Washington, April 5 (ANI): American researchers have for the first time isolated adult stem cells from human intestinal tissue.

Washington, Apr 5 (ANI): Oxford University scientists have developed a custom-built programmable 3D printer that can create materials with several of the properties of living tissues.

Washington, April 5 (ANI): Obesity is associated with the widespread epidemics of diabetes and heart disease, but a lesser-known fact is that the weight can also lead to autoimmune disease.

Washington, April 5 (ANI): Observing the evolution of a particular type of antibody in an infected HIV-1 patient has provided insights that will enable vaccination strategies that mimic the actual antibody development within the body.

Washington, Apr 5 (ANI): In yet another move to take on its rival Apple, South Korean tech giant Samsung has announced a partnership with American multinational consumer electronics corporation Best Buy.

Washington, April 5 (ANI): Most scientists agree that an asteroid impact killed off almost all the dinosaurs and some 70 percent of all other species living on Earth about 66 million years ago.

Washington, April 5 (ANI): While it is generally accepted that some important ingredients for life came from meteorites bombarding the early Earth, scientists have not been able to explain how that lifeless rock transformed into the building blocks of life.

Washington, Apr 5 (ANI): Global population data spanning the years from 1900 to 2010 have enabled researchers to predict that the number of people on Earth will stabilise around the middle of the century, a report has said.

Washington, April 5 (ANI): Using data gathered by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers at The Johns Hopkins University has found the farthest supernova so far of the type used to measure cosmic distances.

Washington, April 5 (ANI): Though they have tiny brains, bees are smart enough to pick out the most attractive flowers by watching other bees and learning from their behaviour, scientists have found.

London, Apr 5 (ANI): Number of people following Pope Francis on micro blogging platform Twitter has doubled from 2.5 million to 5.0 million in just seven weeks.

Washington, April 5 (ANI): NASA's Kepler space telescope has witnessed the effects of a dead star bending the light of its companion star- a result of Einstein's general theory of relativity - in binary, or double, star systems.

Washington, April 5 (ANI): Concentrations of volcanic activity in Jupiter's moon Io are significantly displaced from where they are expected to be based on models that predict how the moon's interior is heated, according to NASA and European Space Agency researchers.

Washington, April 5 (ANI): A new study led by a NASA researcher has found that Hydrogen peroxide is abundant across much of the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa,.

Washington, Apr 5 (ANI): Social networking giant Facebook has unveiled a new software on Android gadgets with the aim of making its site the hub of people's mobile experiences.

New York, Apr 5 (ANI): Car manufacturers Hyundai has put a whole new spin on personal transportation with the egg-shaped E4U vehicle it showed off at the Seoul Motor Show.

Washington, Apr 4 (ANI): The first published results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), a major physics experiment operating on the International Space Station, has been announced.

Washington, Apr 4 (ANI): Despite being a small, or so-called dwarf galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is so bright that it is visible to the unaided eye from the Southern Hemisphere and near the equator.

London, Apr. 4 (ANI): Designer Adam Harvey has concocted an outlandish solution to the global concern of unmanned surveillance drones.

Washington, Apr 4 (ANI): A new study in rats has found that stimulating a key part of the brain reduces compulsive cocaine-seeking, suggesting the possibility of changing addictive behavior generally.