Innovation
Eat the straw after finishing your drink
It’s time to ditch the plastic straws for go-green tubes for the sake of mother nature.
PRESS RELEASE / Country’s first solar electric vehicle completes historic 2000km Bangladesh tour
Team Tanguar Racing completes historic 2000km Bangladesh Tour with their self-built solar electric vehicle to promote clean transportation and sustainable lifestyle.
This electric motorcycle was completely printed in 3D
The German 3D printing specialist BigRep demos its expertise by crafting a prototype 3D-printed electric motorcycle. All of the bike's parts are 3D printed except its motor and battery.
Real-time feedback makes hotel guests slash shower power
Providing hotel guests real-time feedback on the power they use in the shower sharply curbs the amount of energy consumed even though they do not pay for it, says a new research.
Smart motorcycle helmet with 360-degree vision
The Japanese startup Borderless presents the CrossHelmet X1, a revolutionary motorcycle helmet offering riders 360-degree visibility, noise cancellation and smartphone connectivity. It is currently available to pre-order via the Indiegogo crowdfunding website.
'Father of fiber optics' dies at 84
Charles Kao, a Nobel Prize winner dubbed the "father of fiber optics", dies at 84, according to Hong Kong media.
Bangladeshi scientist leads discovery of novel quantum state of matter
A Bangladeshi physicist of Princeton University has led an international research team in discovering a novel quantum state of matter that can be 'tuned' at will - and it's 10 times more tunable than existing theories can explain.
Chinese scientists develop new material for water purification
Chinese scientists have come up with a new membrane material which can efficiently separate salt from water and has other water purification functions.
Virtual reality maze 'predicts Alzheimer's disease'
Alzheimer's disease can be detected decades before onset, using a virtual reality test, a study suggests.
Toyota unveils self-driving car
Toyota on Tuesday unveiled a car that can drive itself along a highway, the latest foray by a major manufacturer into the world of automated vehicles.
Carbon nanofibres made from CO2 in the air
Scientists in the US finds a way to take carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and make carbon nanofibres, a valuable manufacturing material.
See-through solar cells could turn windows, phones into power sources
Transparent solar is based on a fact about light that is taught in elementary school, sun transmits energy in the form of invisible ultraviolet and infrared light, as well as visible light.
Pet dog helps find true love: Study
A dog is not just a pet; rather he is a friend, a partner and a defender. His master is in turn his life, his love and his leader.
Umbrellas have been flawed for the past 3,000 years! Now there is a new design!
To answer your rainy day woes, the KAZbrella is here. A modern and innovative take on the conventional umbrella design the KAZbrella closes inside out, is drip free and easy to use.
World's thinnest light bulb is here
Using graphene - an atomically thin and perfectly crystalline form of carbon - as a filament, scientists have demonstrated for the first time an on-chip visible light source.
Robotic tentacle targets keyhole surgery
Italian engineers have built a robotic arm, aimed at improving surgical operations and inspired by the octopus.
LHC restart sees first collisions
The Large Hadron Collider smashes protons together for the first time since early 2013.
Plucking hairs 'can make more grow'
Plucking hairs in a precise pattern can make even more pop up in their place, a US study suggests.