MIT engineers print 'living tattoo' with bacteria cells
Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have found a way to 3-D print a 'living tattoo' using a new kind of ink made from genetically programmed living bacteria cells.
Dec 06, 2017, 17:12 PM IST
Detailed map shows mysterious fast-moving gas covering 13% of the sky
Astronomers had proposed several hypotheses about where high-velocity clouds come from.
Dec 05, 2017, 17:06 PM IST
Wearable ring allows users to type on fingers
The system called Fingersound is triggered by a thumb ring outfitted with a gyroscope and tiny microphone. It allows people to trace letters on their fingers and see the figures appear on a nearby computer screen.
Dec 03, 2017, 17:13 PM IST
All animals have one common ancestor – Sea sponges: Scientists
The researchers found that models that can better describe the data favour sponges at the root of the animal tree.
Dec 03, 2017, 16:47 PM IST
China's manned submersible to begin trial by 2020
China became the third country after Japan and the US to build submersibles capable of reaching depths in excess of 10,000 metres,
Nov 28, 2017, 20:22 PM IST
Researchers develop dye to help identify 'lost' ocean microplastics
The dye specifically binds to plastic particles, and renders them easily visible under a fluorescence microscope.
Nov 24, 2017, 17:46 PM IST
New batteries with improved performance, safety developed
The battery prototype known as all-solid-state uses a solid instead of a liquid electrolyte that enables the use of a metal anode by blocking the formation of dendrites, making it possible to store more energy while guaranteeing safety.
Nov 24, 2017, 17:27 PM IST
Mysterious loud booms heard across the world: Report
The boom has left experts stumped, with suggested causes ranging from supersonic aircrafts to meteors exploding in the atmosphere.
Nov 24, 2017, 16:13 PM IST
World's smallest tape recorder built from bacteria
The researchers modified an ordinary laboratory strain of the ubiquitous human gut microbe Escherichia coli, enabling the bacteria to not only record their interactions with the environment but also time-stamp the events.
Nov 24, 2017, 12:12 PM IST
Dark matter, dark energy may not exist: Study
For close to a century, researchers have hypothesised that the universe contains more matter than can be directly observed, known as "dark matter".
Nov 23, 2017, 17:59 PM IST
World's first-ever manmade meteor shower to take place in 2019
The tech involves real material coming down from orbit and burning in the atmosphere.
Nov 21, 2017, 19:10 PM IST
Will coal be replaced by chicken, turkey poop to generate electricity?
The researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel noted that environmentally safe disposal of poultry excrement has become a significant problem.
Nov 20, 2017, 17:01 PM IST
London to use waste coffee grounds to power city's buses
Transport for London (TfL) has increasingly turned to using biofuels to reduce transport emissions.
Nov 20, 2017, 10:49 AM IST
Researchers develop novel motion sensors
The new technology is versatile and the sensors are affordable to print.
Nov 19, 2017, 18:31 PM IST
Researchers devise new catalyst to recycle CO2, methane
Environmental, scientists have described how they created an advanced nickel-based catalyst strengthened with tin and ceria, and used it to transform CO2 and CH4 into a synthesis gas that can be used to produce fuels and a range of valuable chemicals.
Aliens visiting? Crashed UFO on Mars and one hovering over navy base in California spotted
The search for alien life has been going on for years and those involved in alien hunting or UFO hunting have many a times, come close enough to provide evidence justifying it.
Nov 14, 2017, 18:18 PM IST
Pair of rare hyper-luminous galaxies spotted for the first time
The ADFS-27 system has approximately 50 times the amount of star-forming gas as the Milky Way, said the study published in the Astrophysical Journal.
Nov 14, 2017, 12:50 PM IST
Want a more secure password to your smartphone? Your sweat could help
Skin secretions contain many small molecules – or metabolites – that can each be targeted for authentication analysis.
Nov 13, 2017, 13:47 PM IST
Was life on Earth triggered by a hair bleach chemical?
The beginning and the consequent evolution of life on Earth has been under constant scrutiny in the field of science.
Nov 13, 2017, 08:55 AM IST
Thin, flexible material generates electricity when stretched
The specially designed rubber, developed by researchers at Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) is able to convert mechanical movements into electrical charges.
Nov 12, 2017, 15:42 PM IST
