Science Ahead

Protect yourself from viruses and pathogens while at home, especially from cold and flu with a new antimicrobial paint. This new human pathogen-killing antimicrobial coating can be applied like paint to any surface be it your home walls or...

With technology burgeoning in leaps and bounds, the size and performance of silicon-based transistors will reach its limit, within 15 years -- U.S. engineers predict. Scientists are drawing all these confidence by working on new materials and...

Silicon transistors, now an essential to gadgets like iPods, phones and kitchen appliances, will in a decade surely hit-the-wall' in terms of size and performance. Then think of a material that can outpace the conducting speed of silicon! - It can take...

Very soon, doctors will be able to rapidly monitor tumor-growths and chemotherapy progresses in cancer patients with the help of an implant being developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The nano-particle-containing implant is...

Now, technology will be in more use in training surgeons - it is a virtual simulator that will allow surgeons to touch, feel, and even manipulate organs generated by computer! It will be provided with actual tool handles used in minimally invasive...

After a few days, perhaps you will witness a towering, green structure swinging to-and-fro, just like a giant stalk of grass moving by the wind. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology students have designed such a mini-skyscraper! Yes,...