Washington, May 25 (ANI): Leading water scientists have issued a warning that in the short span of one or two generations, most of the 9 billion people on Earth will be suffering from fresh water woes if any major reforms are not made.

Washington, May 25 (ANI): A new study shows that potatoes are one of the best nutritional values in the produce aisle, providing one of the better nutritional values per penny than most other raw vegetables and delivering one of the most affordable source of potassium of the more frequently consumed vegetables, second only to beans.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Washington, May 24 (ANI): A Syracuse University researcher has argued that the Earth's mantle affects long-term sea-level rise estimates.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): A new research from Western University has shed light on why some cancer cells don't respond to chemotherapy, and identified a mechanism to rectify that.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): A global committee of taxonomists - scientists responsible for species exploration and classification - has announced a list of top 10 new species discovered in 2012.

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.

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 23 (ANI): Scientists and engineers together must initiate a major new effort to educate the public and decision makers on a crisis in providing Earth's people with clean water that looms ahead in the 21st century.

Washington, May 23 (ANI): A novel oral, inactivated Escherichia coli diarrhea vaccine has been developed in Sweden and a clinical phase I-study of this vaccine has now been successfully completed.

Washington, May 23 (ANI): For most animal species, moving objects play a major role in the processing of sensory impressions in the brain, as they often signal the presence of a welcome prey or an imminent threat.