SYDNEY (TIP): Breakthrough research mapping how insulin works at a molecular level could lead to new diabetes treatments and end daily needle jabs, helping hundreds of millions of suffers, scientists said. A joint US-Australian team […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): Scientists have warned of moregreat earthquakes – of the magnitude 8 to 8.5 – in theHimalayas, especially in areas with their surface yet tobe broken by a temblor.A research team led by Nanyang […]
LONDON (TIP): NASA engineers were amazed after clicking a latest picture of the Sun which appeared to be “winking at them”. The image, which actually reveals sunspots caused by intense magnetic activity, was taken on […]
LONDON (TIP): Scientists are designing a new ambitious robotic humanoid helper with artificial muscles to help people with everyday tasks. Engineers at the University of Zurich’s Artificial Intelligence Lab hope that 1.2 metre tall Roboy, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Researchers are developing a ‘smart closet’ that has the artificial intelligence to suggest occasion-based and colour-appropriate outfits. The Magic Closet is a computer programme, under development at the National University of Singapore […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Nasa has developed a new gen-next spacesuit, for its advanced space ventures including the manned Mars mission, that can supply oxygen and protect the astronaut from extreme temperatures. The new space suit is […]
LONDON (TIP): Edible insect protein from mealworms may prove to be a more sustainable alternative to foods like milk and chicken, according to researchers. Researchers compared the environmental impact of meat production on a Beetle […]
MELBOURNE (TIP): Scientists using an intragalactic speed gun have detected five new planets, relatively close to Earth, and one of them is orbiting a star’s habitable zone, where conditions are suitable for life. It would […]
BANGALORE (TIP): The human population on planet Earth is more than 7 billion years old. We share the planet with as many as 8.7 million different forms of life, according to what is being billed […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Nasa’s Johnson Space Center has released its own spoof video of singer Psy’s cross-over Korean pop hit, in one of the newest in line of ” Gangnam Style” parody. The space centre’s parody, […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Astronomers have observed deeper into space than ever before and identified seven new galaxies that formed just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, including one that may be the oldest […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Nasa scientists have spotted the longest extraterrestrial river system ever – on Saturn’s moon Titan – and it appears to be a miniature version of Earth’s Nile river. The river valley on Titan […]
LONDON (TIP): Archaeologists believe they are about to unravel the enigmatic smile behind Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece Mona Lisa after discovering what may be skeleton of the woman who posed for the world’s most famous […]
LONDON (TIP): British architects have proposed the concept of ‘smart’ houses that can metamorphosize into eight different configurations to adapt to seasonal, meteorological and even astronomical conditions. For instance, in the summer plan, bedroom one […]
LONDON (TIP): Researchers are using the imprints of raindrops preserved in a 2.7 billion-year-old rock to figure out what the atmosphere was like on the early Earth. Scientists used the depressions that the drops left […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): The unstoppable Voyager 1 spacecraft has sailed into a new realm of the solar system that scientists did not know existed. Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, have been speeding away […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Building on the success of Curiosity’s Red Planet landing, Nasa has announced plans for a robust multi-year Mars programme , including a new robotic science rover set to launch in 2020. The announcement […]
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese astronauts may grow fresh vegetables in extraterrestrial bases on moon or mars in the future to provide food and oxygen supplies to astronauts, an official said after a successful lab experiment. Deng […]
PARIS (TIP): When it comes to sperm counts, French men aren’t what they used to be, according to a new study. Researchers found that between 1989 and 2005, the number of sperm in one milliliter […]
LONDON (TIP): The Cambridge University is set to open a centre for ‘terminator studies’ where leading academics will study the danger that robots pose, with experts saying in future machines may be an existential threat […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Super-Earths could have oceans of liquid metal and life-protecting magnetic shields, scientists say. Under the heat and pressure that exist inside super- Earths, magnesium oxide and other minerals commonly found in the rocky […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A NASA spacecraft is keeping tabs on a vast dust storm on Mars that has spawned changes in the Martian atmosphere felt by Curiosity rover on the Red planet’s surface. The Martian dust […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): After playing in the sand, the Curiosity rover is poised to trek across the Martian landscape in search of a rock to drill into, scientists reported on November 15. The six-wheel rover […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Researchers have designed a new paperthin bulletproof super material which can selfassemble into alternating glassy and rubbery layers. The nanomaterial could translate into safety beyond vests. These advancements could accelerate progress on protective […]
LONDON (TIP): Early humans who roamed the African savanna three-and-a-half million years ago had a diet more like a cow than a great ape – comprising of grass and sedges, a new Oxford study has […]
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