Advances in organ transplant could pave the way for the use of animal tissues in human beings
In this Idea Exchange moderated by Pratik Kanjilal of The Indian Express, author Nayantara Sahgal says she sees no distinction…
All three Medicine Nobel winners were inspired by natural substances which are either found just lying about or have existed…
A mix of identification strategies will have to be used for foolproof authentication; labs are exploring an emerging market for…
News of the supermoon eclipse due on the night of September 27-28 has recommended the heavens yet again to public…
The mass grave of Schöneck-Kilianstädten throws new insights into collective violence by the ancient human race
OneWeb promises to revolutionise the geography and demographics of the connected world, and thereby the nature of the internet itself
OneWeb promises to revolutionise the geography and demographics of the connected world, and thereby the nature of the internet itself.
Food safety testing could be separated as a purely technical function which can be rapidly performed outside bureaucracies
The larger objective of public health would be poorly served by a single-point agenda
Patents are taking a step towards an imagined future
Beyond Apple watches and Google Glass, there is a world of ever-tinier systems being hatched. They are designed like accessories…
The use of internet media to track the wavefronts of fast-moving infections such as the flu is a successful strategy.
Having taken venture capital on board, will Cyanogen take the market away from Google?
News of the remarkable hardness of the teeth of Patella vulgata has restored the lost importance of the limpet
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN gets a new purpose, while GPG, an open-source encryption programme, gets a new lease…
The remedy is political persuasion rather than scoffing at fears and pushing them aside with the bludgeon of science
Those warning about the need for artificial intelligence policy research may be articulating the fear of the unknown…
