An international expert has cautioned players by saying that placebos can form an illusion of increasing productivity. It can trick the players by making it appear as a performance-enhancing drug.

The skeletal remains of a human/Neanderthal hybrid are believed to be found in northern Italy. It is being considered that the individual lived 40,000-30,000 years ago.

However, further researches are being conducted on the remains for confirmation that will result in making the skeletal to be the first hybrid ones that proves interbred between humans and Neanderthals.

Nobel prize-winning neurologist Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini died on Sunday at her home in Rome. She was 103 years old.

She did critical discoveries in chemical tools that are used by the body to control the cell growth and build nerve networks. Her research put the light on how these processes are affected in diseases like dementia and cancer.

The Supreme Court of Italy is holding a trial over a case in which the usage of mobile has been linked to brain tumor. It has come to light that a business executive developed brain tumor, which is said to have developed because of excessive usage of mobile.

According to the recent research made by a group of vets, if you ever find your cat troubling you for food, then there are chances that it is caught in the web of eating obsession.

The Perseid meteor shower was the first event, which led Giovanni Schiaparelli, an Italian astronomer, to discover the fact that meteors are nothing, but small fragments of comet, which break always and fall in the form of shower.

An Italy's hospital has become the first in conducting a totally new procedure for a partial liver transplant, says a new report.

As per recent findings, it has been declared that a team of physicists is expecting that they have pin down a hard extract in particle physics.

It has been revealed in a recent report that the borrowing costs in Italy have climbed up to their highest since the time Rome joined in the league with Euro. The new Government of Mario Monti is feeling much pressure of need for quick action. The euro zone crisis is simply moving around in circles with no getting away since a long time now.

Italian restaurant group, Autogrill and US based Starbucks Coffee Company has announced an extension of 10-years in their partnership. Autogrill group and Starbucks have planned to open another 120 new outlets. The more outlets will be opened at airports and highways.