London, May 23 The online sale of endangered and threatened wildlife was rife across Europe, ranging from live cheetahs, orangutans, bears, polar bear skins, live reptiles and birds, a new investigation has revealed. Researchers from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) spent six weeks tracking adverts on 100 onlineRead More

Washington, May 23 When NASA’s s Parker Solar Probe, humanity’s first mission to “touch” a star, launches on July 31, it will carry more than scientific instruments on this historic journey — it will also hold more than 1.1 million names submitted by the public to go to the Sun,Read More

Los Angeles, May 22 Scientists have developed a 3D printer that can build therapeutic biomaterials, paving the way for on-demand printing of complex artificial tissues needed in transplants and surgeries. The technique, developed by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the US, uses a light-based processRead More

LONDON, May 22 Using data collected from underwater drones, merchant ships, fishing boats and even explorers, a new scientific project aims to map the ocean floor by 2030 and solve one of the world’s enduring mysteries. With 190 million square km (73 million square miles) of water—or about 93 perRead More

WASHINGTON: Scientists have developed an automated robotic system that can rapidly produce mini human organs required for medical research and drug testing. The traditional way to grow cells for biomedical research is to culture them as flat, two-dimensional sheets, which are overly simplistic. In recent years, researchers have been increasinglyRead More

Washington Scientists—including one of Indian origin—have created bioengineered bacteria that can break down plant components into valuable chemicals required to manufacture products like nylon, plastics and pharmaceuticals, which are currently derived from petroleum. Economically and efficiently converting tough plant matter, called lignin, has long been a stumbling block for widerRead More

NEW YORK: Scientists have developed a novel self-assembling battery device that can be recharged within seconds and could power mobile devices of the future. Researchers from Cornell University in the US created a new battery architecture to address the demands for energy storage devices that can be charged faster. InsteadRead More

San Francisco, May 18 With an aim to offer students with disabilities an opportunity to learn the language of technology, Apple is bringing an accessible coding programme to schools serving the blind and deaf communities, first to the US and then to more schools around the world. Beginning this autumn,Read More

London The ability to focus on detail, a common trait among people with autism, allowed realistic art to flourish 30,000 years ago during the ice age, according to researchers. Ice age ancestors have created exceptionally realistic art including the extremely accurate depictions of bears, bison, horses and lions. While manyRead More

San Francisco: Twitter has announced that its new Account Activity API is now available to developers and its legacy services will retire on August 16 and not June 19 as earlier reported. In April 2017, Twitter announced the Account Activity API (application programming interface) to help developers build solutions thatRead More