The world’s darkest material – capable of absorbing 99.96 per cent of ultraviolet, visible and infrared light – is now available in a spray-on form, which can make any 3D…

Chemical weapons are specialised munitions that deliver chemicals that inflict death or injury on humans through chemical actions. Because they are relatively cheap and easy to produce, chemical weapons are…

Using mango leaves to synthesise fluorescent graphene quantum dots (nanocrystals of semiconductor material), researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have been able to produce cheap probes for…

Researchers have discovered a protein that could help make vaccinations more effective and also provide protection from other diseases such as cancer. The researchers purified a protein found on the…

In computing, Trojan horse, or Trojan, is any malicious computer program which is used to hack into a computer by misleading users of its true intent. Trojans are generally spread…

Researchers at Rockefeller University in the U.S. have discovered that a variant of the gene CRY1 slows the internal biological clock - called the circadian clock - that normally dictates…

With autonomous vehicles and robot-executed surgeries becoming commonplace around the world, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has initiated a Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) programme. CPS is an interdisciplinary…

What is geo tagging? Geotagging- It is the process of adding geographical identification like latitude and longitude to various media such as a photo or video. Geotagging can help users…