Vernon Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey's father, passes away

Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): Vernon Winfrey, Oprah's father and a former Metro Nashville Council member, died...

'Summer Scars' wins top prize at record-setting Neuchatel Festival

Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): "Summer Scars," a seaside tale of fraternal love cast in a woozy glow and cut...

Prominent former Tibetan political prisoner dies

Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): Jigme Gyatso, a prominent former political prisoner, died on July 2, according to...

Electrical stimulation improves arm control in paralyzed monkeys

Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): Pre-clinical experiments suggest that electrical stimulation of surviving nerves of...

Human-like robots may be perceived as having mental states

Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): According to new research, when robots appear to engage with people and display...

Cancer triggers that could spur targeted drug therapies

Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): Researchers definitively linked the function of a specific domain of proteins...

Long human lifespan is due in part to contributions of elders

Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): According to the long-standing canon in evolutionary biology, natural selection is...

Brain ripples may help bind information across human cortex

Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): Researchers provide some of the first empirical evidence that brain ripples exist....

US imposes visa ban on 28 Cuban officials

Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): The United States has introduced visa restrictions on 28 Cuban officials, including...

Hospital readmissions for asthma are increasing among children

Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): According to a new study at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, hospital...

US Homeland Security officers face 'Chinese spying' charges

Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): A grand jury in the United States has indicted five people for 'stalking, harassing,...

Twitter tests on CoTweets feature

Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): A new 'CoTweets' feature is currently being tested with the help of Twitter users....