Royal Society of Medicine

Leonardo da Vinci could have experienced nerve damage in a fall, impeding his ability to paint in later life, Italian doctors suggest, reported BBC. 

They diagnosed ulnar palsy, or "claw hand", by analysing the depiction of his right hand in two artworks.

It had been suggested that Leonardo's hand impairment was caused by a stroke.

BELGRADE - Academician Vladimir Kostic was elected chairman of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) on Tuesday.

Kostic won majority support in a secret voting held at a session of the SANU Assembly.