European wheat lacks climate resilience
Researchers have found that current breeding programs and cultivar selection practices do not provide the needed resilience to climate change.
Give it the plasma treatment: Strong adhesion without adhesives
A research team has used plasma treatment to make fluoropolymers and silicone resin adhere without any adhesives. Heat-assisted helium-plasma treatment created oxygen-containing functional groups on P..
Illuminating nanoparticle growth with X-rays
Ultrabright X-rays at NSLS-II reveal key details of catalyst growth for more efficient hydrogen fuel cells.
Buzzed flies reveal important step to intoxication
The alcohol in beverages acts much like an anesthetic. It creates a hyper 'buzzed' feeling first, and then sedation. But how? It turns out there is an important intermediate step that wasn&#..
Collecting clean water from air, inspired by desert life
A pair of new studies offers a possible solution to water scarcity, inspired by nature.
Natalie Portman says being sexualised as a child actor has changed her
Natalie Portman has said that being sexualised as a child actor made her feel the ‘need to cover my body and to inhibit my expression and my work’.
Delhi’s dreamcatcher: Anamika Haksar on films, penury and making it to Sundance
The 59-year-old’s first feature, Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon, has been picked for the exclusive New Frontier section at Sundance.
Delhi’s dreamcatcher: Anamika Haksar on films, penury and making it to Sundance
The 59-year-old’s first feature, Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon, has been picked for the exclusive New Frontier section at Sundance.
Delhi’s dreamcatcher: Anamika Haksar on films, penury and making it to Sundance
The 59-year-old’s first feature, Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon, has been picked for the exclusive New Frontier section at Sundance.
Did you know the gangster movie in Home Alone is fake? Neither did Chris Evans
Did you know that the black and white gangster movie that Kevin watches in Home Alone is fake? Neither did a host of Hollywood actors such as Seth Rogen and Chris Evans.