Microchip-sized digital camera to provide vision for US military’s insect-sized aircraft

September 17th, 2009 LONDON - The elusive wild African golden cat has been photographed deep in the jungle of Uganda. The African golden cat is a medium-sized cat, about 80cm long, that lives within forest across central and west Africa.

September 16th, 2009 LONDON - A robot that can leap over walls and obstacles more than 7.5metres has been developed. The shoebox-sized robot named the Precision Urban Hopper uses four wheels to move around and is guided by the GPS.

August 3rd, 2009 LONDON - World's first flexible electronic screen is set to be launched by a Cambridge-based company. Scientists at the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory have come up with the roll up A4-sized "intelligent plastic" display, which took a decade of development.

July 21st, 2009 LONDON - A new research says that asteroid-sized balls of magma hurtled through our infant solar system, and spray from their many collisions provided much of the raw material that formed Earth and its rocky siblings. According to a report in New Scientist, this is according to a new take on an old theory that challenges the notion that the solar system started out as a placid sea of dust motes which simply clumped together to form planets.

July 6th, 2009 LONDON - Astronomers have come by the first solid evidence of a new class of medium sized black holes, with more than 500 times the sun's mass, in a distant galaxy. This new source, identified as HLX-1 (Hyper-Luminous X-ray source 1), lies towards the edge of the galaxy ESO 243-49.

June 9th, 2009 LONDON - Computer professionals may not have to leave their screens to fill their stomachs, thanks to a British scientist who has developed the world's smallest microwave for those too busy to leave their PCs. Gordon Andrews, of the UK's Microwave Technologies Association, has revealed the 71/2in Beanzawave plugs into a computer, something that makes it ideal for deskbound types or travellers with a laptop.

May 30th, 2009 LONDON - Britain has reportedly sent out a military plane equipped with a "nuke sniffer" to find out the power of the bomb tested by North Korea. According to The Sun, the VC-10 tanker was scrambled from RAF Brize Norton, Oxon, to take air samples near the rogue state with an underwing pod.

May 14th, 2009 Astronauts hook up new camera for HubbleCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A pair of spacewalking astronauts overpowered a stubborn bolt and successfully installed a new piano-sized camera in the Hubble Space Telescope on Thursday, the first step to making the observatory better than ever.

May 13th, 2009 LONDON - British spook hunter Paul Rowland has revealed that he might have invented a device by which he can capture spirits on camera, especially after he captured the ghostly image of a child with it. The instrument works by using ultraviolet and infrared lights to enhance images other cameras miss, and the chilling discovery was made while taking a picture with the camera at the Welsh mansion he was working in.

May 5th, 2009 LONDON - Women waste 650 million pounds buying summer clothes that do not fit, a new UK research has found. The study, which found that one in four Brits spends 50 pounds to 100 pounds on tiny clothes that simply stay in the wardrobe, was conducted for Special K.

April 30th, 2009 LONDON - Scientists have demonstrated the fastest imaging system ever devised, a camera that snaps images less than a half a billionth of a second long, capturing over six million of them in a second continuously. According to a report by BBC News, a research team from University of California, Los Angeles, US, designed the world's fastest camera, which has been dubbed Serial Time-Encoded Amplified imaging, or Steam.

April 29th, 2009 LONDON - Brit model Katie Green has in Ultimo's latest campaign urged people to get their boobs measured regularly. Green, 21, joined boss Michelle Mone, fellow model Lucy Clarkson and 20 "real women" at Debenhams in London, urging people to visit Ultimo's Bra Clinic, where the tag line is: "If the bra cup runneth over, it's time to get fitted!" "Getting your boobs measured regularly is a must," the Sun quoted her as saying.

April 16th, 2009 LONDON - Supermodel Heidi Klum has sparked rumours about being pregnant with her fourth child when she was spotted wearing layers of loose-fitting clothes. Klum usually wears figure hugging outfits, but she was seen in ill-fitting loose clothes while going for lunch in New York, reported dailymail.co.uk.

April 4th, 2009 LONDON - Fans of Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, the Beatles and Cher can now get their hands on their own life-sized models of the stars, as wax representations of the icons are going up for auction in May. Executives at the Hollywood Wax Museum in Los Angeles are selling off the imitations along with nearly 200 other waxworks of celebrities including actors Stevie Wonder, Will Smith and Charlie Chaplin, sportspersons Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, and former US presidents Bill Clinton and George Washington, contactmusic.com reports.

February 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Psychedelica aptly describes a species of fish that is a wild swirl of tan and peach zebra stripes and behaves in ways contrary to its brethren. Members of H.