yummy utensils: Instead of wiping their dishes and bowls clean, people can now munch and chew them up after meals. A Taiwanese inventor, Chen Liang has launched edible containers made of wheat
The invention of the laser in 1961 heralded a revolution in optics. Here was a source which was so coherent and monochromatic that it made possible a host of applications from CD players to surveying
Villages situated on the banks of the Shenzen river in south China are at the receiving end of the booming development in Hong Kong, as thousands of tonnes of industrial, livestock and human waste
A Japanese company has developed blue light emitting diodes using gallium nitride, thus filling the gap in the spectrum of semiconductor light emitters
Alarmed and feeling helpless, Japan is seeking external help for containing the food poisoning crisis which has till now claimed seven lives and affected nearly 6,400 people (Down To Earth Vol 5, No
For the first time, scientists have combined two complementary imaging techniques to peep inside the human body. Though still in the infant stage, the invention has exciting possibilities
The days are certainly numbered for the northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita), one of the world's rarest birds. Their numbers dropped sharply by 17 per cent when 38 of them were struck down by a
A research group has measured the electric resistance of wires with a single xenon atom and two xenon atoms in series; the results call for some revision in theory
