Dipstick

Paper strip for blood type test  

Electrifying tale

Power transmission will be done more smoothly in the future with the help of a new electronic device, the thyristor-controlled series compensator.…

On the dot

A magnetically guided neurosurgical technique called magnetic stereotaxis could enable the performance of delicate brain surgery without …

Syringe safety

Clinical safety comes of age with the devising of a new equipment to dispose of all infected "sharps"

Combination of rays

For the first time, scientists have combined two complementary imaging techniques to peep inside the human body. Though still in the infant stage,…

Pie in the sky

A towering structure, proposed for generating eco-friendly power in the Netherlands, has run into trouble with engineers and energy experts who …

Fading prospects

With dangers of nuclear pollution looming large over the world, there is an imminent need for an open debate on pushing nuclear option as an …

`Remote sensing is being used to predict crop-growing seasons'

Satellite technology is not just being used to monitor and predict climate change events. Its applications are now also accurately estimating crop-…

Better cells

Trapping solar energy in space

Can solar power ever become a major source of energy?

Geologists get new tool to manage multiple data

Nanoparticles make bone implant long lasting

Low-volt chip for longer cell phone battery life

One of the world's largest radio telescope being set up near Pune will look for incontrovertible evidence for the Big Bang theory on the origin …

Take it lightly

A new material could enhance the capacity of the information superhighway

Satellite steering

Cyberspace cinema

Moulds for wounds

Gumming up the works

Asbestos-free clutch

Hollering bagtags

Enlightening sulphur

Eternal launcher

Kitchenware in orbit

Smallest palmcorders