Invention
New study could lead to next generation of optical tweezers
Optical tweezers are usually used to study proteins, biological molecular motors, DNA and the inner life of cells. They work by using light to...
Social Science
Maths anxiety?? Your parents and teachers are more responsible for it
Many students claim not to like math. But for some, the issue with math is more than simply disliking algebra or fractions.
For some students,...
Invention
Scientists blended smartphone to reveal what’s inside
Smartphones, mobile phones with more advanced computing capabilities and connectivity than regular mobile phones, came onto the consumer market in the late 90s. The...
Space
Wonderful!! 83 supermassive black holes found in the early universe
Supermassive black holes, found at the centers of galaxies, can be millions or even billions of times more massive than the sun. While they...
Quantum Computing
Physicists used a quantum computer to turn back time
Scientists at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in collaboration with scientists from the U.S. and Switzerland have returned the state of a...
Science
Oxford researchers discovered how planthoppers communicate
Planthoppers, any member of several insect families of the order Homoptera, easily recognized because of the hollow, enlarged head extension that may appear luminous....
Technology
Your body has internet and now it can’t be hacked
Radiative communication using electro-magnetic (EM) fields amongst the wearable and implantable devices act as the backbone for information exchange around a human body. However,...
Invention
Virtual time-lapse photos can capture ultrafast phenomena
Many mysteries of nature are locked up in the world of the very small and the very fast. Such phenomena of interest in nature...
Neuroscience
Forgetting requires more brain power than remembering
Memories are not static. They are dynamic constructions of the brain that regularly get updated, modified and reorganized through experience. The brain is constantly...
Health
Study offers clues for why birth control may fail
Since the beginnings of civilization, people have used contraception to prevent pregnancy. Access to effective contraceptives is key to women’s well-being and autonomy –...
Science
Understanding the cosmic origins of heavy elements
Atoms and ions can absorb and emit certain colors of light. By analyzing the detailed colors of inaccessible objects, like high-temperature plasmas in a...
Science
Mammoth moves: frozen cells come to life, but only just
The 28,000-year-old remains of a woolly mammoth, named ‘Yuka’, were found in Siberian permafrost. In a new study by the team of scientists in...