Science and Technology: News
25 Jul 2024
TechnologyScientists develop new batteries that maintain efficiency even at 100°C
Researchers have developed a new generation of lithium metal batteries that can withstand high temperatures and offer an extended lifespan and increased safety.
21 Jul 2024
Nuclear FusionWHAM's experiment paves way for clean, carbon-free fusion power
The Wisconsin HTS Asymmetric Mirror (WHAM), a fusion energy device developed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) team, has achieved a world record using the strongest steady magnetic field.
20 Jul 2024
TechnologyGroundbreaking study paves way for faster, more energy-efficient hard disks
In a pioneering study, physicists have successfully manipulated the magnetic properties of rare earth elements using laser pulses.
19 Jul 2024
TechnologyMozilla's new feature pretends to protect privacy but promotes ads
Mozilla introduced the Firefox 128 browser update a week ago, featuring improvements for local text translation, UI, and DNS proxies.
18 Jul 2024
TechnologyMeet the 'Supermodel Granny' drug that could extend your lifespan
Researchers at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Medical Science, Imperial College London, and Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore have developed a drug that extends the lifespan of mice by 25%.
18 Jul 2024
RobotsRobots to reveal how the Titanic wreckage is deteriorating
A pair of remote-operated vehicles (ROVs) will descend to the Titanic wreckage this week, marking a significant expedition organized by RMS Titanic, the company that holds the salvage rights to the wreck.
06 Jul 2024
TechnologyEarth's on time! No leap second needed for 2024
The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS), has announced that no leap second will be added to universal time in 2024.
18 Jun 2024
TechnologyIndian scientists develop self-healing polymers using waste materials
Researchers at Shiv Nadar University have invented sustainable polymers using industrial waste, marking a significant stride in tackling the global plastic pollution crisis.
16 Jun 2024
Health & WellnessHuman brain neurons may exist in 2 states of matter
A groundbreaking study published in Communications Physics, suggests that the neurons in our brain may exist in two distinct states of matter, and cannot be definitively categorized as solely one of them.
09 Jun 2024
University of MichiganBrain cells may predict future events during sleep, study reveals
A recent study from the University of Michigan suggests that neurons in the brain's memory center, may not only revisit past experiences during sleep.
05 Jun 2024
K-PopG-Dragon joins KAIST as a visiting professor
Renowned artist G-Dragon has been appointed as a visiting professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).
03 Jun 2024
CancerNew blood test predicts breast cancer recurrence years before symptoms
Despite advancements in treatment, diseases like breast cancer often return, usually at a more advanced stage.
02 Jun 2024
DNAGroundbreaking discovery: Tiny fern holds largest genome ever sequenced
In a remarkable scientific breakthrough, researchers have discovered the largest genome ever sequenced in a small Pacific fern known as T. oblanceolata.
31 May 2024
TechnologyWorld's first tooth-regrowing drug approved for human trials
A revolutionary drug capable of regenerating teeth, has been greenlit for human trials.
31 May 2024
TechnologyWordle vs Worldle: NYT files case against geography spinoff game
The New York Times (NYT), owner of the popular online game Wordle, is legally challenging a geography-based spinoff named Worldle.
26 May 2024
TechnologyICQ instant messaging service to shut down after 28 years
Russian company VK, which has managed the once-popular instant messaging service ICQ since 2010, has announced that "ICQ will stop working from June 26."
19 May 2024
TechnologyScientists create app to annoy users into reducing smartphone usage
Scientists have developed a novel application, InteractOut, with the aim of reducing excessive smartphone usage.
18 May 2024
Gaming BytesAyaneo announces modernized Game Boy, power bank, mini-PC, and more
Ayaneo, a handheld gaming PC maker, has announced two new emulator-centric pocket computers.
12 May 2024
ResearchPhysicists uncover potential evidence of the hypothetical 'Glueball' particle
Researchers may have unearthed potential evidence of the elusive 'glueball' particle in a recent particle accelerator experiment.
12 May 2024
Space NewsWarp drives for interstellar travel could become reality, study suggests
A groundbreaking study led by Jared Fuchs, a senior scientist at Applied Physics, suggests that warp drives may no longer be confined to the realm of science fiction.
07 May 2024
United States of AmericaUS college students discover new proofs of Pythagoras's theorem
Two US college freshmen, Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson, have once again made waves in the mathematical world.
05 May 2024
ResearchLaron syndrome's genetic mutation can protect people from aging
Medical professionals are intrigued by a unique genetic anomaly known as Laron syndrome, which is primarily seen in certain individuals with dwarfism.
05 May 2024
ResearchRevolutionary discovery! Bacteria converts blood to universal donor type
A team of researchers has made a groundbreaking discovery, unearthing a common bacteria capable of modifying enzymes in blood.
29 Apr 2024
BusinessPhilips shares soar after $1.1B settlement of sleep apnea-related claims
Philips, a prominent medical equipment manufacturer, witnessed a record 37% surge in its shares in Amsterdam.
