Home » science

You Searched For "Science"

(Representational image)

Fungus that devours plastic may help clean environment

Humans are producing ever greater amounts of plastic much of which ends up as garbage.

2 April 2017 12:49 PM IST

Photo Credit: Ella Marushchenko and Alexander Tokarev/Ella Maru Studios

Chip that monitors dangers of germs, pollutants

Known as a 'lab on a chip' it monitors health and exposure to dangerous bacteria, viruses and pollutants.

14 Jun 2017 3:47 PM IST

(Photo Credit: Efren Navarro-Moratalla)

2D mangets discovery opens up a world of potential applications

Magnetic materials form the basis of technologies that play increasingly pivotal roles in our lives today.

13 Jun 2017 5:35 PM IST

Science Says: Are poinsettias poisonous? Some holiday truths

Science Says: Are poinsettias poisonous? Some holiday truths

Are snowflakes really pure as the driven snow? Here's what science says about some of them.

25 Dec 2017 5:37 PM IST

The animals will try to avoid a bee sting whenever possible, experts say.

In South Africa, bees stop elephants from trampling trees

The humble bee is helping to keep elephants from destroying trees and wiping out crops in their quest for food.

25 Dec 2017 3:42 PM IST

A study that draws a link between temperature and international migration on a global scale, and finds a link. (Photo: AP)

Climate change predicted to drive more migrants to Europe

Experts have long warned that rising temperatures and extreme weather could increase the number of people in poor...

22 Dec 2017 8:50 AM IST

Heres what science says about some of them: (Photo: Pixabay)

Science Says: Are poinsettias poisonous? Some holiday truths

According to an old folk remedy, a dog bite could be cured by putting the animal's hair in the wound.

21 Dec 2017 3:59 PM IST

(Representational image)

Mind reading tech that predicts thoughts

The technology can recognise the numbers zero to nine with 90 percent accuracy using electroencephalogram (EEG)...

20 April 2017 4:04 PM IST

Consensus has long been that the Earths core is about 85 percent iron and 10 percent nickel, with sulphur, oxygen and silicon prime candidates for the other five percent

Adopt a piece of Earth through NASA's new campaign

NASA is celebrating Earth Day through their Adopt the Planet campaign, wherein users can virtually adopt a piece of...

17 April 2017 3:52 PM IST

The information technology, biotechnology and science and technology department of Karnataka would organize the event in the month of February every year.

Karnataka pushes Biotech event back to November

The event has been put on hold this year to make it bigger and better .

4 Feb 2017 6:23 AM IST

Some villagers on the Indonesian island who survived the catastrophic 1963 explosions believe a bigger eruption is coming.

Remembering 1963 eruption, Bali's elderly wary of another

More than 55,000 people are living in shelters such as sports halls, temples and tent camps.

4 Dec 2017 1:51 PM IST

Researchers think up to 300 eggs may be present, some buried under the exposed fossils.

Dazzling egg fossils crack open secrets of ancient flying reptiles

Scientist have unearthed more than 215 fossilised eggs belonging to species that soared during the age of dinosaurs.

4 Dec 2017 1:00 PM IST