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An artist reconstruction of Ailurarctos from Shuitangba. The grasping function of its false thumb (shown in the right individual) has reached to the level of modern pandas, whereas the radial sesamoid may have protruded slightly more than its modern counterpart during walking (seen in the left individual). Credit: Illustration by Mauricio AntonEating bamboo? It’s all in the wrist.When is a thumb not really a thumb? When it’s an elongated wrist bone of the giant panda that is used to grasp bamboo. Through its lengthy…

Diamond: The Game. Credit: Diamond Light Source Ltd A team of scientists and a games specialist have designed "Diamond: The Game," a board game developed to give secondary school students a chance to explore a broad range of STEM scientific careers and subjects. This is achieved through firsthand experience of the different aspects of working in scientific research and life as a scientist and shows how research at a facility…

Researchers have found a way to bypass the need for biological photosynthesis altogether and create food independent of sunlight by using artificial photosynthesis. The study was published in the journal, Nature Food.Researchers used a two-step electrocatalytic process to convert carbon dioxide, electricity, and water into acetate, the form of the main component of vinegar. Food-producing organisms then consume acetate in the dark to grow.Combined with solar panels to generate the electricity to power the…

The latest, but probably not the last, tale of old software running in mission-critical operations comes to us via the Twitter feed of guitar-playing Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. The European Space Agency’s Mars Express probe, currently in orbit around the Red Planet and doing just fine, recently had a major software update to increase its chances of discovering water there. How do you update Windows 98 on a spaceship orbiting Mars? @esa is doing it for Mars Express, after 19 years. https://t.co/DRWtuaqo22…

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jodhpur, have indigenously developed a metal 3D printer for aerospace, defence and general engineering applications.According to officials, all the components of the metal 3D printer, except the laser and robot systems, are designed and manufactured in India.The project's main objective is to reduce the cost of metal 3D printers and attract a broader range of users, they said."Despite the fact that metal 3D printing technology started a few years after the launch of…

Researchers have recently successfully treated Type 1 diabetes by transplanting insulin-producing pancreas cells into the patient.University of Missouri scientists are partnering with Harvard and Georgia Tech to create a new diabetes treatment that involves transplanting insulin-producing pancreatic cellsType 1 diabetes is estimated to affect around 1.8 million Americans. Although type 1 diabetes often develops in childhood or adolescence, it can occur in adulthood.Despite active research, type 1 diabetes has no cure.…

From Talos, the giant bronze automaton who guarded the princess Europa in ancient Greek myths, to Cylons and Terminators, the idea of artificial humans has both fascinated and creeped us out for centuries.   Now, we're closer than ever to making a robot look remarkably like a human, with the development of living robot skin. This icky-looking substance is water repellent, self healing, and has a texture just like our own skin.Because it's actually made of human skin cells."I think living skin is the ultimate solution to…

A robot developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras to help eliminate manual scavenging in India, is all set for field deployment, the institute said on Thursday.Ten units of the robot named 'HomoSEP' will be first deployed across Tamil Nadu, and later in Gujarat and Maharashtra."The septic tank is a poisonous environment, filled with semi-solid and semi-fluid human faecal material that make up about two-thirds of the tank. Hundreds of deaths are reported every year across India, due to manual scavenging…

Toyota wants hydrogen to power entire cities in Japan. Its subsidiary Woven Planet broke ground last February on a "Woven City" near Susono, which will act as a futuristic testbed for all sorts of urban planning ideas and technologies, including an expanded use of hydrogen fuel throughout the area.Now, Toyota and Woven have presented a working prototype of a portable hydrogen cartridge that seeks to provide green energy for "a range of daily life activities in and outside of the home." The cartridges are cylinders, 400 mm…

 The government expects to roll out indigenously developed 5G technology by August this year, according to Minister of State for Telecommunications Devusinh Chauhan.He made the remarks while speaking at the World Summit of Information Society (WSIS) 2022, organised by UN body ITU in Geneva on Wednesday.Chauhan said the government is also launching a research and development fund for funding development of telecom technology."India has developed an indigenous 4G stack wherein 4G Core and Radio Access Networks (are)…