28 Apr 2024
IrelandArchaeologists uncover structures possibly serving as 'Pathways for the Dead'
In a significant archaeological breakthrough, ancient structures believed to be "pathways for the dead" have been discovered in Baltinglass, County Wicklow, Ireland.
27 Apr 2024
ResearchScientists discover rocks that provide earliest evidence of Earth's magnetosphere
A groundbreaking study led by University of Oxford geologist Claire Nichols, has uncovered evidence of Earth's magnetic field in 3.7-billion-year-old rocks from Isua, Greenland.
26 Apr 2024
3D PrintingWorld's largest 3D printer can build home in 80 hours
The University of Maine has made headlines by unveiling the world's largest polymer 3D printer, named the Factory of the Future 1.0 (FoF 1.0).
26 Apr 2024
TechnologyHasbro's new Megatron is the coolest self-transforming toy ever
American multinational toy company Hasbro, in collaboration with Robosen, has introduced a new self-transforming Megatron toy.
26 Apr 2024
CancerNew imaging technique offers insights into how cancer cells work
Scientists from the University of Surrey, in collaboration with University College London, GSK, Yokogawa, and Sciex, have developed an innovative imaging method for cancer.
23 Apr 2024
ResearchMemory formation triggers inflammation and DNA damage in brain cells
A recent study, published in Nature, has unveiled that the formation of long-term memories can trigger inflammation and cause DNA damage in brain cells.
22 Apr 2024
TechnologyAlien life likely to be purple and not green: Research
The quest for extraterrestrial life has taken an intriguing twist with scientists now proposing that alien life may be purple rather than green.
21 Apr 2024
North AmericaScientists clone black-footed ferrets from cells dating back to 1988
In a significant conservation achievement, scientists have successfully cloned two black-footed ferrets, Noreen and Antonia.
19 Apr 2024
LifestyleFossil discovered in Kutch likely belongs to largest-ever living snake
A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has made a significant discovery in Gujarat's Kutch region.
15 Apr 2024
Space NewsRare celestial event to shed light on Stonehenge's lunar connection
During an upcoming rare lunar event, a new project is set to investigate the connection between Wiltshire-based pre-historic megalithic structure Stonehenge and the Moon.
11 Apr 2024
University Of CaliforniaMini 5G towers could solve your smartphone battery woes: Research
A team of scientists from the University of California has proposed an innovative strategy that could potentially extend smartphone battery life by up to 50% in urban areas.
10 Apr 2024
Solar SystemEarth could be swallowed up by Sun, warns new study
A new research suggests a dramatic end awaits our solar system as the Sun exhausts its energy reserves.
10 Apr 2024
HarvardHarvard researchers develop novel 'smart fluid' that changes its properties
A team of scientists at Harvard University has achieved a significant breakthrough in the field of metamaterials by creating a programmable fluid called "metafluid."
07 Apr 2024
ResearchResearchers unintentionally made mouse develop legs in place of genitals
In a surprising turn of events, scientists at Portugal's Gulbenkian Science Institute, have inadvertently engineered a mouse embryo to grow an extra pair of legs in place of genitals.
04 Apr 2024
TechnologyInnovative gene-editing trial paused as patient experiences unusual side effects
Verve Therapeutics, a pioneering biotech start-up, has temporarily halted its inaugural human gene-editing trial known as the "Heart-1" trial.
27 Mar 2024
ResearchHuman brains growing larger with each generation, says study
A groundbreaking study has found that the human brain has been gradually growing in size over generations.
21 Mar 2024
TechnologyPhysicist found guilty of research misconduct in superconductivity breakthrough
Ranga Dias, a physicist who developed novel room-temperature superconductor, has been found guilty of research misconduct.
26 Feb 2024
IIT MadrasIndian-origin professor Ashok Veeraraghavan receives Texas' most prestigious award
Dr. Ashok Veeraraghavan, a talented computer engineer and professor of Indian origin, has been awarded the prestigious Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award—the highest academic honor in Texas.
19 Feb 2024
CanadaCanadian lakes offer insights into life's beginnings
Around four billion years ago, as life first emerged on Earth, the environment likely resembled a barren volcanic landscape devoid of flora and fauna, rather than being predominantly oceanic.
15 Feb 2024
LifestyleExploring Point Nemo: The remotest place on earth
Deep within the vast expanse of the ocean lies a geographic anomaly known as Point Nemo, an invisible spot.
08 Feb 2024
TechnologySnow Moon, Jupiter-Moon union: Unmissable celestial events happening in February
As we step into the spring breeze of February, the night sky is ready to set the stage for cosmic wonders.
02 Feb 2024
Health & WellnessObelisks: New life found in the human digestive system
Delving into the intricate ecosystem of microbes inhabiting the human body, scientists have unexpectedly encountered a novel category of a virus entity.
02 Feb 2024
Health & WellnessTomato juice is natural Salmonella fighter, confirms study
A study conducted by Cornell University suggests that tomatoes and tomato juice may have the potential to combat bacterial infections in the gut, particularly targeting Salmonella enterica typhi, a bacteria responsible for causing typhoid fever.
