The New York Police Department (NYPD) has launched a citywide youth cricket league with six teams participating in an effort to establish a positive relationship with the city's multiple ethnic groups.

Indian Americans make calls to their families and friends back home for an average of three and a half hours in a month, more often on their mobile phones, the first ever study on their international communication habits has found.

Obesity prevention efforts should begin as early as the age of two, when children reach a tipping point that could predispose them to obesity later in life, a new study has found.

Researchers have discovered a protein that controls genes maintaining proper level of bile in the liver.

The office of the future is not only fully functional, it also boosts weight loss and maintains health.

Inspired by the pinhole camera technique, scientists have produced two of the brightest, sharpest x-ray holograms of microscopic objects, thousands of times more efficiently than previous x-ray-holographic methods.

China is to open the world's fastest intercity rail line linking Beijing with Olympic co-host Tianjin from August 1, one week before the Olympics.

An Indian tourism firm has launched here a new concept of holiday accommodation to allow tourists get a taste of the real India.