NASA Plans To Return Mars Samples To Earth
NASA has been working on several plans to collect and return 30 Martian rock samples to Earth by 2033. To support this mission, the US space agency is sending two small helicopters to the planet.…
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A Tiny Robot with ‘Human-Like Hands’ Can Lift A Thousand Times its Weight
Researchers from the Italian Institute of Technology have developed a robotic hand with human-like efficiency. This robotic hand can stretch, contract, and could also grip objects with human-like efficiency. Researchers have developed a new class of…
Study Suggests That Resistant Starch Can Lower Hereditary Cancer Risk by Over 60%
Researchers from the Universities of Newcastle and Leeds have discovered a way that could help in keeping hereditary cancer at bay. Researchers found that a digestion-resistant molecule can lower the risk of hereditary cancer by over 60%.…
Secret weapon Hellfire R9X missile that killed Al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri died on July 31 when two missiles from an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) hit the balcony of a house in Kabul. Interestingly, there was no sign of any explosion, and no…
MIT Engineers Develop Wearable Ultrasound Stickers for Continuous Imaging
Ultrasound is a non-invasive diagnostic technique extensively used to produce high-resolution images of a patient’s internal organs. This technique is the safest and most used form of medical imaging. However, ultrasound imaging requires bulky and…
Earth’s Rotation Suddenly Got Faster – The Fastest Ever Rotation of the Planet Recorded On June 29, 2022
Earth spins once every 24 hours…the reason why the Sun appears to rise and set every day. But every century, the time Earth takes to complete one rotation goes up or down by a fraction…
NASA Discovered Pits on the Moon that Always Have Temperatures Comfortable for Humans
Our moon is uninhabitable and lifeless. It has no significant atmosphere, and no magnetosphere to protect its surface from solar wind and cosmic radiation. The lunar surface is also coated in clingy dust that cuts like fiberglass.…
7 Critical Trends Driving the Transportation Industry in 2022 and Beyond
The transportation industry had a trying year in 2021. The global pandemic was a critical factor in the industry in 2021. It created havoc and headaches for managers and companies throughout the transportation industry. That…
Airbus A400M can Drop 20 Tonnes of Water in Seconds to Combat Wildfires
Climate change and land-use change are leading to an increase in wildfire season length, wildfire frequency, and burned area. Now wildfires are also ravaging previously unaffected parts of the planet. According to a UN report,…
Researchers Turn Dead Spiders into Robots
We have seen several robots inspired by walking and running motions of animals. But now, Texas’ Rice University researchers have devised a method to use dead spiders to grasp small objects delicately. Unlike humans, spiders…
