Washington, April 29 : A research team, including an Indian-origin boffin, has developed a painless new method for detecting diabetes, utilizing saliva.

While searching for biomarkers that may indicate diabetes, doctors examined the saliva of 40 different patients.

Through salivary analysis, they managed to devise a new `non-invasive' method for detecting diabetes that foregoes the uncomfortable prick of a needle- patients need only to spit into a cup.

The spit test could be performed for little cost in a doctor's office or at a patient's home.

Washington, Apr 29 : US researchers claim that a brain protein involved in fear behavior and anxiety may represent a new target for depression therapies.

The study, by researchers at the University of Iowa and the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, has appeared in the April 29 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience.

Depression can be severely disabling. However, the causes of depression are not well understood.

Washington, Apr 29 : Hollywood actress Evan Rachel Wood was left baffled when she discovered she had a loyal fanbase on the micro-blogging site Twitter, because she doesn't even use the site.

Evan was dazed to realize that an impostor had gathered the attention of her zillion fans by posing as her.

Evan made it clear she wasn't even aware of what `twitter' is and warned her fans against any impostor.

Washington, Apr 29 : A protective Doug Reinhardt got caught in a brawl after a man tried to grope girlfriend Paris Hilton at a Los Angeles club on April 27.

According to a source, the couple were dancing at H-Wood when an intoxicated male clubgoer approached the heiress and tried to touch her cleavage.

"Doug protected his lady and pushed the guy. That''s when all of Doug''s boys stepped in and beat the crap out of the guy. Then Doug had security kick him out of the club," Us magazine quoted another source as saying.

Washington, April 29 : A new study has suggested that animals heavier than 41 kilograms with wingspans greater than 16.7 feet wouldn't be able to flap fast enough to stay aloft, which indicates that giant Pterosaurs couldn't fly.

According to a report in National Geographic News, the conclusion casts serious doubt on the flying ability of large pterosaurs such as Quetzalcoatlus, thought to be one of the largest airborne animals of all time.

Washington, Apr 29 : Filmmaker Oliver Stone has been signed on to helm the sequel to his 1987 hit film `Wall Street' starring Michael Douglas.

Douglas, who won an Oscar for the original film, is set to reprise his Gordon Gekko's role.

Actor Shia LaBeouf is also in talks to star in the remake titled `Wall Street 2', reports Variety.

The sequel will once again involve a young Wall Street trader, and the recent economic meltdown spurred by rampant greed and corruption will fit prominently into the plot.