31 Jan 2024
BiologyRare footage captures live great white birth, solving birthing mystery
In a groundbreaking discovery, wildlife filmmaker Carlos Gauna, known as The Malibu Artist, and UC Riverside biology doctoral student Phillip Sternes encountered a rare sight on July 9, 2023, near Santa Barbara on California's central coast.
31 Jan 2024
LifestyleResearchers discover why insects are attracted to artificial light
A recent study published in the journal Nature Communications has shed light on why insects are drawn to artificial light sources.
25 Jan 2024
EnvironmentIVF breakthrough ignites hope for northern white rhinos
Biorescue Scientific Consortium has achieved groundbreaking success by conducting the first in-vitro fertilization (IVF) on a southern white rhino, a development that brings hope for the endangered northern white rhino which is technically extinct, unable to reproduce naturally.
24 Jan 2024
LifestyleOn camera: Plants talk using smell; video goes viral
A team of Japanese scientists from Saitama University has made a groundbreaking discovery by capturing real-time footage of plants communicating with each other.
04 Jan 2024
Technology500-million-year-old 'giant' predator worms discovered in Greenland
A pathbreaking discovery in Greenland has revealed fossils of 500-million-year-old predator worms, known as Timorebestia or "terror beasts."
12 Sep 2023
TechnologyIan Wilmut, who cloned Dolly the sheep, dies at 79
Sir Ian Wilmut, the renowned scientist who led the team that successfully cloned Dolly the sheep in 1996, passed away at the age of 79.
11 Sep 2023
TechnologySay what? Scientist believes humans can live for 1,000 years
A Portuguese scientist and microbiologist named João Pedro de Magalhães believes that humans will be able to live up to 1,000 years or more one day.
06 Aug 2023
Health & WellnessUnregulated sex toys are a hidden health hazard: Here's why
Despite concerns from scientists and activists, US and UK regulators are yet to address the potential health risks of sex toys.
03 Aug 2023
PeruAncient whale found in Peru may be Earth's heaviest animal
Move over, blue whale! There's a heavyweight newcomer in town.
20 Jul 2023
AsteroidAfter 2 asteroids yesterday, 3 more are approaching Earth today
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has tracked five asteroids hurtling toward Earth in the second half of July.
07 Jul 2023
LifestyleFamous skeletal remains, 'Ivory Man' is not male but female
Ancient skeletal remains buried with ivory tusks, ostrich eggshells, and a rock crystal dagger discovered in a tomb near Seville, Spain, in 2008 clearly indicate that the skeletal remains belonged to a high-status individual in the past.
29 Jun 2023
Health & WellnessGenetically engineered mosquitoes can eradicate malaria, here's how
Since time immemorial, communities all over the world have been struggling against the relentless impact of malaria.
17 Jun 2023
WorldGroundwater extraction tilting Earth's spin, may fuel climate change: Report
Humans have pumped so much water out of the ground that Earth has tilted nearly 80cm east between 1993 and 2010, according to a study published in Geophysical Research Letters, the journal of the American Geophysical Union.
08 Jun 2023
PetsGene therapy may offer surgery-free birth control for cats
Cats may be adored by humans for their cuteness, but they hold a darker reputation among birds and small mammals.
08 Jun 2023
LifestyleVirgin birth: These animals don't need mating partners to reproduce
In an extraordinary occurrence, a female crocodile in a zoo in Costa Rica has astounded scientists by achieving a "virgin birth," a first for the species.
27 May 2023
EnvironmentBattery made out of sand? This is how it works
Imagine a battery that is not only powerful but also incredibly unique - a battery made out of sand.
24 Apr 2023
BabyIVG: Tech that can turn skin cells into babies
It's amazing what science can do these days. In vitro gametogenesis (IVG) is a remarkable reproductive technology that can create babies from skin cells!
18 Apr 2023
FoodMagic Mushrooms: Science behind this psychedelic wonder
Magic mushrooms, the colorful and mysterious fungi, have been captivating humans for centuries.
21 Mar 2023
TechnologyThis Raspberry Pi-based device lets you control computers with brain
The ability to control computers with our brains is a skill that we are still mastering. The technology is beneficial but is expensive more often than not.
18 Jan 2023
ResearchIn a first, scientists create a robot that can smell
A team of researchers from Tel Aviv University has developed a robot with a sense of smell. It was created by combining antennae taken from desert locusts with an electronic system, and artificial intelligence tools were used for signal analysis.
17 Jan 2023
Lightning StrikeIn a first, scientists divert lightning strikes using lasers
Scientists, for the first time, have shown that high-powered lasers can be used to steer lightning strikes.
02 Jan 2023
LifestyleAI-generated images: A powerful tool or a potential danger
A viral social media post shared by Twitter user Madhav Kohli shows the perfect stereotypical descriptions of Indian men and women from various regions of India.
26 Dec 2022
GooglePopular gadgets, apps, and other tech we lost in 2022
To say this year has been a whirlwind for the science and tech world is an understatement. From tech downfall to AI's giant leap to James Webb...we have seen it all.
