Nov 17 2007
Nanoparticles are increasingly executing their magic in various fields of sciences - especially in medicines, security and electronics. And it is real impressive when they are even controlled remotely! The MIT scientists have developed...
Nov 17 2007
The word ‘fingerprinting’ straightaway reminds us of a stronger security check. This authentication technique has been helping law enforcement officials identify potential criminals for decades. And, its application has gained wider usage...
Nov 16 2007
The thought of crawling into the darkest corners of the room — with spiders and dampness waiting to welcome you — either to clean or inspect them, itself brings in repulsion. I guess many of you share a similar disliking even by the though...
Nov 16 2007
The 12 members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) pump about 40 percent of the world’s crude oil and it has sought to reposition itself to gain praise from the UN’s top climate change official at the centre of the...
Nov 16 2007
Hair loss affects about 35 million men and 21 million women in the United States alone. 40 percent of men have noticeable hair loss by age 35 and 65 percent by age 60. And to worsen the matter, the sufferers of hair loss often decline to admit their...
Nov 16 2007
About 2 years back, 1000 kilometers from the North Pole, the ‘future of life’ was planned on remote Arctic island – the seed bank or call it the ‘doomsday vault’. Yes, it is where, around 2 million seeds representing all...
Nov 16 2007
Here is yet another discovery of a dinosaur. It may no longer surprise or appeal us, but only the scientists. But, recently a new dinosaur finding breaks all the rules been generated till date. It has a strange, a stout sauropod with a muzzle shaped...
Nov 16 2007
While on one hand, the Queensland University of Technology researchers are finding if daily doses of fish oil can actually help children suffering from attention deficit disorder, on the other, scientists are making sure that people suffering from...
Nov 15 2007
Do you know, up to 7.5 percent of school-aged children are generally affected with Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD)? And to add to the crisis, the parents of 7 percent of children 6-11 years of age are being told by a doctor of their child having the...
Nov 15 2007
Using cloning to produce monkey embryos and then extracting stem cells from them reminds of yet another so-called ‘breakthrough’ in the field of science research where South Korean researchers reported making stem cells from cloned human...