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Will the vegetables of the future be fortified using tiny needles?
Researchers showed they can inexpensively produce silk microneedles to deliver vitamins or agrochemicals to plants.
Nepal’s Reshu Bashyal Wins 2025 Whitley Award for Addressing Poaching of Orchids and Yews
UK charity, the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN), is recognizing Nepal’s Reshu Bashyal with a 2025 Whitley Award…
Researchers Develop Smart Adhesive Electrode That Avoids Nerve Damage
The newly developed electrode features soft actuation technology that transforms it from a flat two-dimensional shape into a…
New electronic “skin” could enable lightweight night-vision glasses
MIT engineers developed ultrathin electronic films that sense heat and other signals and could reduce the bulk of…
MIT engineers print synthetic “metamaterials” that are both strong and stretchy
In metamaterials design, the name of the game has long been “stronger is better.”
Immune system warriors predict the future of autoimmune blood vessel disease
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National portal for geospatial data launched in Bhutan
Kathmandu– Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen launched the National Geospatial Portal during the Bhutan GIS Expo in Thimphu on Monday. The National Geospatial Portal will serve as a gateway for users across Bhutan to discover, access, and share geospatial data and information. The event was jointly organized by the National Land Commission (NLC) of Bhutan and the […]
The overlooked history of African technology
New book explores the confluence of innovation, hunting, and nature in Zimbabwe. CAMBRIDGE, MA — In the border region where Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa meet, indigenous hunters have for…
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2014 to Isamu Akasaki, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan and Nagoya University, Japan; Hiroshi Amano, Nagoya University,…