This Complete DIY Robot Set is Fun and Educational
Why buy action figures and robots if you can make your own? If you’re the kind of robotics fan who owns his own soldering gun…
Science
Optical OTP Security Platform with Impenetrable Encryption
A one-time password (OTP) is a string of characters that is generated automatically that authenticates the user for a single transaction or login session. An…
Whiteflies Use the Stolen Genes to Degrade Common Toxins Plants Use to Defend Themselves Against Insects
Aphid-like insects called whiteflies absorbed a part of plant DNA into their genome millions of years ago. Whiteflies utilize this stolen gene to break down…
A visit to a historical place/building (Kutubiyya Mosque, Morocco)
The Kutubiyya Mosque (Arabic: جامع الكتبية Arabic pronunciation: jaːmiʕu‿lkutubijːa(h)), also known as the Koutoubia Mosque, is the second of two nearly identical Kutubiyya mosques erected…
Spica – a Brightest Star in the Constellation Virgo
Spica is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo and a blue main-sequence star. It is more than seven times the size of the Sun.…
Next-generation Electrical Insulation Materials Require an Integrated Approach
Our electrical infrastructure has largely remained unchanged since World War II, but advances in technology, particularly in materials, have opened doors that we would never…
Scientists Revealed a Novel Technique of Watching Atoms Move in a Small Quantum Electronic Switch While it was in Operation
Millions of tiny switches regulate the flow of electric current in electronic circuits that calculate and store information. Researchers may be able to push the…
Difference between Conduction and Convection
Convection is the movement of heat by the actual motion of matter, whereas conduction is the transfer of heat energy by direct contact. Conduction occurs…
Triphenylphosphine (Properties, Structure, Uses)
Because of its nucleophilicity and reducing nature, triphenylphosphine (IUPAC name: triphenylphosphane) is employed in the synthesis of organic molecules. It is a common organophosphorus chemical…
A Sustainable Biofuel Industry may be Possible with Engineered Bacteria
Scientists from Hiroshima University and AIST in Japan engineered the bacterium Moorella thermoacetica to produce a volatile chemical at high temperatures from gaseous substrates. It…
Diazomethane – a Chemical Compound
Diazomethane is a highly valuable and versatile organic chemistry building block. It is the chemical compound CH2N2, which was discovered in 1894 by German chemist…
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases are Successfully Treated with Engineered Cells
UC San Francisco researchers have demonstrated that gene-edited cellular therapeutics can be used to successfully treat cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. Scientists demonstrated in a mouse…
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