In 1908 the first patent for a mobile phone was granted to Nathan B. Stubblefield. It was for a radiotelephone.

Cellulose, the most abundant biopolymer, is utilized to make a wide range of products like clothes and paper. Also, it helps ...

Newton did not take the criticism well. When Robert Hooke challenged Newton’s letters on light and colours, he made a lifelong enemy. Newton had an ugly temper and an unshakable conviction that ...

In the 1600s, it was “reinvented” by an Englishman named Robert Hooke who has often received credit for inventing it. You can even make your own anemometer! Here’s how to do it. It’s easy ...

Although long-lasting vortices are not uncommon on Jupiter—the most famous of them, the Great Red Spot, was observed as early as 1664 by Robert Hooke—their presence at the poles was unexpected.