Apple accidentally releases screenshots of new iPad Air 2, iPad Mini 3

Apple on Wednesday mistakenly released screenshots of iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini in the iTunes Store to reveal additional features with the devices.

Google set to release new Android version 5.0 'Lollipop'

Google is set to release the latest Android version "number 5.0"code-named Lollipop.

According to CNET, the new version ushers in a brand-new design throughout the operating system, enhanced notifications, changes to how users multitask, and handful of other features.

Google Nexus 6, 9 may hit Indian market soon; Android 5.0 Lollipop launched

HTC had earlier worked with Google on the original Nexus One in 2010.

Unlike Android phones from various handset makers, Nexus products are often viewed as a "Google" product since the tech firm works closely with a specific handset vendor in designing the product. The previous generation of smartphone, Nexus 5, was manufactured by LG.

Google unveils 'Lollipop' Android operating system for cell phones

Google Inc today ramped up its mobile arsenal, upgrading its Nexus line with a new smartphone and tablet, Nexus 6 and Nexus 9, and unveiled its revamped Android software, to be dubbed "Lollipop."

U.S. health official allowed new Ebola patient on plane with slight fever

A second Texas nurse who has contracted Ebola told a U.S. health official she had a slight fever and was allowed to board a plane from Ohio to Texas, a federal source said on Wednesday, intensifying concerns about the U.S. response to the deadly virus.

Missteps mount in US handling of 1st Ebola patient

The second infection of a health care worker who treated the United States' first patient with Ebola has exposed a series of gaps in US preparedness for confronting the deadly virus.

Ebola ‘most serious’ health emergency in years: Western leaders

The Ebola epidemic is “the most serious international public health emergency in recent years,” British, U.S., French, German and Italian leaders agreed in a conference call on Wednesday.

NASA spots Kuiper Belt targets for Pluto mission

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered three Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) the agency's New Horizons spacecraft could potentially visit after it flies by Pluto in July 2015.

21-day quarantine period for Ebola not enough: Study

The 21-day quarantine period for Ebola virus might not be enough to completely prevent the spread of the deadly disease which has already claimed over 4,000 lives, according to a new study.

A new drug soon to treat heart attack

Some scar-forming cells in the heart have the ability to turn into cells that form blood vessels, which are required to boosts the heart's ability to heal after an injury, an Indian-origin researcher has found, suggesting a new approach to treat heart attack.

NASA tool to help airlines reduce weather delays

 NASA scientists have developed a tool that would help airlines minimise weather delays and save both flight time and fuel. Known as Dynamic Weather Routes (DWR), this computer software tool is programmed to constantly analyse air traffic throughout the National Airspace System along with the ever-shifting movements of weather severe enough to require an airliner to effect a course change.

Scientists find evidence of aancient Himalaya-like mountain

Australian scientists have found evidence of an ancient Himalaya-like mountain range that they believe sustained the start of life on earth 600 million years ago.

First 'Uranus-like' planet discovered in another solar system

Astronomers recently found an "ice giant" planet in another solar system 25,000 light-years away that resembles like Earth's Uranus for the first time ever.

New study to shed light on 'super-Earths'

A new study has provided a deeper insight into the long-running hunt for super-Earths orbiting into the space.

NASA's Kepler spacecraft, which had launched on a planet-hunting mission in 2009, searched one small patch of the sky and identified more than 4,000 candidate exoplanets-worlds orbiting stars other than our own Sun. It was the first survey to provide a definitive look at the relative frequency of planets as a function of size.

MAVEN mission tracks streams of satellite-destroying 'solar energy particles'

NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN mission, or MAVEN spacecraft, has provided scientists their first look at a storm of energetic solar particles at Mars and produced unprecedented ultraviolet images of the tenuous oxygen, hydrogen and carbon coronas surrounding the Red Planet.

Astronomers spot first-ever Uranus-like 'ice-giant' planet

Scientists have discovered an " ice-giant" planet, similar to Uranus and Neptune, for the first time in a far away galaxy .

The international research team led by Radek Poleski, postdoctoral researcher at The Ohio State University, said that the newly discovered planet is so far away that they can't actually tell anything about its

Scientists get closer to identifying 'Earth-like planets' in other solar systems

Scientists may be able to pinpoint the Earth-like planets in other solar systems sooner than later.

As per what is known about the universe, thousands of Earth-like, habitable planets should exist in other solar systems.

World's thinnest electric generator is now a reality

 A team of researchers from Columbia Engineering and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed world's thinnest electric generator.

Google unveils set-top box, tablet, smartphone featuring Android Lollipop

Google has reportedly announced three new Nexus-branded devices, designed especially to showcase its new Operating Software called Android Lollipop .