Washington, Oct 29: Scientists have found that the much hyped dinosaur “mummies”, which are fossils with soft tissue and their last meals intact, were merely thick-skinned, suggesting that more may be found than paleontologists had previously expected.

Eric Lund of the Utah Museum of Natural History examined over a dozen newly discovered mummies in southern Utah.

According to a report in New Scientist, his analysis showed that these and other fossils all came from sand deposited in river beds that also contained remnants of wood and leaves - signs of a moist environment.

This means it was too wet to dry out and mummify a dinosaur carcass, Eric told the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in Cleveland.

Sydney - A big bounce on Wall Street saw Australian stocks make gains Wednesday, halting a five-day losing streak that had taken the market to a four-year low.

The ASX 200 quickly rose 154 points, or 4 per cent, to 3,948, but the rally ran out of steam, with the index closing up 51 points, or 1.3 per cent, to 3,845.

A local rally had been expected after the US blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its second-largest point gain in history, following strong stock gains in Europe and Asia.

Washington, October 29: A novel influenza vaccine, which is delivered nasally, has been found to trigger robust immunity in ferrets, say researchers.

Experts at NanoBio Corporation have revealed that the immune responses elicited by the new vaccine were more than 20 times higher than those generated by two injections of the currently approved vaccines.

The researchers also revealed that their intranasal vaccine used only half the standard antigen dose to produce that effect.

According to them, their nasal vaccines exert adjuvant activity without the need for pro-inflammatory materials, toxins or cytokines.

Beijing - Richer, developed nations should lead the effort against climate change and help developing nations reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, China said Wednesday.

Longtime industrialized nations have a duty because of their historic responsibility for the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to provide cooperation, financing and technology transfers to poorer, developing countries, China's cabinet said in the White Book, their foremost policy document on climate change.

Badlapur, Oct 29: A man from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh was beaten to death on a train in Badlapur in Maharashtra, after the miscreants identified him as a "North Indian".

Dharamdev Rai, 25, and his three friends were attacked by eight-ten people when they were on their way to Kurla.

One of them claimed that they were attacked by a group of Marathi-speaking youths who abused them for taking up jobs in Mumbai.

Rai was admitted to the Dubey Hospital, but succumbed to his injuries.

Super Talent Technology, a top maker of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, has made announcement about the launching of a limited edition 18-carat solid gold USB drive, named Pico-C in the market.

The newly USB drive, which comes with a serialized Certificate of Authenticity, is water resistant, fast, and supports up to 200X (30MB/sec) data transfer speeds.

The Pico-C has become the hallmark of style and quality in USB drives.