TECH & INNOVATION

Real-Life Astro Boy: Bionic Arm Helps Four-Year-Old Boy From Pakistan; First Bionic Arm for Such Age

TECH & INNOVATION 09.02.2021 03:47 AM

A four-year-old Pakistani boy made history as the youngest person to have a multi-grip bionic arm. This is the first time a bionic arm is designed for a child his age.

Pigeons Roosting on Starlink Dish; Are They Causing Outages in Elon Musk’s Satellite Internet Service Beta-Testing?

08.31.2021 23:52 PM

People beta-testing the Starlink Satellite Internet Service of Elon Musk are experiencing outages in their connection and this, according to Professor Alan Woodward, is because of pesky pigeons roofing on the dish on the roof.

Standards in Machine Learning Key to Continuous Advancement, Requires Trust Among Researchers

08.31.2021 06:11 AM

Machine learning is a relatively recent field of study, yet it has brought progress to other areas. Currently, a team of researchers is looking to set standards for its use.

AI-Powered Single-Cell Atlas Developed; Effective on Detecting Single Disease Cell Including COVID-19

08.30.2021 23:40 PM

A new AI-powered algorithm was developed in order to consolidate every data from single-cells tha could be used for reference and future studies.

FDA Approves First Stroke Rehabilitation Option That Uses Vagus Nerve Stimulation System

08.30.2021 06:22 AM

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for the first time a stroke rehabilitation option that uses a vagus nerve stimulation system to treat moderate to severe motor deficits linked to ischemic stroke.

Supercomputer Tracks Chaotic Young Galaxies As They Mature Into Orderly Forms, New Simulation Shows

08.28.2021 01:01 AM

Just like humans, galaxies, such as the Milky Way, also tend to start chaotically, straightening themselves out into more recognizable shapes like spiral galaxies as they grow up and mature.

Electromagnetic Pulse Used in Chinese Weapon Can Take Down Unmanned Aircraft; Field Test Aims to Catch Up With US

08.27.2021 12:43 PM

An electromagnetic pulse was recently used to take down an unmanned aircraft while it was flying 4,920 feet above sea level before crashing down.

New Form of Carbon Only One Atom Thick, Ideal for Future Electronics, High-Tech Engineering

08.27.2021 06:39 AM

Scientists developed a new form of carbon that is only one atom thick, opening doors to improve rechargeable batteries and better electrical energy storage than graphene.

Ultraflat Biphenylene Carbon Sheet Set to Revolutionize Electronics

08.26.2021 22:56 PM

A team of international researchers have developed a new one-atom-thick material that's more electoconductive than graphene and could potentialy revolutionize electronics.

Most Perfect Graphene: Single-Crystal Specimen Has No Wrinkles, Folds, Adlayers

08.26.2021 08:51 AM

A new study has grown large-area, single-crystal graphene that has no flaws - and it may be the most perfect sample synthesized so far.

Solving the Prions' Puzzle: Medical Imaging Breakthrough Completes 30-Year-Old Project

08.25.2021 06:38 AM

A team of scientists has generated high-resolution 3D images of dangerous prions, building on a 30-year-old project, and is expected to offer insights into how prions assemble and behave.

Artificial Intelligence: Why it Can't Detect the Correlation Between Human Emotion and Facial Expression

08.24.2021 23:50 PM

A team of international researchers suggests that AI based judgement on a person's inner thinking is flawed since the technology is unable to understand the relationship between human emotion and facial expression.

Self-Healing Earth: Volcanoes Regulate Carbon Emissions in Atmosphere, Global Temperatures; Possible Answer to Climate Change

08.24.2021 08:13 AM

While volcanoes have long been held to be an inevitable cause of disaster from the Earth's moving plates, a new study reveals how they help the Earth regulate atmospheric carbon dioxide and, in turn, stabilize global temperatures.

Robot Beetle Now Part of the Guinness Book of World Records as the Lightest Crawling Robot Ever Invented

08.24.2021 00:10 AM

The robot beetle an engineer recently invented has been included in the Guinness Book of World Records for its being the lightest crawling robot with a weight similar to three grains of rice.

Crystal to Control Spin Qubits by the Millions; Could Solve Current Quantum Computing Design Limits

08.23.2021 07:10 AM

New technology for managing up to millions of spin qubits could take quantum computing devices one step closer to large-scale availability.

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