Humans can’t survive more than a few days without water, but some plants, in particular mosses, can survive drought for decades and suddenly revive with the first rain. When there’s no rain, Tortula mosses…
Facebook plans to share Ad revenue with its video publishers
Thursday, July 2, 2015., Facebook announced on Wednesday that it will be sharing ad revenue with its video creators, thereby it makes video publishers to publish their videos directly onto its platform….
Smartphones can detect diabetes, pregnancy and hazardous gases
Researchers have developed a small add-on devices could turn a smartphone’s built-in optical components into biosensing technology to monitor diabetes, test for pregnancy, monitor hazardous gases and more. Thus they developed a…
BMW’s “Light & Charge” street lighting system integrated with electric vehicle charging
MINI Plant Oxford is showcasing a high-efficiency street lighting system that doubles as a charging station for electric vehicles (EVs). The system is known as Light & Charge and is demonstrated for…
MIT’s new instrument is small enough to function within a smartphone camera, enabling portable light analysis
Instruments that measure the properties of light, known as spectrometers, are widely used in physical, chemical, and biological research. These devices are usually too large to be portable, but MIT scientists have…