Maths, Physics & Chemistry
How lab-grown blood vessels can help us understand malaria
Blood circulates a hundred thousand times in our body each day to provide nutrients and support to tissues. This circulation is carried out by blood vessels in a highly organized and efficient transport system. Large vessels are somewhat like highways, carrying large volumes of blood... click to read more
Making non-magnetic photons feel a taste for magnetism
Light consists of chargeless particles called photons. While electrons, being charged, get deflected into curved paths when placed in a magnetic field, the chargeless photons do not feel a real magnetic field the same way. Devising an “artificial” or “fictitious” magnetic field for photons would... click to read more
The solid which conducts heat best
Controlling the flow of heat has been one of the earliest technological tasks conceived by humans. Think of putting on clothes and building houses, which emerged well before written communication. However, it was only in the late nineteenth century that the nature of heat was... click to read more
DNA of Things: how a plastic bunny got DNA
Can you imagine storing files inside your everyday objects? This may sound like science fiction, but in our work, we give a glimpse of a future where all products contain their production plans and user manuals inside preventing the loss of information for thousands of... click to read more
Enabling a hydrogen-fueled future
Due to its nature as a clean fuel, there has been substantial interest in recent decades in developing hydrogen fuel cells and storage technologies. However, this "hydrogen economy" is currently limited by the fact that hydrogen is known to significantly reduce the toughness of steels.... click to read more
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