Washington, Jan 11 : ''Punch-Out'', ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', ''The Beatles Game'' and ''StarCraft II''-these are some of the eleven games that are expected to keep players hooked on to them in 2009.

GameLife contributors Nate Ralph, Earnest Cavalli, Chris Baker and Chris Kohler, have made the list of 11 games that should make waves this year, reports Wired News.

The 11 most anticipated games of 2009 are:

Punch-Out!! (Wii)

This revival of Nintendo''s classic puzzle-sports-rhythmic-punching game will show the croissants fly from Glass Joe as he''s knocked to the canvas. It is expected to be as addictive as its previous version.

Infamous

Infamous (PlayStation 3)

Washington, January 11 : Shakespeare's play `Macbeth' suggested a link between sleeplessness and paranoid - with the insomniac title character increasingly becoming paranoid that it will be discovered that he had killed the king - and now his artistic theme has been seconded by a Wellcome Trust-funded study.

Published online in the journal `Schizophrenia Research', the study suggests that increased suspiciousness is a potential consequence of insomnia.

This is the first time that any scientific research has examined insomnia and persecutory thoughts.

The study showed that, in the general population, individuals with insomnia were five times more likely to have high levels of paranoid thinking than those who were sleeping well.

Washington, Jan 11: In a first of its kind study, toxicologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Korea's Seoul National University have explained how bed bugs develop resistance to drugs like pyrethroid neurotoxins, especially deltamethrin, that once kept them in check.

Led by senior researcher John Clark and colleagues, the study revealed that these nocturnal bloodsuckers have evolved to trick the latest generation of chemicals used to control them since DDT was banned.

The researchers summarized that diagnostic tools to detect the relevant mutation in bed bug populations have been "urgently needed for effective control and resistance management."

Washington, Jan 11 : Scientists at Cornell and DuPont have used a simple chemical process to develop a new method of preparing carbon nanotubes for suspension in a semiconducting "ink," paving the way for thinner, lighter transistors and solar cells.

The new method, invented by Graciela B. Blanchet, a research fellow at DuPont, and George Malliaras, Cornell associate professor of materials science and engineering, involves treating carbon nanotubes with fluorine-based molecules.

Washington  - President George W Bush turned down a request by Israel last year for special bunker-busting bombs and other aid to attack Iran's nuclear programme, while the US instead initiated covert action aimed at slowing Tehran's nuclear advances, the New York Times reported Sunday.

Washington - The US Navy on Saturday commissioned its newest aircraft carrier, which is named for former president George HW Bush, with a patriotic ceremony in which President George W Bush honoured his father and current sailors.

The USS George HW Bush is to be the last of the Nimitz class aircraft carriers and will have a crew of more than 5,500 sailors based at the home port of Norfolk, Virginia. The ship has a more than 330 metre-long flight deck and is powered by two nuclear reactors.