Zero batteries sing the body electric
Using power units as walls and struts, Leif Asp and his team are designing a brave new world of energy
‘I’ve always found that no good idea goes unfunded’
Dr Sethuraman ‘Panch’ Panchanathan, the new NSF director, discusses his priorities P. Rajendran In times where the political divide is particularly wide, Dr Sethuraman ‘Panch’ Panchanathan raised eyebrows when he…
Closing in on the new coronavirus
The eye-catching spikes sticking out from the surface of SARS-CoV-2 may inspire new ways to prevent or treat COVID-19 infections
Coronavirus: Know the enemy
Covid – or any other foe – is best beaten with fact-based strategy, not rumor. So wade right in… Nikhil Menon In many cases, the new coronavirus has us either…
Study of primate vowel sounds pushes speech evolution back 27 million years
New evidence suggests that the dawn of speech came before the time of our last common ancestor with Old World monkeys