News Technology Teaching Machines to Solve Standardized Reading Comprehension Tests Even though computers are capable of making complex calculations and storing large amounts of data, they are not yet good at analyzing and understanding the written word. Despite being capable of translating to and from several hundreds of languages, the computer is still not able to provide accurate results for human-style reading comprehension in the […] Written by Aliza Khan 2019-11-282021-08-31 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Engineering News Manufacturing Degradable Polymers Chemists at MIT have successfully formulated a technique to synthesize polymers that disintegrate more readily in the body and environment. Polymers created by a standard chemical reaction called ring-opening metathesis polymerisation (ROMP), although extremely useful, do not break down easily in natural environments. The research team at MIT has come up with a way to […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-11-192021-09-19 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
News Technology Revolutionizing Shape-Shifting Using 4D Printing The introduction of 3D printing revolutionized modern technology and its usage has resulted in a number of products, such as prosthetics, to be cheaper and more accessible. Scientists and researchers are currently working on 4D printing technology that would not only help create complex structures with accuracy but will also create materials that would respond […] Written by Aliza Khan 2019-10-312021-09-19 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Engineering Life Science Technology Elon Musk’s Neuralink and the Future of Human-Machine Interfaces Since the inception of modern science, people have wondered what it might be like to expand the boundaries of the brainpower to achieve super-intelligence or be able to manipulate and read someone else’s thoughts. Theorists and sci-fi enthusiasts, for years, have been talking about a singularity point where human and machine can merge, ultimately giving […] Written by Syed Muhammad Alam 2019-10-302019-10-30 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
News Technology Scientists Have Achieved “Quantum Supremacy” In a world where the word “supremacy” has negative political connotations (does “white supremacy” ring a bell?), John Preskill, a professor of theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology, couldn’t find a more accurate term to describe the advantages of Quantum Physics over its classical counterpart, which is why he coined the term “quantum […] Written by Alizah Gul Memon 2019-10-272021-09-19 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Health Sciences News Technology Treating Psychiatric Illnesses with Implanted Mesh Electronics Usually, psychiatric illnesses and neurodegenerative diseases are treated with drugs or implanted electrodes. However, in the future we might be able to control these diseases by controlling the brain itself. With a research led by Shaun Patel and Professor Charles M. Lieber from Harvard University, their team was able to design mesh electronics that would […] Written by Aliza Khan 2019-10-232021-09-19 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life Science News Technology Treating Cornea Damage – A New Use of iPS Discovered in Japan Previously damaging your cornea meant that it was almost impossible to get your vision back, the only treatment being a cornea transplant from a donor who had died. The results of an operation on a Japanese woman by an ophthalmologist Kohji Nishida, however, is hope for many patients with cornea damage. Nishida from Osaka University, […] Written by Zainab Mubasher 2019-09-302021-09-07 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life Science Technology No More a Coin Toss “Is it a boy or a girl?“ This question, which has every parent on their toes since the conception of their offspring, owes its existence to the randomness of fertilization – nature has made the determination of a future child’s sex essentially a coin toss. Recent technological advancements, however, have changed the game — humans […] Written by Abdullah Khan Niazi 2019-09-292019-10-26 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked