Kathmandu — The Nepal International Film Festival (NIFF) on Friday inaugurated “Russian Film Days” at the Russian House in Kamalpokhari, featuring the screening of the first film shot in space. The opening ceremony was attended…
Knee Sound Based Detector for Osteoarthritis Prediction
The system is based on sound recordings on the subject’s knee. [caption id="attachment_4607" align="alignright" width="225"] Jerry Choon Cheah Wee with his awards at i-ENVEX 2015[/caption] Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease, which is commonly…
College Board and NSF expand partnership to bring…
[caption id="attachment_4599" align="alignright" width="300"] A student works in the Choreographe visual programming environment used to program humanoid robots.[/caption] The College Board and the National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced an extension of their partnership to…
Researcher’s quest for an artificial heart
Image by Ociacia/ Shutterstock The need to mend broken hearts has never been greater. In the USA alone, around 610,000 people die of heart disease each year. A significant number of those deaths could potentially…
Chasing polar winds with laser
[caption id="attachment_4583" align="alignright" width="305"] Measuring cyclones[/caption] Preparing for the launch of ESA’s Aeolus wind satellite next year, scientists from Europe and the US recently teamed up in Iceland to measure the wind over the North…