deepai Gravity feels reliable — stable and consistent enough to count on. But reality is far stranger than our intuition. In truth, the strength of gravity varies over the Earth’s surface. And it is weakest…
New nanotechnology extending self life of fruits
An international research team is developing nanotechnology-based applications of hexanal, a natural plant extract that extends the storage life of harvested fruit. [caption id="attachment_9036" align="alignright" width="300"] Freshness is key because the fruit spoil quickly and…
Eye-tracking system uses ordinary cellphone camera
Crowdsourced data yields system that determines where mobile-device users are looking. [caption id="attachment_9033" align="alignnone" width="602"] Researchers developed a simple application for devices that use Apple’s iOS operating system. The application flashes a small dot somewhere…
BepiColombo Mercury Magnetosphere Orbiter
[caption id="attachment_9030" align="alignnone" width="700"] Source: Airbus DS GmbH 2015[/caption] The shining face of the Mercury Magnetosphere Orbiter, Japan’s contribution to the BepiColombo mission to the Solar System’s innermost planet. The octagonal spacecraft is seen here at ESA’s…
Gravitational waves detected from second pair of colliding…
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration identify a second gravitational wave event in the data from Advanced LIGO detectors On December 26, 2015 at 03:38:53 UTC, scientists observed gravitational waves--ripples in the fabric…