WEB DESK, July 15(ABC): The camera will explore cosmic mysteries as part of the Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time. Crews at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have taken the first 3,200-megapixel digital photos – the largest ever taken in a single shot – with an extraordinary array of imaging sensors that will become the …

WEB DESK, July 15(ABC): Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed the world’s smallest ultrasound detector. It is based on miniaturized photonic circuits on top of a silicon chip. With a size 100 times smaller than an average human hair, the new detector can visualize features that are much smaller than previously possible, …

GENEVA, July 6(ABC): Scientists working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have discovered three subatomic particles never seen before as they work to unlock the building blocks of the universe, the European nuclear research centre CERN said on Tuesday. The 27 kilometre-long (16.8 mile) LHC at CERN is the machine that found the Higgs boson particle, which along with its …

WEB DESK, July 6(ABC): Apple recently secured a new patent that may make iPhones waterproof and allow users to adjust touch sensitivity so that they are better able to access their phone screens in the rain. Current iPhone models are water-resistant but it’s still tricky texting with water drops on the screen. With the new patent on the way, Apple …

SEOUL, July 14(ABC): Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS) on Thursday launched its first electric sedan, Ioniq 6, which the South Korean automaker is betting will help it grab a bigger share of the electric vehicle (EV) market dominated by Tesla Inc . The Ioniq 6 is one of more than 31 electric models that Hyundai Motor Group – including Hyundai Motor, …

WEB DESK, July 5(ABC): NASA has announced that it will be sending swimming robots to the “ocean worlds” in our solar system to explore what lies beneath the icy shells on different planets and moons. The space agency will be investing US$600,000 in a study that will look into the feasibility of sending tiny machine swimmers. However, these will look …

WEB DESK, July 5(ABC): Scientists at the University of California San Diego have developed Lithium-ion batteries that can perform well at freezing and scorching temperatures both. They used a temperature-proof electrolyte that allows electrical current to flow easily without taking the impact of the changes in temperature. Researchers believe that if the battery is introduced to electric vehicles, it will …

WEB DESK, July 4(ABC): Detecting diseases might become easier in the future with robots’ ability to “sniff” hidden illnesses, surprisingly including cancer, by smelling a person’s breath. Scientists are trying to find out techniques that can analyse chemical compounds in patients’ breath, sweat, and even tears and point towards diseases. Experts believe these chemicals are like “fingerprints” leading to diagnosis. …

WEB DESK, July 3(ABC): Scientists have developed a bilayer passive cooling technology inspired by the way camels stay cool in the hot desert sun. The technology’s bottom hydrogel layer acts like a camel’s sweat glands, lowering the temperature through evaporating water, whereas the top aerogel layer functions like fur, insulating against outside heat while letting water vapor pass through. The …

WEB DESK, July 3(ABC): The ‘electronic nose’ (e-nose) comprises a ‘barcode’ that changes color over time in reaction to the gases produced by meat as it decays, and a barcode ‘reader’ in the form of a smartphone app powered by artificial intelligence (AI). The e-nose has been trained to recognize and predict meat freshness from a large library of barcode …