ROSEMONT, Ill., Sept. 2 - Significant differences in knee alignment and muscle activation exist between men and women while kicking a soccer ball, according to a study published this month in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Data reveals that males activate certain hip and leg muscles more than females during the motion of the instep and side-foot kicks - the most common soccer kicks - which may help explain why female players are more than twice as likely as males to sustain an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury.

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ARMONK, N.Y., Sept. 2 - IBM  today announced details of the world's fastest computer chip -- the microprocessor in a new version of the IBM mainframe that begins shipping to customers on Sept. 10.

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New Delhi, India, September 1,2010 - The Ministry of Environment and Forests will declare elephant as a National Heritage Animal. The Ministry will also set up National Elephant Conservation Authority to give same degree of visibility, importance and criticality as much as given to National Tiger Conservation Authority.

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New Delhi, India, September 1, 2010 - The Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests has taken step towards Market Based Regulation to control air pollution. Releasing a paper for the Ministry of Environment and Forests, ‘Towards an Emissions Trading Scheme for Air Pollutants in India’ Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment and Forests (I/c) said, “ the most successful example where Market instuments have been used to control air pollution is the case of acid rain in America.

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New Delhi, Aug 29 - The number of Indians or people of Indian origin on Interpol's 'wanted' list is on the rise with 656 of them getting red-alert notices in little over five years.

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DETROIT, Aug. 28 - George Jetson's flying car isn't here yet. But safety engineers at Cadillac are working on something arguably better -- a crash-proof car.

It may sound like sci-fi, but it's not all that far-fetched.

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