Researchers have developed the world's first light-seeking synthetic nanorobot that can help surgeons remove tumours and enable more precise engineering of targeted medications.


World's first light-seeking synthetic nanorobot developed


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Offering a potential new tool to study respiratory diseases, researchers have transplanted lab-grown mini lungs into immunosuppressed mice where the structures were able to survive, grow and mature.


Lab-grown mini lungs to help study respiratory diseases


Teenagers who use e-cigarettes regularly are more likely to become frequent and heavy cigarette smokers, a US study has suggested.


E-cigs linked to high risk of teen smoking


Increase in air pollution in the regions near the equator has led to the formation of more total ozone worldwide, compared to the amount of pollution being emitted, researchers have found.


Air pollution on equator affects ozone more


Doctors in China's Chongqing municipality have successfully replaced a section of a female cancer patient's forehead with a 3D-printed part.


Chinese doctors use 3D printed part in skull surgery


China will have 58 million kilowatts (kw) of installed nuclear power by 2020 as it expands its clean energy network and pursues green growth, the country's energy regulator announced on Monday.


China to have 58 mn kw nuclear power by 2020


Stressing on the significance of science, technology and innovation in the India-UK bilateral engagement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said both countries should work together to define the knowledge economy of the 21st Century.


Science, technology important in UK-India ties: Modi


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said science, technology and innovation has a significant role in India's bilateral engagement with the UK.


Modi says science and technology important in UK-India ties


Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh on Sunday said Indias nuclear programme has made rapid strides since Prime Minister Narendra Modi formed his government in May 2014.


India's nuclear programme making rapid strides in Modi rule: Minister


Based on 3-D reconstructions of animal skeletons, a new study has revealed that herbivorous mammals have bigger bellies than their usually slim carnivores counterparts.


Plant eating mammals have bigger bellies: Study


It was always thought that the sole bodily function of olfactory receptors was to smell and they could only be found inside the nose. But a new study has found two olfactory receptors in human lung tissue.


Odour receptors found in human lung tissue


Scanning people's brains with functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, is significantly more effective way to spot lies than a traditional polygraph test, a new research has found.


fMRI brain scans can spot lies better than polygraph test


Neural activation patterns in the brain remain same when we read different languages like English or Portuguese, finds a study.


Brain activation remains same while reading different languages


British scientists have identified the reason behind what makes a song so catchy that it gets stuck in our head and goes on playing in an endless loop -- known as experiencing involuntary musical imagery or earworms.


Why some songs play in endless loop in our head


Larger violation of social norms in public spaces may not lead to stronger reaction from public than smaller violations, finds a new study.


Larger social violation may not generate strong public reaction


It may sound like science fiction, but wastewater treatment plants may one day turn ordinary sewage into biocrude oil, thanks to new research at the US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).


Researchers find way to convert sewage into biofuel


A major technological advance in the field of high speed beam-scanning devices can increase the speed of 2D and 3D printing by up to 1000 times,  researchers have reported.


New technology to make 2-D and 3-D printing ultra-fast


A team of researchers has developed a non-invasive brain scanner which can predict weight loss success based on the brain volume of the elderly.


Brain scanner to detect weight loss success: Study


Archaeologists in central Australia have discovered that humans arrived in the region 10,000 years earlier than previously thought.


Humans arrived in Australia 10,000 years earlier than thought


American children are at greater risk of becoming overweight or obese during summer vacation than during the school year, a new study has found.


Summer breaks make American kids obese: Study


Japan on Wednesday launched a next-generation geostationary meteorological satellite "Himawari-9", aiming to further improve weather services in the Asia-Pacific region.

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