‘Breakthrough’ mosquito trap uses human smell and heat
London – A mosquito trap that uses a person’s smell combined with warm water and…
Browsing: Innovations
Electric vehicles form future of auto industry
Electric cars constitute less than 0.1 percent of the vehicle market today, but the market…
‘Bacteria never swim alone, form flocks with algae’
Lund University (Sweden) – Many animal species display flocking behaviour, but the fact that microorganisms…
Inspiring change: 21 lifelong food heroes
Danielle Nierenberg Building a better food system requires hard work and perseverance. At Food Tank,…
Visa denial for Afghan girl roboticists team reversed
A group of Afghan school girls taking part in a robotics competition in the US…
Mud bricks best for cool, green houses, says study
Simple mud concrete bricks provide the most affordable and sustainable houses in the tropics, a…
Water use innovations ‘crucial’ to face climate change
By IPS World Desk Rome, Jul 5 (IPS) – In the Near East and North…
Invention that could slash energy consumption
Cairo – An Egyptian inventor has successfully tested a safe electricity system for homes that…
Hyperloop Hotel, the high-tech lodging and transport of the future?
What if your flight, your car and your hotel were all combined into one luxury,…
China’s ‘straddling bus’ heads for scrap yard
It seemed like a glimpse into the city of tomorrow – but China’s “straddling bus”…
Boeing launches new version of 737 jet
Boeing has maintained the pressure on Airbus, its main rival, with the launch of the…
New Zealand space launch has nation reaching for the stars
Wellington — New Zealand has never had a space program but could soon be launching…
Bangladesh co introduces natural sugar substitute
Dhaka – In an effort to minimize regular consumption of synthetic and various types of…
Cooperation in space exploration to benefit all S Asian countries: PM
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed her belief that any cooperation in…
Agroecology in China’s new ‘Ecological Civilization’
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) convened the International Symposium on…
Liquid hydrogen may be way forward for sustainable air travel
Transport makes up around 20 percent of our energy use around the world–and that figure…
MIT smartwatch app that detects emotions
MIT researchers have developed new smartwatch software that understands the tone of a conversation, and…
Walton to bring latest electronic devices in 2017
Dhaka – The country’s largest electronics giant Wanton is going to introduce latest technology based…
Making bird nests gives Bangladesh families livelihood, self-reliance
Benapole – Weaving decorative bird nests has turned out to be a life changing endeavour…
Jagadish Chandra’s birth, death anniversary observed at DU
The birth and death anniversary of Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose was observed on Dhaka University…
Indian coal giant to build 2 new Aussie solar plants
Indian energy giant Adani will begin construction of two new Australian solar plants in 2017…
3 win Nobel chemistry prize for tiniest machines
Dhaka (AP/UNB)-Three scientists won a Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for advances in a field…
Head of Google’s self-driving cart hits the road
The chief technology officer for Google’s self-driving car mission announced Friday he would be hitting…
Ministry to promote new engineers’ innovative ideas: Nasrul
The Power and Energy Ministry will promote innovative ideas of young engineering students through the…
Stephen Hawking’s plan to blast a tiny ship to another star
By Ryan Faith This week, on the 55th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first-ever manned spaceflight,…
Buzz Aldrin plans permanent settlement on Mars
Buzz Aldrin was the second man to walk on the Moon. Now the Nasa veteran,…
Ghost like octopus discovered in Hawaii
Scientists have discovered a “ghostlike” octopus in deep water off Hawaii that appears to belong…
Scientists find cancer’s ‘achilles heel’ the body could be trained to attack
By VICE News A landmark discovery about the genetic make-up of tumors means scientists believe…
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is back on Earth after a year
Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov landed late Monday night in the…
Sher-e-Bangla Agri University develops two new vegetables
The Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka has been conducting research to develop, introduce new crops…