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Thankfully, the UK now looks to be past the peak of both the recent heatwave and the latest COVID wave. But there will be more of both and in future, we might think about how we protect ourselves from COVID in the same way we protect ourselves from the weather.

The bioartificial tissue construct is made with living heart cells and beats strongly enough to pump fluid inside a bioreactor, said the team from the University of Toronto.

Consuming limited amounts of dark chocolate may help improve blood sugar levels and insulin sensitivity, two important factors in the onset of diabetes, according to research.

Scientists from Japan have brought us one step closer to human-like robots by crafting living human skin on robots which gave their fingers skin-like texture, as well as water-repellent and self-healing functions. While current silicone skin made for robots can mimic human appearance, it falls short when it comes to delicate textures like wrinkles and lacks skin-specific functions.

A scientist from Indian institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, has worked on applications of emerging materials that can he...

A scientist of Indian origin has been identified by Moderna as the primary contributor to its Covid-19 vaccine. A filing by ...

Three scientists from US, Germany, and Italy were on Tuesday awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 for thei...

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 has been jointly awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian...

Indian researchers have discovered three supermassive black holes from three galaxies merging together to for...

The lightweight flexible fabric has been 3D-printed from nylon plastic polymers. It stiffens up when put inside a vacuum-pac...

Black holes are often gigantic, enigmatic, invisible and possess extremely strong gravitational pull, making them the most s...

A group of scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have gained new insights into how the virus exploits the human cells it i...

A joint US-Egypt discovery team has found a beer factory in ruins of ancient Egypt going back 5,000 years. According to New ...

New Delhi, Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, claim to have found important clues to understand ...

Boston, Scientists have charted the first atlas showing how the genetic material of the novel coronavirus interacts with the...

New Delhi, A rising tide of antibiotic-resistant bacteria -- if left unchecked, could kill an estimated 10 million people annually by 2050 -- was a f...

In a recent study, researchers have found that while working from home in pyjamas during the Covid-19 pandemic did not lower productivity, it was linked to poorer mental health.

New Delhi, Social media activity can actually make you worse at your job, says a new study which assessed how seeing social ...

The Nobel Prize 2020 in Economic Sciences has been awarded to US-based economists Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson. Milg...

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 will be shared by three laureates for discovering ‘the darkest secrets of the...

Researchers have found a way to turn the red bricks in our walls into power banks that can be used to store energy. Bricks, ...

The space boffins in the United States have named it as Asteroid 2020 ND. Asteroid 2020 ND will be almost 50% bigger than th...