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A new procedure to fight brain cancer utilizing small, nano-sized discs, which shake the tumor cells to death - literally, has been developed by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Researchers stated that the method is in its early phases of development.

The novel method is elaborated in the recent issue of the journal Nature Materials.

Former Pakistan Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has come down hard on the PPP led administration calling it as a failure, and said it has lost its integrity.

While commenting on the recent argument over the judges' appointment matter, Nawaz said that the administration is accountable for the clash between institutions.

"This act had not only threatened democracy but also caused disgrace to the politicians," he said.

A protein that regulates forgetting of short-term memories, such as a new phone number or the name of a new acquaintance have been identified Scientists.

Forgetting of short-term memory is regulated within neurons by the activity of a protein called Rac, a research team led by a scientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has found.

Anand Sharma, Union Commerce and Industry Minister, has said the impact of recession on the country''s trade and industry is over as the industrial growth has been the best in the last fifteen years and exports have also moved towards positive trends.

Director Kathryn Bigelow will beat him at the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony by taking home the coveted statuette, Quentin Tarantino is convinced.

The legendary filmmaker has been nominated for the Best Director category for his movie Inglourious Basterds along with Bigelow for The Hurt Locker, James Cameron for Avatar, Lee

Daniels for Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire, and Jason Reitman for Up In The Air.

Brendan O'Connor, Australian Minister for Home Affairs, has launched a new program called ThinkUKnow. The new program is a school based cyber safety program and will be running on a national basis. This would help them to protect Australia from online sex offenders, scammers, spammers and cyber bullies.

Australian federal police (AFP) has joined hands with Microsoft and its joint venture company 'ninemsn' in order to provide expansion to the already established 'ThinkUKnow' program on a national basis.