Radio comes of age
Digital audio technology will enable listeners to make their own compact disc-like recordings.
Indian scientists thwart Western embargo on manufacture of carbon composites
An indigenous technique of manufacturing carbon-carbon composites -- state-of-the-art materials of immense commercial and military importance.…
A penchant for adultery
Most birds are adulterous, find bird-watchers, and contrary to earlier beliefs, it is the females who have a roving eye
All the hair in place, just in time
Examining hair fibres could help determine when South Americans graduated from hunting vicunas to herding llamas
Star hunger
A recent astronomical observation may prove to be the first sighting of a class of celestial bodies whose existence was postulated about two …
New kilns that are cheaper and better
Indian scientists have devised a coal-fired kiln for potters, which is expected to revive the pottery sector groaning under the high cost of firewood.
The paradox of the loose joints
Laxity of joints can be a boon or liability, depending on whether they are subject to mobility or load-bearing.
Universal law
A mathematical relationship between planets in our solar system holds astoundingly true even for 3 distant planets orbiting a pulsar
Chink in the armour
Recent measurements show that protective ozone levels in the atmosphere touched a record low early this year
Groping for invisible matter
What we can see constitutes only about 10 per cent of the universe's mass. Where is the rest hidden?
Kamikaze microbes
And now genetically-altered microorganisms that self-destruct once they've fulfilled their mission
Cometary conundrum
Fresh data on the collision of shards of Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter last year has divided scientists on the size of the comet fragments
Timeless pursuits
A new interpretation of texts from a civilisation that flourished 1,000 years ago reveals its uncanny similarity with modern times
Miniature musings
Science or pure imagination? Nanotechnology opens up unlimited possibilities which can revolutionise almost every field of human activity
Small makes it big
Micromechanics, a field of engineering earlier considered to be fascinating but impractical, is now back with a bang. A host of applications are …
Brainy idiot-box
Hang it on your wall and do not worry about scanning for your favourite programmes. This new television knows what you are looking for
Hark, the drunkard
You may freshen up your breath, but cops will soon be equipped with a microphone that can catch you by your voice pattern
Lean, not fall
Experts are now busy implementing an innovative technique for preventing the leaning tower of Pisa from going overboard
All for a hoist
Researchers in the US have developed an elevator software that will allow the dumb machines to act intelligently and decide where they have to go …
A case of tolerance
Studies on heat shock protein synthesis in mosquitoes leads on to significant pointers to pesticide use and transmission of diseases
Lasers on a platter
After radios, tape recorders 'and TV's the Japanese are now working to reduce the size of high-power lasers
Back to nature
Computer scientists are resorting to help from a highly unlikely source to solve the software design problems they frequently encounter: nature. …
Old wings and new flights
Engineers are hot on the heels of a new supersonic commercial aircraft, while the untiring wings of the good old Concorde receive ageing monitors
Virtual and real - but when?
The US government is, of late, Under pressure to pursue virtual environment technology aggressively. The outcome of the move could mean business …
Face to face
Scientists at Tubingen University, Germany, have dared to prove the impossible - that the human brain and its impulses could turn the …