WASHINGTON (TIP): Inadequate exposure to natural light during the day and overexposure to artificial light at night can actually mess up our body’s natural sleep/wake cycle, researchers say. “It’s become clear that typical lighting is […]
VANCOUVER (TIP): A terrifying killer liquid metal robot portrayed in the movie ‘Terminator’, has inspired what was heralded here as a revolution in 3D printing. At the TED conference on Tuesday, chemist Joseph DeSimone displayed […]
In case of fire, use elevators.” It sounds like apostasy, as if a lifetime’s indoctrination had suddenly been invalidated. But it is exactly the instruction that office workers in New York’s tallest skyscrapers may receive in […]
India’s first hand transplant was carried out successfully at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, on January 13, 2015 though several have been performed globally over the last decade. The milestone has already been lauded […]
Akash tablet maker DataWind is back with another product which will be the most affordable smartphone starting at just Rs 1,999 in collaboration with Reliance Communications. The new range of PocketSurfer smartphones is powered with […]
CAPE CANAVERAL (TIP): NASA launched four identical spacecraft Thursday on a billion-dollar mission to study the explosive give-and-take of the Earth and sun’s magnetic fields. The unmanned Atlas rocket — and NASA’s NASA — soared […]
In yet another display of Gujarati ‘jugaad’, a team of scientists from Gandhinagar-based Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI) has designed solar panels that can be stacked one on top of the other. These solar […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Milky Way galaxy is at least 50% bigger than commonly estimated, according to a new study which found that the galactic disk is contoured into several concentric ripples. The research, conducted by […]
BEIJING (TIP): A ‘green’ material derived from natural silk can boost the performance of lithium-ion batteries used in portable gadgets and electric cars, scientists say. Carbon is a key component in commercial lithium-ion energy storage […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Ballpoint pens filled with high-tech bio-inks can be used to draw sensors directly on the skin to help detect glucose levels in diabetics, scientists say. The research leads to an era when anyone […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Humans may soon be able to talk to computers and robots the same way they talk to their friends, scientists say. A new programme from the US Defence Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Contrary to earlier visualisations, the sun’s heliosphere is dominated by two giant jets of material shooting backwards over the north and south poles of the sun. The heliosphere is created by the solar […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Using a new instrument developed with Indian collaboration, Nasa astronomers have discovered a planet 136 light-years away which is attached to four parent stars. They also discovered another planet in the care […]
Air in Delhi is world’s worst, 13 other Indian cities aren’t far behind India is ending years of denial about its air quality, while the US Embassy in New Delhi plans to give daily accurate […]
LONDON (TIP): Scientists have developed a fever alarm armband – a flexible, self-powered wearable device that sounds an alarm in case of high body temperature. The flexible organic components developed for this device by the […]
LONDON: A simple paper strip similar to a pregnancy test can now diagnose Ebola in less than 10 minutes besides viral haemorrhagic fevers like yellow fever and dengue. Unlike most existing paper diagnostics, which test […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Nasa is planning a mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa to search for signs of alien life on the icy, ocean-harbouring world. Nasa has asked scientists to consider ways that a Europa mission could […]
LONDON (TIP): In a breakthrough, researchers led by an Indian-origin scientist, have shown that stem cells from the skin of two adults of the same sex can be used to make human egg and sperm […]
The days of frequent phone recharges may soon be over, if an award-winning experiment by Indian-American teenager, translates successfully to commercial production. Saratoga, California-based Eesha Khare, then 18, won the $50,000 Young Scientist prize at the 2013 Intel […]
A mysterious alien object has been snapped in the skies above Cornwall. The UFO was caught on camera above a beach in Bude on Tuesday. Now experts want help identifying the strange aerial craft. Dave […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A Harvard researcher has developed a ‘bone marrow on a chip’ that can help study the harmful effects of radiation on humans. “It’s unethical to expose humans to the kind of radiation that […]
TORONTO (TIP): A researcher in Canada has developed a skin cream that allows people to painlessly get rid of tattoos. Alec Falkenham, a PhD student in Dalhousie University’s pathology department, has come up with an […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): About 70,000 years ago, a runaway star wandered into our solar system’s backyard, an international team of astronomers have found. The rogue star, nick-named “Scholz’s star” after its discoverer, penetrated into the […]
The media and blogs were rife with speculation this weekend over the possible development of a new minivan-style electric car by Apple, taking on other industry majors like Tesla and Google in the process. Citing […]
LONDON (TIP): Doctors in Britain have performed the first organ transplants from a new born in the UK. In what is being called a milestone in neonatal care, a six-day-old baby girl’s kidneys and liver […]
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