I don’t need to explain the benefit that you can derive from regular physical exercise. By physical exercise, we generally refer to a gym culture. However, researchers from Australia have come up with a new kind of exercising device that not...

Do you know, up to 7.5 percent of school-aged children are generally affected with Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD)? And to add to the crisis, the parents of 7 percent of children 6-11 years of age are being told by a doctor of their child having...

Centuries back when Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote “Water, water, every where, Not any drop to drink” for the Rime of Ancient Mariner, he wouldn’t have even thought how relevant these could get in the 21st urban century. His words...

With the prevailing changing trend of the world’s climate, it is lashing havoc on its resources. Including several animal, plant or insect species, it is not sparing humans as well. Thus, though, it would not raise brows when mentioned of...

With nuclear power booming as an energy source and the threats of poisonous bombs increasing, Queensland University of Technology scientists have discovered a new way to help detect radioactive contamination in the ground safely. The new way...

A Queensland University of Technology academic is developing a pollution map, being compiled for identifying car and truck emission “hot spots” in south-east Queensland. It is claimed to be the first inventory in the world. It is of...

Mobile phones can ring any time, in the bedroom or the boardroom. It can ring almost at the wrong moment, too. 90 per cent people say mobile calls disturb them during their family dinner, while 42 per cent are interrupted when they are watching...

The world is chasing not only towards clean energy, but also cost-effective ethanol production. Queensland University of Technology and Farmacule BioIndustries have developed new sugarcane plants to produce cost-effective ethanol from it! The...