Science fiction is called the “literature of ideas” for a reason. Not only it explores the potential consequences of scientific innovation, but also efficiently separates itself from supernatural stuff, thus making it more of a science...
While studying beams with highly structured angular momentum, researchers discover a new property of light: self-torque. They experimentally generated a light beam with this new property. In physics, light is referred to as electromagnetic...
The Pokemon Go craze might have cooled down, but Augmented Reality (AR) applications aren’t going anywhere as the world’s leading mobile platforms are now focusing more on AR capabilities. These applications are developed to display...
People often use the terms ‘tallest mountains’ and ‘highest mountains’ interchangeably, and they terribly mix-up these two different things. It’s imperative for one to know that both terms have completely different...
Black holes are one of the most fascinating objects found in the Universe. They are celestial bodies of extremely intense gravity from which nothing can escape – not a planet, not a moon, and not even light. Anything that crosses the event...
New AI programming language [Gen] makes it easier for beginners to get started, while also helping professionals advance the field. It outperforms existing probabilistic programming systems on problems such as estimating 3D body pose from a depth...
Researchers used two most advanced ground-based telescopes to measure the temperature of the rings of Uranus. Uranus ring system has a temperature of -196°C (77 Kelvin), just about the boiling point of liquid nitrogen. Typically, Saturn is the...
As of 2019, SpaceX has roughly 160 million outstanding shares, priced at $204 per share. Since it’s a private corporation, you can’t buy shares from the stock market. SpaceX has become one of the most valuable private companies in the...
The youngest billionaire in the world at the moment is just 21 years old, with the twelfth youngest being over 30. While most of these young billionaires have inherited their family wealth, some of them are self-made. With the help of technology and...
If you love coffee, be sure to thank Friedlieb Runge for that instant energy boost! Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge was a German chemist born on February 8, 1794. He was the son of a Lutheran pastor and the third of seven children. He expressed his...
Researchers mix crude oil with water by significantly raising the pressure and temperature of the composition. The outcomes allow a deeper investigation of the structure and composition of crude oil. Crude oil is currently the most valuable source...
The new ‘universal memory’ can write or erase data using 100x less energy than DRAM. It would allow computers to boot up instantly and imperceptibly go into sleep mode, even between keystrokes. While different types of charge-based...