, as she was keen to launch a television career on the back of her book.

“She was talking about getting herself a television profile in much the same way as Rebecca Loos (former personal assistant to David Beckham, who famously had an affair with the soccer star),” the Daily Telegraph quoted him as having told the Daily Mail.

London, Nov 25: The mother of British teenager Scarlett Keeling, whose body was found on a beach in the resort state of Goa, is being investigated over claims that she swindled her benefits.

According to reports, Fiona MacKeown, 43, allegedly failed to declare cash from selling fruit.

MacKeown, the mum of nine, of Bradworthy, Devon, is charged in India with abandoning Scarlett, reports the Sun.

Meanwhile, an Indian court has dropped sexual assault charges against Scarlett’s boyfriend.