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24 Feb 2018

Artificial eye to help correct blurry images

To build the artificial eye, the researchers first needed to scale-up the metalens.

17 Nov 2017

NASA warns of melting ice caps; Mumbai, Mangalore at high risk of flooding

The researchers explained that as land ice is lost to the oceans, both the Earth's gravitational and rotational potentials are perturbed, resulting in strong spatial patterns in sea-level rise (SLR).

29 Aug 2017

New way to mix water and oil identified

The team squeezed methane and water molecules between two ultra-sharp diamonds and compressed them by bringing the two anvil points together.

27 May 2017

Have trouble sleeping? Climate change is about to make it worse!

Researchers have long known that being too hot or too cold at night can disturb anyone’s sleep, but nobody had thought to ask how that might affect people in a world grown hotter because of climate change.

21 May 2017

New workout suit breathes out body's heat, sweat

In the study published in the journal Science Advances, the researchers engineered moisture-sensitive cells to not only pull flaps open but also light up in response to humid conditions.

Science Advances

15 Apr 2016

Pollutants in fish may prevent humans from expelling toxins

Fish that contain environmental pollutants may harm people who eat them by preventing the human body from doing its natural job of flushing out toxins.

28 Feb 2016

'Smart wallpaper' that absorbs light, heat to power homes

Just one atom thick, graphene is very strong but traditionally inefficient at light absorption.

06 Feb 2016

`Cannibalism` between stars

During each episode, the star is consuming the equivalent of one Earth mass every ten days.

Heart functioning

03 Jan 2016

Stretchy, wearable device to monitor heart functioning

The circuit of the device made from a stretchable silicon membrane containing gold nanoparticles which are regarded suitable for long-term memory storage.

26 Dec 2015

For people with hair loss, a promising option

One is approved for treatment of blood diseases (ruxolitinib) and the other for rheumatoid arthritis (tofacitinib). Both are being tested in clinical trials for the treatment of plaque psoriasis and alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss.

Animal extinction

21 Dec 2015

Decline in large animals could worsen climate change

The research team studied data from more than 2,000 tree species in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, and more than 800 animal species.

Medieval Warm Period

06 Dec 2015

'Medieval Warm Period' was not global, shows study

The native Inuit remained, but Europeans did not re-inhabit Greenland until the 1700s.

29 Nov 2015

Reptile fossil explains how snakes lost their legs

Scientists used CT scans to examine the bony inner ear of Dinilysia patagonica, a 2-metre long reptile closely linked to modern snakes.

29 Nov 2015

Early ecosystems were more complex than previously believed

Using a computer modelling approach called computational fluid dynamics, they were able to show that Tribrachidium fed by collecting particles suspended in water.

04 Oct 2015

How blue whales plan their feed 'outings'

Are whales indiscriminate grazers that consume copious amounts of tiny krill throughout the day? No, says a new study which finds that whales forage efficiently to optimise their energy levels.

03 Oct 2015

Powder to instantly stop bleeding comes closer to reality

A team of researchers has created a self-propelled powder to stop bleeding.

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