Engineering

Five Couples Long For CRISPR Babies to Avoid Deafness

In November 2018, the controversial Chinese scientist ‘He Jiankui’ used CRISPR technology to delete the embryonic gene CCR5 of twins Lulu and Nana to make the children resistant to HIV. This was followed by almost…

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AI-enabled smart glass recognizes Images without any Power Source or sensors

We read about new advancements in Artificial Intelligence almost daily. There is hardly any area left that hasn’t been touched by AI. Now researchers from University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a way to create artificially…

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Aging Delayed in Mice by Administering a Protein Supplement

Could we slow-down or even stop aging by simply taking protein supplements? According to the recent findings of a group of researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, this is actually…

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Japan’s hayabusa2 successfully landed on an asteroid to scoop samples from the dawn of the solar system

The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa-2 has landed on the surface of Ryugu ( a near-Earth asteroid). Now it is expected to extract the samples from beneath the surface of the asteroid, which could shed light on…

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UAE’s ‘Noor Abu Dhabi’ is the World’s Largest Solar Power Project

United Arab Emirates (UAE) takes the lead in going green by unveiling ‘Noor Abu Dhabi’ the largest individual solar power project in the world. Developed by Emirate Water and Electricity Company, it just has reduced…

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America’s Top 10 Most Dangerous Jobs

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the top 10 most dangerous jobs have more than double the rate fatalities across all occupations, in some cases over 20 times higher. “While every job…

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French Scientists Say they’ve Finally Made Metallic Hydrogen

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe; scientists have been trying all sorts of techniques to produce metallic hydrogen for decades. Now, a team of French scientists from Harvard University has claimed to…

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How Machine Learning (A.I.) is Improving Construction

We are constantly hearing the terms AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Machine Learning, but what does it mean? In general, the term “artificial intelligence” means a machine which mimics human cognition. It is the ability of a computer…

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Robot Fish Powered By Blood-Like Battery Fluid Can Swim For Over 36 Hours

A team of engineers at Cornell’s Organic Robotics Lab has created a soft robotic lionfish that is powered by its own artificial circulatory system. Main challenge in robotics is to make them perform for extended…

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John Deere’s Tweel: The Tire That Never Goes Flat

The chronicles of pneumatic tire have been written since 1888 when Irish inventor John Boyd Dunlop unveiled his creation. But there seems to be one common denominator: pneumatic tires go flat. Michelin’s X Tweel (a…

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