Scientists have for the very first time bioengineered a human cornea using 3D printing technique which can be a boost for corneal transplants.
Cornea is the transparent dome-shaped outermost layer of the eye. The cornea is the first lens through...
Researchers have developed an artificial sensory nerve system which can process information similar to the human body and it could effectively give sense of touch to prosthetic limbs
Our skin, body’s largest organ, is also the most important as it...
Scientists have shown a new technology in which bioengineered bacteria can make cost-effective chemicals/polymers from renewable plant sources
Lignin is a material which is a constituent of cell wall of all dry land plants. It is the second most abundant...
Study had shown a scalable and affordable solution of directly capturing carbon dioxide from air and tackling carbon footprint
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a major greenhouse gas and a significant driver of climate change. A greenhouse gas in the atmosphere...
Recent studies have developed new wound dressings which accelerate healing and improve tissue regeneration in wounds.
Scientists discovered a very important aspect of wound healing in the late 1970s when the understanding of this process was at a very early...
Study has discovered a way to make batteries that we use every day to be more resilient, powerful and safe.
The year is 2018 and our everyday livesare now fuelled by different gadgets which either run on electricity or on...
Recent study has developed a new tooth mounted tracker which records what we are eating and is the next trend to be added to the list of health/fitness trackers
Different kinds of health and fitness trackers have been becoming very...
A breakthrough study takes significant step forward in the quest to develop a DNA-based storage system for digital data.
Digital data is growing at an exponential rate today because of our dependency on gadgets and it requires robust long-term storage....
Recent studies have shown the capability of artificial intelligence systems in medically diagnosing important diseases
Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems have been around for quite some time and are now getting smarter and better with time. AI has applications is multitude...
Study has produced a new material which could adsorb air and water pollutants and could be a low cost sustainable alternative to the currently used activated carbon
Pollution makes our planet’s land, water, air and other constituents of the environment...
In a major advancement in robotics, robot with ‘soft’ human-like muscles have been successfully designed for the first time. Such soft robots can be a boon to design human friendly robots in the future.
Robots are programmable machines that are...
The discovery of a new type of malleable, self-healing and completely recyclable "electronic skin” has wide applications in health monitoring, robotics, prosthetics and improved biomedical devices.
A study published in Science Advances showcases a new electronic skin (or simply e-skin) that has...
In a recent study, researchers have developed for the first time a fully autonomous nanorobotic system for specifically targeting cancer
In a major advancement in nanomedicine, the field that combines nanotechnology with medicine, researchers have developed novel avenues of therapeutic...
In a major advancement in cancer screening, new study has developed a simple blood test to detect eight different cancers in their early stages, five of which do not have a screening program for early detection
Cancer remains one of...
Series of breakthroughs in quantum computing
An ordinary computer, which is now referred to as a classical or traditional computer works on the basic concept of 0s and 1s (zeroes and ones). When we ask the computer to do a...
In a major advancement in3D bioprinting technique, cells and tissues have been created to behavelike in their natural environment so as to construct ‘real’ biological structures
3D printing is a procedure in which a material is added together and thus...
China has successfully tested a hypersonic jet plane which could cut down the travel time by almost one-seventh.
China has designed and tested an ultra-fast aircraft which can achieve hypersonic speeds in the range of Mach 5 to Mach 7,...
The brain ‘pacemaker’ for Alzheimer's disease is helping patients to perform daily tasks and take care of themselves more independently than before.
A novel study has for the first time attempted to use deep-brain simulation to counter brain activity related...
Studies has shown that the “bionic eye” promises to help restore vision to many patients suffering from partial or complete blindness
The structure of the human eye is quite complex and how we are able to see is an intricate...
