The world outside the solar system is unique, beautiful and it never fails to astonish us. There are still a lot of things that we do not know about the Universe, there are many entities that we have not discovered as of yet. NASA recently made an announcement stating that its Kepler Space Telescope has discovered 100 unknown planets.
There has always been a talk about how much safe the self driving cars actually are. We have seen many individuals and experts questioning the safety regarding a car that is actually driven by automated software instead of humans. A recent study suggests that it is probably safe to have software driving your car instead of a driver doing so.
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have come closer to create a new state of hydrogen or so-called metallic hydrogen. Two diamonds were used to crush hydrogen and deuterium, its heavier isotope, achieving pressures of more than 380 gig Pascals, which the highest yet reported.
At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, engineers revealed an object printed with 3D printer using ‘alien’ material. Engineers stated that the technology could be used to build colonies on Mars using material from the Martian surface.
The United Nations health agency on Friday announced that the supply of oral cholera vaccines (OCV) would double, to address the global shortage and to expand accessibility in more countries. The agency approved a third producer to fight the disease that kills about 142,000 annually.
Despite a sluggish overall economic output, employers in the US added a solid 292,000 jobs last month, indicating that the country’s resilience at a time of slow global growth and financial turmoil. The Labor Department on Friday said that the unemployment rate stayed at five percent.
We might just think that the Roman Empire was one of the best when it comes to architecture, living standards, politics, trade, etc., except for the sanitation system that they had. The recent report has been provided by the University of Cambridge. The Romans had brought in their style sanitation approximately 2000 years ago. Till date it was thought that their style of sanitation was a hard core one and improved public health to a great deal during the period. But the research report by the University of Cambridge has something else to say.
Organ transplant acts a life saving measure for quite a few individuals, but a recent study shows that individuals with solid organ transplants also have a higher tendency of having cancer during the later stages of their lives. The recent study shows that individuals with solid organ transplants have a pretty high chance of dying with cancer when compared to the general class of individuals.
While Microsoft sets it’s Windows 10 integrated Hololens release date in the first quarter, Lenovo enters as a VR headset competitor. Starting from the pen tip to giant machines, we are surrounded by technology. Microsoft upcoming Hololens carries highly featured sensor technology to track hand movement, voice and gestures. This allows for the execution of tasks.
Interbreeding between Neanderthals and ancient humans, thousands of years ago in Europe, may have given humans increased immunity. This gene variation could also have left modern people more prone to allergies such as sneezes and itches.
