Hino-VW partner on hybrids autonomous drive tech
Hino Motors, Toyota Motor Corp.’s group truck manufacturer, and Volkswagen Truck & Bus of Germany…
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Sun, surf and sand a setting for innovation on Gold Coast
For people at the Commonwealth Games, the opening ceremony was like catching up with a…
Natural shot in Bangladesh’s battle against climate change
Zulker Naeen Reducing dependence on fossil fuels requires a long time to decrease emissions. A…
Latin America focuses on attacking pockets of rural poverty
By Orlando Milesi Santiago, Feb 19 (IPS) – Identifying territories where rural poverty is most…
Testing a low-tech pesticide alternative: Flowers
To make sure more beneficial bugs come to their fields to feed on pests, farmers…
Farewell to the ‘Queen of the Skies’- Boeing 747
Marana, Ariz. (CNN) — For the first time in 48 years, you can’t buy a…
Help slow rising sea levels
Sea levels are rising because polar ice is melting. Polar ice is melting because greenhouse…
Dubai’s RTA trialling hydrogen-powered taxis
Dubai’s Roads and Transports Authority (RTA) is trialling the region’s first hydrogen-powered electric vehicles, according…
Fungi-resistant potato to save farmers Tk. 100 cr. a year
Dhaka, Dec 13 – Each year farmers in Bangladesh grow close to 10 million tonnes…
Gene therapy shows promise against blood-clotting disease
Dhaka, Dec 7 (AP/UNB) -Gene therapy has freed 10 men from nearly all symptoms of…
Humanoid robot Sophia steals Dhaka’s Digital World show
Sophia, the new sensation of the world, on Wednesday caught Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by…
RU teacher invents new golden fibre
Rajshahi – New way of producing golden fibre has been invented by a scholar of…
Scientists mine ‘star scar’ to unlock space secrets
Since early September, the denizens of this normally hushed burg in central France have been…
Bangladesh researchers develop new drug for Hepatitis B
Patients infected with Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) may get much better and more effective treatment…
Japan scientists grow drugs in chicken eggs
Japanese researchers have genetically engineered hens whose eggs contain drugs that can fight serious diseases…
Biological clock discoveries give 3 Americans Nobel prize
New York, Oct 3 (AP/UNB) — Three Americans won a Nobel Prize on Monday for…
Dubai dreams of flying taxis darting among its skyscrapers
Dubai, Sep 30 (AP/UNB) — With a whirling buzz from 18 rotors, the pilotless helicopter…
Resolve to give megacities cleaner ‘soot-free’ buses
BYD, Cummins, Scania and Volvo Buses to work with cities to adopt bus fleets equipped…
How farmers save agriculture by fighting back drought
By Geoffrey Kamadi As sub-Saharan Africa’s climate changes, small-scale farmers are increasingly looking to innovative…
Astronaut Peggy Whitson returns to Earth
Cape Canaveral, Sept 3 (AP/UNB)- Astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth late Saturday, wrapping up…
‘A primal experience': Americans dazzled by solar eclipse
Dhaka, Aug 22 (AP/UNB) -The stars came out in the middle of the day, zoo…
‘Breakthrough’ mosquito trap uses human smell and heat
London – A mosquito trap that uses a person’s smell combined with warm water and…
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,…