London, May 24 (ANI): A concept device has been created by BBC where the script can get altered depending on factors like weather.

The Perceptive Radio, produced by the Future Media North Lab, is believed to be a world first.

The proof-of-concept drama, which used a computer-generated voice for one of the characters, can adapt on the fly according to information pulled from external sources.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): An anti-cancer drug has been found to reverse memory deficits in mice suffering from Alzheimer's.

The University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health research, funded by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Aging and Alzheimer's Association, reviewed previously published findings on the drug bexarotene, approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for use in cutaneous T cell lymphoma.

New York, May 24 (ANI): Using your tablet or smartphone before bed can suppress quality sleep, thus putting you at risk for health problems, a new study suggests.

If you want to improve your sleep, researchers advise shutting off your tablet well before bedtime.

Nighttime exposure to LED rays illuminating from tablets, computers, TVs, and smartphones can disrupt your body's natural rhythms, and raise your risk for not only sleep loss but health problems, the report said.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): Doctors have been able to successfully treat a 2.5-year-old boy who had suffered from cardiac arrest and brain damage, putting him in a vegetative state, using his own cord blood containing stem cells.

The symptoms improved significantly; over the following months, the child learned to speak simple sentences and to move.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): Google has gathered images of the beauty and biological diversity of the Galapagos Islands for use on its Street View.

The search engine sent trekkers with 42lbs backpacks containing cameras mounted on towers to wander and click pictures of forgotten island.

According to the Mirror, divers also got 360 degree views of underwater areas around the islands that sparked Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Rochester have found that a simple visual task can predict IQ

This surprisingly simple exercise measures the brain's unconscious ability to filter out visual movement. The study shows that individuals whose brains are better at automatically suppressing background motion perform better on standard measures of intelligence.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): University of East Anglia scientists have made a breakthrough in breast cancer research which shows how some enzymes released by cancerous cells could have a protective function.

Their research revealed that an enzyme called MMP-8 (matrix metalloproteinase-8) could be acting as a locator to the immune system, which then becomes activated to attack tumours. It was originally thought that the production of MMPs by breast cancer cells worked to promote cancer growth.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): Narcissists do have an easier time attracting a mate, new research has revealed.

In one experiment, researchers asked 61 men to go out on the street in a large German town and to each approach 25 women they would generally like to get to know to try to collect contact information for as many of them as possible.

Those male participants who ranked high in personality evaluations of narcissism collected the most contact information.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): Scientists have proved that the H7N9 influenza virus is efficiently transmitted when animals are in close contact-defined in the study as touching, coughing and the exchange of bodily fluids.

David Kelvin, PhD, a senior scientist at the Toronto General Research Institute and Professor at the University of Toronto, noted that the study was designed to give them clues about the transmission of H7N9 that has affected some humans in China.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): The temperature in the permafrost on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian high Arctic has been found to be nearly as cold as that of the surface of Mars.

So the recent discovery by a McGill University led team of scientists of a bacterium that is able to thrive at -15 degree C, the coldest temperature ever reported for bacterial growth, is exciting.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): Scientists at the National Institutes of Health report have discovered that a small molecule released in the spinal cord of a mouse triggers a process that is later experienced in the brain as the sensation of itch.

The small molecule, called natriuretic polypeptide b (Nppb), streams ahead and selectively plugs into a specific nerve cell in the spinal cord, which sends the signal onward through the central nervous system.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): Sugar isn't always sweet to German cockroaches, a new study has found.

In the study, North Carolina State University entomologists showed that the neural mechanism behind the aversion to glucose, the simple sugar that is a popular ingredient in roach-bait poison.

Glucose sets off bitter receptors in roach taste buds, causing roaches to avoid foods that bring on this taste-bud reaction.

London, May 24 (ANI): Professor Stephen Hawking has been turned into a comic book hero for an illustrated series about his life.

According to the comic book's writers, 'Stephen Hawking: Riddles of Time and Space' would provide a glimpse into the man, the myth and the legend.

The comic book series by Bluewater Productions is expected to cover his college days, his work as a researcher at the University of Cambridge and some of his key discoveries, Sky News reported.

New Delhi, May 24 (ANI): In today's networked world, to bolster India's e-defence, a leading information technology firm has tied up with one of the leading universities of India to train young minds about different kinds of security solutions, and strengthen the nation in a different manner.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): Researchers at the Universities of Leeds and Chicago have reported that they have uncovered an important mechanism behind the generation of astrophysical magnetic fields such as that of the Sun.

Scientists have known since the 18th century that the Sun regularly oscillates between periods of high and low solar activity in an 11-year cycle, but have been unable to fully explain how this cycle is generated.

London, May 24 (ANI): Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt and director of Google Ideas Jared Cohen have warned London School of Economics students against censorship on the internet and the dangers that 'digital ethnic cleansing' pose.

Sky News quoted Schmidt, as saying that people will omit data if they want to restrict communication and information.

He, however, agreed that any piece of information cannot be completely concealed for a long time.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): A major campaign using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and several other satellites has suggested that exotic neutron stars, magnetars may be more diverse-and common-than previously thought.

Magnetars-the dense remains of dead stars that erupt sporadically with bursts of high-energy radiation-are some of the most extreme objects known in the universe.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): Lund University researchers have succeeded in preventing very early symptoms of Huntington's disease, depression and anxiety, by deactivating the mutated huntingtin protein in the brains of mice.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): White tigers today are only seen in zoos, but they belong in nature, according to researchers who found new evidence about what makes them white.

Their spectacular white coats are produced by a single change in a known pigment gene, according to the study.

The white tiger represents part of the natural genetic diversity of the tiger that is worth conserving, but is now seen only in captivity, Shu-Jin Luo of China's Peking University said.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): New observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have revealed the real shape of the Ring Nebula.

The glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, Sun-like star is like a doughnut, scientists suggested.

The nebula is not like a bagel, but rather, it's like a jelly doughnut, because it's filled with material in the middle, said C. Robert O'Dell of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.