Are you among those who love tweeting but somewhat wary of information via tweets from others? Join the 'Millennial Generation' that has a “healthy mistrust” of the information they read on Twitter.
The convenient and deficient lithium-ion battery (LIB) that power your tablets and smartphones may soon become a lot safer as scientists have designed a kind of lithium battery component that is far less likely to catch fire and still promises effective performance.
It may be a while before humans can wear sharkskin swimsuits, but researchers have now devised a way to print a shark-like skin to see how the bumpy skins of the sharks help them swim so fast.
Data from mobile phones that provide crucial information about movements of people within a country could be key to designing an effective malaria elimination programme, a promising study showed.
Social networking websites can add fire to the fuel of a false rumour. Simply updating Facebook or Twitter pages may not be enough for organisations concerned with public safety to halt the spread of such rumours, a joint study by Facebook and Standford University in the US indicated.
