Quantum dots are tiny crystals that scientists can tune to different colours, giving an extra-vivid pop to next-generation TV screens or illuminating tumours inside bodies so surgeons can hunt them down.

Quantum dots are tiny crystals that scientists can tune to different colours, giving an extra-vivid pop to next-generation TV screens or illuminating tumours inside bodies so surgeons can hunt them down.

The incident happened in July when the man attended his office's team-building dinner, where his boss organised a drinking competition.

The incident happened in July when the man attended his office's team-building dinner, where his boss organised a drinking competition.

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan's bail plea in the cypher case would be held in an open court but would be in-camera when sensitive information is discussed, Dawn News reported.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on the Richer scale jolted the Philippines on Wednesday, the National Center of Seismology (NCS) informed through a post on social media.

Two Pakistani citizens, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed on Wednesday when an Afghan security personnel resorted to unprovoked firing at a busy border crossing, the army said.

More than 75,000 employees at Kaiser Permanente began one of the largest healthcare worker strikes in recent US history on Wednesday after failing to resolve a dispute over staffing levels.

Alphabet's Google on Wednesday launched Pixel 8 smartphones and a new smartwatch that integrates its artificial intelligence technology more deeply into the company's key consumer gadgets.

Heaping praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin called him a very wise man, adding that India is making great strides in development under his leadership, Russia-based media RT reported.

An Indian-origin fraudster who swindled thousands of pounds from his employer to pay back money he stole from a previous employer has been ordered to pay back GBP 78,000 by a UK court.

During his closing speech at the 2023 Conservative Party conference on October 4, he shared his stance on gender debate and said, A man is a man and a woman is a woman.

Rishi Sunak addressed his first Conservative Party conference as party leader in Manchester on Wednesday and used his own elevation as the country's first Indian-origin Prime Minister as proof that the UK is not a racist country.

Britain's Indian First Lady, Akshata Murty, made a surprise debut on the political stage on Wednesday when she stepped out to introduce est friend Rishi Sunak for his maiden speech as UK Prime Minister to the Conservative Party conference.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancelled part of a high-speed rail project on Wednesday, ending weeks of uncertainty and provoking anger in his own Conservative Party with his move to reinvent his premiership as one of tough decisions and action.

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook sold stock worth about $41 million after taxes in his biggest sale in more than two years as the shares of the iPhone maker slide off recent highs.

Pope Francis warned Wednesday the world is collapsing due to global warming, urging participants of the upcoming COP28 climate talks to agree to binding policies on phasing out fossil fuels.

Taiwan cancelled flights and closed schools in parts of its southern region on Wednesday ahead of Typhoon Koinu's expected landfall, the second major storm to make a direct hit on the island in a month.

Cruise, the company behind the autonomous car, stated that the vehicle had no passengers on board and had applied rapid braking to mitigate the impact of the collision.

Google will introduce its much-awaited Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro at the Made by Google event on October 4. The event, which begins at 7:30 PM IST on Wednesday, will also mark the debut of the new Pixel Watch 2.

The United States announced sanctions Tuesday on a China-based network for producing and distributing chemicals used to make drugs including those fueling a deadly national fentanyl crisis.

Former US President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, celebrated their 31st anniversary on Tuesday.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing a series of cases that could result in a generational contraction in the power of federal agencies to regulate businesses and corporate fraud.

Swedish media outlets on Wednesday published what they reported were the seemingly leaked names of this year's Nobel chemistry prize recipients, hours before the laureates were to be announced.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to fire the starting gun Wednesday on Britain's next general election campaign, with a much-anticipated keynote speech closing his ruling Conservatives' annual conference.

A Russian court sentenced former state TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who burst into a news broadcast with a placard that read Stop the war and They're lying to you, to eight and half years in jail in absentia on Wednesday.

Having everything you need close to your house, without needing to drive to reach it, might seem like an uncontroversial concept.

Facing grueling conditions worthy of a Dantean hell, up against soaring walls of blistering flames, thousands of firefighters mobilized throughout the Canadian summer. They came out exhausted and worried for the future.

With war in Ukraine, coups in Africa and flaring geopolitical tensions, who in our dysfunctional global family, to use the words of the UN secretary general, could win this year's Nobel Peace Prize?

In a move towards defusing tension with India, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said Ottawa is not looking to escalate. His government has indicated they are holding private talks to maintain a strong diplomatic footprint in India

2022: Carolyn Bertozzi (US), Morten Meldal (Denmark) and Barry Sharpless (US) for the development of click chemistry in which molecular building blocks snap together quickly and efficiently and are used in living organisms.

Synthetic biology, DNA sequencing and the development of new compounds are some of the research fields commentators say could be contenders for the Nobel Chemistry Prize to be announced Wednesday.

Two men of Indian origin in the US have pleaded guilty to their participation in a multi-million dollar fraud scheme by obtaining loans under an economic assistance plan following the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, the justice department said.

The conservative revolt that brought down now-former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has left the chamber in a state of paralysis until a new speaker is found. That raises the chances of a US government shutdown next month.

Sitting on a creaky bridge linking stilt houses, Indonesian fisherman Sadam Husen fears for his people and their traditions, knowing they may be uprooted from their ancestral land to make way for a China-funded megaproject worth billions.

Republican Kevin McCarthy rode the tiger of far-right US politics led by Donald Trump to achieve his dream of becoming House speaker early this year. Then on Tuesday, the tiger turned and ate him.

An Iranian girl, aged 16, has been left in a coma and is being treated in hospital under heavy security after an assault on the Tehran subway, a rights group said on Tuesday, blaming the Islamic republic's notorious morality police.

The French government said Tuesday it would host emergency meetings this week to examine surging numbers of reported bedbug cases, which are being increasingly seen as a major potential public health problem.

The opposition Republican Party plunged into a crisis as its Speaker Kevin McCarthy lost the gavel after a small group of its Congressmen joined hands with the Democratic Party in an unprecedented vote in the House of Representatives.

Meta is proposing to offer European users a subscription-based version of Instagram and Facebook if they would rather not be tracked for ads, a source said on Tuesday.

The New York judge overseeing Donald Trump's civil fraud trial slapped a limited gag order on the former president after he insulted a court clerk in a social media post on Tuesday.

President Joe Biden wants the US House of Representatives to swiftly choose a new speaker after Republican Kevin McCarthy was axed by his own party, the White House said Tuesday.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will set out his mission to fundamentally change the country at his Conservative party's conference on Wednesday, promising to overturn a political system that prefers the easy decision, not the right one.

At least 21 people, including two children and foreigners, were killed Tuesday and several others wounded when a bus running on methane plunged off a bridge in Venice and caught fire.

Canada's House of Commons on Tuesday elected Greg Fergus as its new speaker, making the Liberal Party lawmaker the first Black Canadian to hold the post after the previous speaker quit over unknowingly inviting a former Nazi soldier to parliament.

A lawyer of Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday expressed fear about the safety of the ex-premier and said that he maybe slow-poisoned to death in jail.

A 14-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday after a shooting at a packed Bangkok mall that left two people dead and five wounded, and sent hundreds of panicked shoppers running in terror into the streets.

The ordinance, which went into effect in Nagoya on October 1, requires people tostand on escalators rather than walk on them in order to prevent accidents.

Donald Trump sat hunched over the defense table as testimony resumed on Tuesday at his civil fraud trial, with New York state's attorney general aiming to prove that the former US president inflated his wealth by lying about his real estate empire.

Anne L'Huillier's dedication to teaching was unwavering, as she resumed her class after learning about her Nobel Prize during a scheduled break.