MIT engineers induce plants to give off light
By embedding specialised nanoparticles into the leaves of a watercress plant, the researchers successfully induced the plants to give off dim light for nearly four hours, according to the study
Dec 14, 2017, 20:30 PM IST
Isaac Newton, the artist? Graffiti sketched by scientist as a young boy discovered
The sketch is thought to have been inspired by the building of a mill nearby during Newton's childhood.
Dec 11, 2017, 17:04 PM IST
Restorers uncover 250-year-old 'time capsule' inside Jesus Christ's statue – Watch
The note discusses key facts about the statue, such as who carved it and that it is made from wood.
Dec 09, 2017, 16:53 PM IST
It`s a man`s world: Women scarce in Nobel Prize annals
While the number of women Nobel laureates has risen in recent decades -- from just four between 1901, the first year of the prizes, and 1920 to 19 between 2001 and 2017 -- the 48 women crowned over
Dec 08, 2017, 11:17 AM IST
Scientists devise new way to see through walls of unknown materials
Besides having applications in the realm of security, the approach could lead to inexpensive devices to help construction workers easily locate conduits, pipes and wires.
Dec 07, 2017, 16:48 PM IST
No more waiting at petrol pumps: Beer to power our cars in future
The researchers have been working for several years to develop technology that will convert widely-available ethanol into butanol.
Dec 07, 2017, 13:43 PM IST
Scientists create world's smallest copy of Mona Lisa with DNA
While DNA is perhaps best known for encoding the genetic information of living things, the molecule is also an excellent chemical building block.
Dec 07, 2017, 12:09 PM IST
Christmas surprise? Scientists offer evidence pointing at Santa Claus' existence
Oxford University researchers analysed a micro-sample of a pelvis fragment and found that it dated back to the fourth century.
Dec 06, 2017, 18:01 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
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
Artificial photosynthesis system may lead to greener plastics
Ethylene, which is the building block of polyethylene, is an important chemical feedstock produced in large quantities for manufacturing plastics, rubber and fibres.
Nov 29, 2017, 20:15 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
Nov 24, 2017, 17:27 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
Nov 24, 2017, 12:12 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
Second-borns more likely to become criminals, says study
The "curse of the second-born child" might be true and second-borns (particularly boys) are inclined to be more rebellious than their older siblings.
Nov 14, 2017, 13:43 PM IST
