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The QS World Universities 2015/16 rankings, published Wednesday, also saw Harvard rise from fourth place last year to take second spot this year, overtaking ...

After touching the surface, the lander immediately bounced away, travelling high over the comet for more than a kilometre, before finally coming to rest in a dark ditch…

The product allows physicians to view clearer, more instant images of internal organs, aiding precision during surgical procedures ...

One of only 68 right-hand-drive S3 Continental Flying Spurs built by Bentley, the car features a 6.2-litre V8 engine and several unusual modifications, including a secret compartment ...

Nearly 400 million people worldwide have diabetes, with type 2 accounting for more than 90 percent of cases. Without proper treatment or lifestyle changes, those numbers are expected to…

“We have undertaken projects, particularly in Turkey and the Gulf region, with a total contract value of more than $17.2 billion…”

"There are a number of chipsets that have been developed and are in the market deployed in smartphones and navigation equipment for cars, for instance…

“We'd gone in with the idea of recovering one fossil. That turned into multiple fossils. That turned into the discovery of multiple skeletons and multiple individuals…”

The iPad Pro has a 12.9in (32.8cm) display, making its shortest edge the length of its earlier iPad Air 2's height. Apple sold 19% fewer iPads between the start of October and the end ...

“The biggest risk factor for Alzheimer's is age, along with genetic and lifestyle factors. If further research was to confirm a link between historical tissue contamination and Alzheimer's..”

“This is a step within the framework of the collective Security treaty organization and it is logical that the states forming one military alliance are seeking a common air-defense system…”

"The majority of smartphone market share in India is taken up by Android handset makers such as Samsung, Micromax and Intex…"

"In one clan we call the 'regular clan', we heard regularly spaced clicks, but in another vocal clan that we call the 'plus-ones', the coda types they make have an extended pause at the end before the last click…"

"I can spoof thousands of objects and basically carry out a denial of service attack on the tracking system so it's not able to track real objects…"

Government officials had warned for months that this type of standoff was inevitable as technology companies like Apple and Google embraced tougher encryption. The case, coming after several others ...