Waking up with a pimple is no longer cause for panic, thanks to pimple patches — small, sticker-like bandages that cover and help heal the unwanted zit. A team of researchers publishing in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces has designed a two-stage pimple patch set with an array of tiny spikes that grabs onto the…
This webinar will be hosted live and available on-demand Wednesday, October 14th, 202511:00 AM – 12:30 PM Drug discovery requires experimental systems that more accurately capture the complexity of human tissues. However, animal models and conventional cell culture approaches often lack the physiological relevance needed for drug screening and translational success. New approach methodologies (NAMs)…
The Tribeca Festival has set the dates for its landmark 25th edition, which will take place from June 3-14, 2026. “Twenty-five years ago, we started Tribeca to bring people back downtown following the 9/11 terrorist attacks and to bring storytellers and audiences together,” Tribeca co-founder and CEO Jane Rosenthal said in a statement. “Since then,…
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. wants to expand energy cooperation with its “awesome ally” India, including in natural gas and coal, nuclear, and clean cooking fuels, where New Delhi has been a “star”, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Wednesday (September 24, 2025). “A lot of…
In the U.S., one in five of the 37 million adults who has diabetes doesn’t know it. Current methods of diagnosing diabetes and prediabetes usually require a visit to a doctor’s office or lab work, both of which can be expensive and time-consuming. Now, diagnosing diabetes and prediabetes may be as simple as breathing. A…
There are many hypotheses for why animals need sleep, but scientists struggled to find solid evidence—until now. Image credit:© Istock, Alones Creative Scientists have long struggled to pinpoint a reason for why animals need sleep. They’ve put forward many hypotheses, including the need for metabolic repair, memory consolidation, and immune system boosting, but these largely…
Bahison Ravindran says he always believed he was Indian. Born to Sri Lankan refugee parents in the southern Indian Tamil Nadu state, the 34-year-old web developer had studied and worked there, and held several government-issued identity documents, including an Indian passport. But a rude shock awaited him in April when police arrested him, saying his…
Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court travelled nearly 160 years back in history to study the colonial Portuguese Civil Code of 1867 to decide the true ownership of plots of land the foreign power parcelled out to Indian ‘Alvara’ (permit) holders for cultivation in Dadra and Nagar Haveli in 1923…
