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Here’s why water droplets on a rose don’t fall off

London, April 26: Chemists at the Tsinghua University in Beijing have found the physical basis for the rose's ability to grip water droplets in place, even when the flower is upside down.

Scientists call for better greenhouse gas monitoring system

Washington, April 25 : Researchers at the University of Colorado and NOAA have called for a 10-fold increase in global CO2 monitoring efforts to measure reduction trends in regions.

‘Spider webs’ would help propel future space probes

London, April 25 : A team of scientists in Finland has woven a new type of spider web-like solar sail, with positively charged wires, that might be able to repel positive ions in the solar wind and

Earth's magnetic field may be responsible for suicides

Earth magnetic field London, Apr 25 : Scientists believe that earth's magnetic field may b

New ‘superlens’ focus 10 times more sharply than conventional lens

Washington, April 25 : A trio of American researchers has developed a “superlens” that can focus 10 times more sharply than a conventional lens.

How our eyes track a fluid bird’s flight

Birds in flightWashington, Apr 25 : While tracking a bird’s flight across the sky, the eye g

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