Our artificial cornea breakthrough could lead to self-assembling organs
This technology can gradually expand what we can achieve with bio-synthetic organs and tissues, bringing hope to the millions of people waiting …
How tech rebooted economics and platforms broke the invisible hand
Growing evidence and new research explain the evolution of economic diversity and the need to rethink monopolies in the age of technology
Cicadas could hold the secret to self-cleaning surfaces – new study
Cicadas have a fascinating trick up their sleeves that keeps their wings spotless without any effort
Did our mammal ancestors live alongside dinosaurs? New research hopes to end long-running debate
Placental mammals co-existed with dinosaurs for several million years; they have soared since to become the most dominant animals on Earth
Airplanes face a growing risk of being hit by uncontrolled re-entries of rockets used to launch satellites
An aircraft in flight could be seriously damaged by just 300 grams of space debris impacting an engine, windshield or other critical surface
How ‘wise phones’ and wise humans can help avert a climate apocalypse
The right to unrestricted access to the internet ought to coexist with the responsibility to self-regulated consumption of smartphone internet …
Scientists discover a new way to detect early colon cancer
Colon cancer currently gets detected at a very late stage; the new technique could help detect it at stage I
Why can’t we throw all our trash into a volcano and burn it up?
Reasons include the sacred status of several volcanoes, the toxic nature of trash and the design of volcanoes
Are you a more holistic or analytic thinker? Take this quiz to find out
Analytic thinkers focus on individual objects, assigning them to categories based on their attributes. Holistic thinkers consider the context as …
Scientists develop nanocomposite for bone implants using microwave energy
Researchers at the IIT Mandi, have developed a novel technique to fabricate a porous nanocomposite which shows potential as a bone scaffold
Red planet rumbles: NASA’s recordings of ‘marsquakes’ let us listen to the martian heartbeat
Sounds and vibrations are important, they tell us about the medium they’re travelling through
Drones: From war symbols to technology of hope
The popularity and application of the aerial vehicle is catching up across all regions and sectors in the world
Researchers develop transgenic rice with reduced arsenic accumulation
Lucknow-based CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute researchers developed transgenic rice by inserting a novel fungal gene, which results in …
Yoshinori Ohsumi wins Nobel Prize for experiments on cell recycling system
Ohsumi’s experiments helped us understand that mutations in autophagy genes can cause diseases like cancer
No consensus on consciousness
Despite fanciful theories by psychologists, physicists, neuroscientists and computer scientists, consciousness remains an abiding mystery
The `feeling' in nature
Andrea Wulf resurrects the forgotten intellectual explorer, Alexander von Humboldt, whose work has left a lasting imprint on our understanding of …
The fine science of copying
Scientists and academics in India plagiarise liberally and come up with ingenious excuses for unethical practices
What's the best way to go to the toilet – squatting or sitting?
Pauline Hanson’s concern about the ATO installing squat toilets to cater for its increasingly diverse workforce has prompted debate about …
Power shoe
Apart from fitness there is another good reason one should walk: charging mobile phone. Mandar Tulankar, an engineering student in Nagpur, has …
International Women’s Day: Female biologists bring much-needed perspective to science
Scientific fields have not only overlooked female researchers, but have also overlooked research into female biology, both of humans and animals
Marsquakes: InSight lander shows active faults in the planet’s crust
It successfully managed to use a robot arm to place a seismometer on ground clear of landing platform, then cover it with a wind & thermal shield
Fast radio bursts: The mystery deepens
Research by Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment and Fast Radio Burst Project finds repeated pattern to FRBs
Farmers discuss tech innovations at 107th India Science Congress
The farmers were participating in a Farmer’s Science Congress organised at the ongoing event being held in Bengaluru
Coming up in 2020: Guide to some of the best meteor showers this year promises
The year starts with a bang with the Quadrantids providing a treat for northern hemisphere viewers
If you think the millennium bug was a hoax, here comes a history lesson
A cross section of industries and governments across the world feared their software would go berserk at the turn of the millenium