Sieeka Khan

Apple cancels AirPower wireless charger

Medicine & Technology Mar 30, 2019

Apple has canceled its AirPower wireless charger, citing difficulty in achieving the company’s “high standards” for the product

Rice University chemists discovered that stir bars covered in PTFE

Mar 30, 2019

Rice University chemists discovered that stir bars covered in PTFE, also known as Teflon, react with chemicals in an unexpected way during the modification of nanotubes through Billups-Birch reduction.

Magnetism in the nano range is discovered, could assemble unusual configurations

Mar 29, 2019

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and ETH Zurich have discovered a special phenomenon of magnetism in the nano range.

Apple opens a beta test for its new TV app and subscriptions

Mar 29, 2019

It includes channels and the personalized "For You" section.

Tiny optical elements could one day replace traditional refractive lenses

Mar 29, 2019

It could replace the traditional refractive lenses that we have today

Where will disease-carrying mosquitoes go in the future?

Mar 29, 2019

Disease-bearing mosquitoes are on the move.

A Indian Teen Dies of Tapeworm Egg Infestation in Brain

Mar 29, 2019

An 18-year-old who complained of seizures in the emergency room of an Indian hospital turned out to have parasites in his brain, according to a case study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

FDA issues new recommendations about mammograms

Mar 28, 2019

The US Food and Drug Administration announced proposed changes to mammography standards Wednesday.

Spotify is testing a cheaper Premium subscription for two people

Mar 28, 2019

It may convince you to stop sharing your password

Temple University offers walk-in vaccine clinics as mumps cases top 100

Mar 28, 2019

Temple University is holding the first of two scheduled vaccination clinics Wednesday, as the number of mumps cases affecting the campus community continues to rise.

Implant to better track brain chemical gone rogue after neurotrauma

Mar 28, 2019

Your chances of getting a nasty migraine increase following a spinal cord injury, thanks to a chemical messenger in the brain that spikes to toxic levels, past studies have suggested.

Nanovaccine boosts immunity in sufferers of metabolic syndrome

Mar 28, 2019

A new class of biomaterial developed by Cornell researchers for an infectious disease nanovaccine effectively boosted immunity in mice with metabolic disorders linked to gut bacteria – a population that shows resistance to traditional flu and polio vaccines.