London, Apr 4: Considering that the opening of car doors into the path of oncoming vehicles has been a major cause of road accidents, scientists have now developed a new technology to avoid such mishaps—doors that sense potential impacts and get jammed.

Named the “haptic"—the technology provides tactile feedback to the users, and can thus help reduce both road injuries and repair bills

Invented by Michael Graf at BMW and Michael Strolz''s team at the Technical University of Munich, the current prototype looks like a normal car door.

London, Apr. 4: Manchester United have played down reports of Spanish football club Real Madrid offering 75 million pounds for Portuguese star striker Cristiano Ronaldo.

Sources at Old Trafford insisted last night that there was no substance to the claims, in line with the club''s public stance that Ronaldo, under contract until 2012, will not be leaving Manchester in the near future.

London, Apr 4: Agatha Christie, the much-loved author of more than 80 mysteries, suffered from undiagnosed dementia, claim scientists.

According to academics at the University of Toronto, an in-depth analysis of Christie's novels suggests that she was suffering from Alzheimer''s disease, The Daily Express reported.

To reach the probable conclusion, researchers studied a selection of Christie''s novels written between the ages of
28 and 82, counting the numbers of different words, indefinite nouns and phrases used in each.

London, Apr 4 : British director Guy Ritchie has voiced his sadness over ex-wife Madonna's failed Malawian adoption bid, and insisted that the singer is a "great mum".

A judge at Malawi''s High Court in Lilongwe had rejected the 50-year-old beauty's application to adopt Mercy James, a four-year-old girl, ruling that the child should remain in her home country, reports The Telegraph.

The Mozart of Madras aka the musical legend A R Rahman is all set to add another feather to his cap.

Come July, the Oscar winning Indian music maestro would be awarded with an honorary doctorate by the London based Middlesex University, the latest in the many honors conferred on him in his long career.

Earlier AMU (Aligarh) and the Anna University (Chennai) too had awarded an honorary D Lit to the 43 year old music maestro.

London, Apr 4 : Madonna screamed in disbelief and held her head in her hands yesterday after a judge denied her bid to adopt four-year-old Malawian orphan Chifundo "Mercy" James.

As her lawyer broke the news, the shocked singer yelled: "Whaaat?"

The 50-year-old singer had been told by government officials that Mercy James was "definitely hers", reports The Sun.