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Powering the Energy Transition with Smart Electrification  

Powering the Energy Transition with Smart Electrification  

Electrifying the use of energy in industry, transport, and buildings with renewables is a cost-effective way to decarbonize…

Jun 21, 20234 min read
Climate action plans mobilize limited urban change, researchers report

Climate action plans mobilize limited urban change, researchers report

The researchers applied a qualitative analysis to identify key climate action planning elements, such as the co-benefits, synergies,…

Jun 21, 20235 min read
A Game(te) Changer: Researchers Identify a Protein Crucial to Sperm Maturation

A Game(te) Changer: Researchers Identify a Protein Crucial to Sperm Maturation

Fertility has long been cherished across humankind. Now, in a study published in Nature Communications, researchers from Osaka University…

Jun 20, 20233 min read
Next Generation Experimental Aircraft Becomes NASA’s Newest X-Plane

Next Generation Experimental Aircraft Becomes NASA’s Newest X-Plane

NASA and Boeing said Monday the aircraft produced through the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project has been designated…

Jun 20, 20234 min read
Energy Harvesting: Researchers Develop Highly Durable and Efficient Device

Energy Harvesting: Researchers Develop Highly Durable and Efficient Device

Energy harvesting involves converting energy from the environment into usable electrical energy and is something crucial for ensuring…

Jun 20, 20233 min read
With transparent machine learning tools, engineers accelerate polymer discovery 

With transparent machine learning tools, engineers accelerate polymer discovery 

Using the power of prediction, University of Wisconsin–Madison mechanical engineers have quickly discovered several promising high-performance polymers out…

Jun 20, 20235 min read

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NEPAL BAGS SECOND PRIZE IN NASA AMES SPACE SETTLEMENT CONTEST

NEPAL BAGS SECOND PRIZE IN NASA AMES SPACE SETTLEMENT CONTEST

ByAmrita TuladharMar 22, 20158 min read

Amrita Tuladhar “Bring stone—Bring brick.” We all have heard the tale of Akbar and Birbal where Birbal decides to build a palace in sky for Akbar. Because it was Birbal who was going to build a palace, we can guess how the story might have ended; however, a team of six students from St.Xavier’s College […]

PolyU hosts 8th International Symposium of Intimate Apparel

PolyU hosts 8th International Symposium of Intimate Apparel

ByAmrita TuladharMar 22, 20153 min read

Organized by the Institute of Textiles and Clothing (ITC) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), the Eighth International Symposium of Intimate Apparel was held at PolyU on 17 March…

HKU Chemists develops novel fluorescent probe for monitoring cell activities to achieve breakthrough in future drug discovery

HKU Chemists develops novel fluorescent probe for monitoring cell activities to achieve breakthrough in future drug discovery

ByAmrita TuladharMar 19, 20157 min read

Published in PNAS, the first of its kind probe can rapidly trace tens of thousands of tagged proteins inside cells. With a response time within two minutes and at a…

Houston-area Conference to Feature Planetary Science Results

Houston-area Conference to Feature Planetary Science Results

ByAmrita TuladharMar 16, 20152 min read

NASA researchers and other scientists is going to present early science results from the agency’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) Rosetta mission, and an exploration…