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In 1933, a teenager’s recovery from a basement experiment led to Day-Glo colors that transformed signs, safety gear, and artTwo brothers in Berkeley, California, experimented with fluorescent materials in their basement. Their home project led to the invention of...
Psychology suggests adults who never post on social media aren’t out of touch: They may be protecting a version of themselves that does not need an audienceMany people avoid social media posts not due to detachment, but to protect their identity. Public sharing can feel like a performance, lead...
The tiny gas leaks that could help predict earthquakes earlierRocks are not silent. They emit chemical signals before breaking. Scientists are learning to understand these signals. This breakthrough al...
How a Broken T. Rex Rib Changed What Scientists Thought About FossilsScientists have found blood vessels inside Tyrannosaurus rex bones. This discovery changes how we understand fossils. It shows that delicat...
The idea that Claude has feelings is great for Anthropic: Parmy OlsonRichard Dawkins, a prominent skeptic, recently declared a large language model named Claude to be conscious after a series of interactions....
Quote of the Day by Chien-Shiung Wu: “The main stumbling block in the way of any progress is and always has been unimpeachable tradition” — Why questioning old beliefs is key to real progressChien-Shiung Wu’s quote explains that blindly following old traditions can stop progress. She believed new ideas grow when people question ...
Why Your Room Still Smells Bad After Cleaning, And Its Hidden ReasonHomes often smell musty even after cleaning. This is due to hidden biofilms created by bacteria. These microbes trap nutrients and moisture...
President Biden presents National Medal for Technology & Innovation to Indian-American scientist Ashok GadgilGadgil is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley, who has developed low--cost solutions t...
India has the potential to become a world leader in production of electric vehicles: Berkeley ResearchIndia has the potential to become the world leader in electric vehicles production, a research by Berkeley National Laboratory and UCLA sai...
India can hold electricity-sector emissions by increasing clean power capacity: ReportA new study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences from researchers at Berkeley Lab, University of Calif...
Sun Microsystems founder Vinod Khosla says curiosity keeps him aliveKhosla also spoke about how science came to be his religion.
Gen-next smart solar windows could produce electricityThe next-generation smart windows not only darken automatically when the Sun is too bright but also convert solar energy into electricity.
Smart City challenge calls for startups working towards social impactSmart City 4.0, recently launched by the Innovation Acceleration Group at the University of California Berkeley, US, seeks to develop skill...
Human-induced climate change worsened 2015 heatwave in IndiaThe deadly heat waves that killed nearly 2,500 people in India and 2,000 people in Pakistan last year were exacerbated by human-induced cli...
Human-induced climate change worsened 2015 heatwave in IndiaThe research team also found that, despite being close in location and time, the two heat waves in India and Pakistan were "meteorologicall...
Galaxy-seeking robots to make 3D map of universe in the offingThe DESI is planned for the Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in the US. ProtoDESI will be installed on the Mayall Telesco...
Driverless taxis can help reduce greenhouse gas emissionsA fleet of driverless taxis roaming a city to pick up passengers may not only be cost-effective, it could also greatly reduce per-mile emis...
Artificial photosynthesis method turns waste CO2 into fuelsResearchers have developed new system that uses sunlight to convert waste carbon dioxide into valuable chemical products such as biodegrada...
Electric cars more useful than thought: StudyThe first study of its kind by scientists shows that the daily travel needs of drivers continue to be met well beyond these levels of batte...
- US names Indian IIT-ian Arun Majumdar its new Green Czar
Indian American technocrat Arun Majumdar has been appointed as the Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy in the US Dep...