Samsung's Firevase: A Smashing Fire Extinguisher

TECH & INNOVATION 04.23.2019 22:53 PM

Samsung's new flower vase doubles as a throwable fire extinguisher. Samsung may be best known to the tech-loving community for its mobile devices, computers, and televisions, but there are plenty of other products that the South Korean giant makes.

Japanese "Walter White" Professor Allegedly Caught For Teaching Students to Make Ecstasy

04.23.2019 11:59 AM

Tatsunori Iwamura is a professor at the Matsuyama University, in the prefecture of Ehime, Japan whom demonstrated to his students majoring in pharmaceutical studies to make a chemical substance generally known as ecstasy or MDMA, and the drug 5f-QUPIC. These substances are similar to cannabis that was made illegal in Japan since 2014, because it caused road accidents in the country. The motive of the professor was to enhance their knowledge on the topic of pharmaceuticals.

From Garbage to Chocolate: A New Possible Source

04.23.2019 08:37 AM

Scientists based in Brazil and the United Kingdom have found out that the seeds of the jackfruit can be used as a substitute for cocoa to produce a product that that smells and tastes exactly like chocolate.

MIT Engineered Surface Treatment to Reduce Waste and Improve Efficiency

04.23.2019 08:20 AM

Any material inside a container with this lining significantly comes in contact with the lubricating liquid and slides right off instead of sticking to the solid container wall

How a Catalyst Decomposes Nerve Agents in Real-Life Environment

04.22.2019 22:35 PM

A better approach is to decompose the CWA with a catalyst, making the chemical harmless while reusing the catalyst afterward

Scientists Discovered New Way to Use 2D Material for Hydrogen Energy

04.22.2019 22:33 PM

Utilizing nano defects existing in the material without increasing their number, and eco-friendly photopolymerization

Cannabis Chefs: A New Breed of Chefs

04.22.2019 08:08 AM

A new breed of chef is thriving, experimenting with how to infuse dishes with weed. Sunday is a food trip kind of day. Comfort food like mac and cheese, peanut butter and jelly comes to mind.

A Non-Addictive, Hangover-Free Synthetic Alcohol Soon to be Made Available

04.19.2019 10:39 AM

Researchers have produced a synthetic drink that replicates the effects of alcohol without having to suffer a hangover the next morning.

LOFAR Radio Telescope Measures Unknown Structures and Discharge Processes of Lightning

04.18.2019 11:41 AM

Lightning does not discharge at once, as was thought for a long time, but can strike many times within seconds

Non-invasive Technology for Sweat Analysis and Collection Through a Biosensor

04.18.2019 08:55 AM

Chinese scientists develop a biosensor for sweat analysis Biofluids provide information about the processes that happen inside the body and one of these is sweat.

Yeast-based Approach in Manufacturing Low-Calorie Sugar Tagatose

04.16.2019 10:08 AM

Scientists discover a new method in increasing the production of tagatose There is good news for people who love sweets but are weight conscious. A team of researchers from the University of Illinois developed a yeast strain that controls lactose metabolism into tagatose.

Generating Electricity from Snowfall

04.15.2019 19:25 PM

A device that can work in remote areas, generates power, predicts weather station, rate, and direction of the snow and wind.

How World’s Continuous-Time Conceals the Discrete-Time

04.15.2019 09:17 AM

Markov process unfolds over a larger space, one that includes hidden states in addition to the visible ones

Experts Predict Human Brain Can Access Online Through Thought Alone, predict expert

04.14.2019 22:54 PM

The human brain could possibly connect with the world's data supercenters through a new technology

Recently Known Ways Insects and Bacteria Control Ice

04.13.2019 14:50 PM

Major proteins formed in bacteria and insects can either inhibit or promote the formation of ice Against the popular belief or what people might have been taught, water doesn't freeze to the ice at 32 degrees F (zero degrees C).