'Magic dust' may help develop powerful supercomputers
This entirely new design could form the basis of a new type of computer that can solve problems that are currently unsolvable, in diverse fields such as biology, finance or space travel, researchers said.
Sep 26, 2017, 14:30 PM IST
Click beetles inspire new self-righting robots
The researchers looked at several species of click beetles, ranging in size from a few just few millimetres to several centimetres in length.
Sep 26, 2017, 14:13 PM IST
Scientists design novel aluminium that floats on water
In its conventional form, aluminium is denser than water. An aluminium spoon will a sink to the bottom if thrown in water.
Sep 24, 2017, 14:21 PM IST
New technique to 3D print metal alloys developed
The method can be applied to additional alloy families such as high-strength steels and nickel-based superalloys difficult to 3D print using existing techniques.
Sep 22, 2017, 17:45 PM IST
God can wait: Majority of Britons say they have no religion
A majority of them identify themselves as humanists instead.
Sep 20, 2017, 11:34 AM IST
Smart roads could power street lamps, electric cars
The research project aims to design and optimise energy recovery of around one to two megawatts per kilometre under 'normal' traffic volumes -- which is around 2,000 to 3,000 cars an hour.
Sep 19, 2017, 20:09 PM IST
Supermassive black holes can form tightly bound pairs, says study
The study published in the journal Nature Astronomy sheds light on a class of black holes having a mass upwards of one million times the mass of the Sun.
New type of washable solar cell developed
The finding could open the way for wearable solar cells, which will provide power to devices such as health monitors incorporated into clothing, researchers said.
Sep 19, 2017, 17:11 PM IST
New devices can transmit information with almost zero power
Current flexible electronics and sensors that can operate with very low power typically can not communicate with other devices more than a few feet or meters away.
Sep 18, 2017, 18:27 PM IST
Chinese scientist and founding father of world's largest radio telescope passes away at 72
Nan was diagnosed with lung cancer before FAST was put into use in September 2016, and he continued his duties despite his illness.
Sep 17, 2017, 18:10 PM IST
Renewable electricity from waste toilet paper? Scientists say it's possible! - Read
Unlike solar and wind energy, which fluctuate with the time of the day and the weather, waste toilet paper is a continually available resource.
Sep 17, 2017, 13:59 PM IST
End of the world near – Conspiracy theorists say it will happen on September 23!
The Rapture is the second coming of Jesus Christ as prophesied in John 14:1-3 where those who have lived 'sin free' lives meet the Lord, the report explained.
Sep 15, 2017, 18:57 PM IST
Novel DNA nanorobot can pick up, sort molecules
Scientists, including one of Indian origin, have developed a nanorobot using a single DNA strand that can pick up certain molecules and drop them off in designated locations, paving the way for synthesising novel therapeutic chemicals and drug delivery systems.
Sep 15, 2017, 15:54 PM IST
India's Chandrayaan-1 helps scientists create first global map of water on Moon
Scientists used a new calibration of data taken from NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper, which flew aboard Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, to quantify how much water is present on a global scale.
Sep 14, 2017, 16:23 PM IST
Flexible electronic 'skin' may lend robots a sense of touch
Researchers from the University of Houston in the US developed a new mechanism for producing stretchable electronics, a process that relies on readily available materials and could be scaled up for commercial production.
Sep 14, 2017, 13:10 PM IST
Mammoth skeletons may fetch up to 400,000 pounds at auction
The skeletons of the family, consisting of adult male and female mammoths, a younger female and a year-old baby, were all found together during building works near the Siberian city of Tomsk in 2002.
Sep 13, 2017, 19:06 PM IST
China plans nationwide use of bio-ethanol fuel by 2020
More than 40 countries and regions consume about 600 million tonnes of ethanol fuel every year, accounting for around 60 per cent of the world's annual gasoline use.
Sep 13, 2017, 16:50 PM IST
New nano-powder to produce hydrogen fuel from urine
Scientists from the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) had earlier announced that their nano-galvanic aluminium-based powder produced pure hydrogen when coming into contact with water.
Sep 13, 2017, 13:19 PM IST
New microchip for ingestible 'smart pills' developed
The silicon-chip device called ATOMS - short for addressable transmitters operated as magnetic spins - could one day serve as miniature robotic wardens of our bodies, monitoring a patient's gastrointestinal tract, blood, or brain.
Sep 13, 2017, 12:17 PM IST
Generating electricity from flowing blood? Scientists develop new power generator
The construction principle of the fibre is quite simple.
Sep 11, 2017, 17:37 PM IST
