Farheen Fawad's articles Life Science News Technology A Brain Implant that Uses Live Feed From a Camera to Help Blind People See Eduardo Fernandez, director of neuroengineering at the University of Miguel Hernandez, Spain has presented a particularly unique approach to cure blindness. His method uses technology embedded directly in the rear of the brain as opposed to previous techniques which usually involved prosthetic eyes or retinas. The mechanism uses a modified pair of glasses fitted with […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2020-03-282021-04-27 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked News What Actually Caused the Recent Coronavirus Outbreak? The recent coronavirus outbreak has created a sense of panic and alarm among the world during the short time since it surfaced in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. In the two months that have followed, it has spread to various other countries and has been classified as a global emergency by the […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2020-02-162021-04-28 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 Health Sciences News Predicting Epileptic Seizures Epilepsy is entailed by unpredictability. There is no real way for patients to know when a seizure may occur. Molecular biologist Marion Hogg and her colleagues have managed to make a breakthrough in this field. They identified molecules whose levels in the bloodstream vary before and after the seizure occurs. This discovery could lead to […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-11-052021-09-19 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Health Sciences News Cancer Cells Found to Seize Control of Communications in the Brain Three individual studies have been able to unearth a shocking discovery about tumour cells – they can attach themselves, and feed off, the neurons in the brain. This revelation might be another clue in understanding the labyrinth of tumours, and consequently allowing researchers to look at this puzzle from another perspective. Brain cancers called gliomas, […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-10-052021-09-07 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked News Technology The Future of Sound in Quantum Computing In the context of wave particle duality just like light has “particles” called photons, sound also has particles called phonons. These particles, in-fact, are quasiparticles – a phenomenon that occurs when a microscopically complicated system behaves as if it were a particle. A quantum computer can deliver technology’s long-promised ability to help scientists do things […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-09-152021-09-07 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Health Sciences News Technology Manipulating Brains Through Smartphones Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the University of Washington, USA have invented a device that can control neural circuits using a tiny brain implant controlled by a smartphone. The scientists, publishing in Nature Biomedical Engineering, believe the device can speed up efforts to uncover brain diseases such as […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-08-292021-06-28 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Astronomy News Sailing Through Space Since the time humans have ventured into space, they have been limited by many obstacles. The most challenging one was running out of power, usually hydrazine fuel, that steers the spacecraft. For centuries, travelling through space propelled by the sun’s photons was only a science fantasy and the idea was first put forward in the […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-08-112021-06-28 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Astronomy News 50th Anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 11 Mission July 16, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11 mission, the first spaceflight that landed humans on the moon. It was a breathtaking engineering and logistical achievement. On 20th July 1969, the Lunar Module (nicknamed Eagle) touched down the moon after a stressful final few minutes. About four hours later, Neil […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-07-162021-06-28 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked News Technology A New Robo-Insect Takes Flight For many years, scientists have worked to create aerial robots inspired by bees and other flying insects. This has proven difficult, because when you get down to the insect’s scale, it’s hard to generate enough thrust to enable it to carry its own power source. But, a new robot has taken flight and it’s creating […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-07-152021-06-28 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Sciences News Speed Breeding Crops for World’s Ever-Growing Population With the world population estimated to reach a stunning 10 billion by 2050, 60 to 80 percent more food will be needed to feed everybody. This challenge will become even more formidable due to climate change and diseases that affect our crops over time. Plant breeding, however, is a painstakingly slow process and it takes […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-06-262021-06-28 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Sciences News Four Times as Much Microplastic is Found Under Water Than on the Surface of an Ocean Microscopic pieces of plastic pollution were discovered on sea surfaces years ago. However, now, when an attempt was made to search a section of ocean thoroughly, researchers were appalled to find that deep water harbored a greater density of these microplastics than the surface. Shockingly, more microplastic is found in the depths of the seemingly […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-06-172021-06-27 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Loading Load more
Life Science News Technology A Brain Implant that Uses Live Feed From a Camera to Help Blind People See Eduardo Fernandez, director of neuroengineering at the University of Miguel Hernandez, Spain has presented a particularly unique approach to cure blindness. His method uses technology embedded directly in the rear of the brain as opposed to previous techniques which usually involved prosthetic eyes or retinas. The mechanism uses a modified pair of glasses fitted with […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2020-03-282021-04-27 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
News What Actually Caused the Recent Coronavirus Outbreak? The recent coronavirus outbreak has created a sense of panic and alarm among the world during the short time since it surfaced in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. In the two months that have followed, it has spread to various other countries and has been classified as a global emergency by the […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2020-02-162021-04-28 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
Health Sciences News Predicting Epileptic Seizures Epilepsy is entailed by unpredictability. There is no real way for patients to know when a seizure may occur. Molecular biologist Marion Hogg and her colleagues have managed to make a breakthrough in this field. They identified molecules whose levels in the bloodstream vary before and after the seizure occurs. This discovery could lead to […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-11-052021-09-19 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Health Sciences News Cancer Cells Found to Seize Control of Communications in the Brain Three individual studies have been able to unearth a shocking discovery about tumour cells – they can attach themselves, and feed off, the neurons in the brain. This revelation might be another clue in understanding the labyrinth of tumours, and consequently allowing researchers to look at this puzzle from another perspective. Brain cancers called gliomas, […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-10-052021-09-07 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
News Technology The Future of Sound in Quantum Computing In the context of wave particle duality just like light has “particles” called photons, sound also has particles called phonons. These particles, in-fact, are quasiparticles – a phenomenon that occurs when a microscopically complicated system behaves as if it were a particle. A quantum computer can deliver technology’s long-promised ability to help scientists do things […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-09-152021-09-07 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Health Sciences News Technology Manipulating Brains Through Smartphones Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the University of Washington, USA have invented a device that can control neural circuits using a tiny brain implant controlled by a smartphone. The scientists, publishing in Nature Biomedical Engineering, believe the device can speed up efforts to uncover brain diseases such as […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-08-292021-06-28 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Astronomy News Sailing Through Space Since the time humans have ventured into space, they have been limited by many obstacles. The most challenging one was running out of power, usually hydrazine fuel, that steers the spacecraft. For centuries, travelling through space propelled by the sun’s photons was only a science fantasy and the idea was first put forward in the […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-08-112021-06-28 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Astronomy News 50th Anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 11 Mission July 16, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11 mission, the first spaceflight that landed humans on the moon. It was a breathtaking engineering and logistical achievement. On 20th July 1969, the Lunar Module (nicknamed Eagle) touched down the moon after a stressful final few minutes. About four hours later, Neil […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-07-162021-06-28 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
News Technology A New Robo-Insect Takes Flight For many years, scientists have worked to create aerial robots inspired by bees and other flying insects. This has proven difficult, because when you get down to the insect’s scale, it’s hard to generate enough thrust to enable it to carry its own power source. But, a new robot has taken flight and it’s creating […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-07-152021-06-28 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Sciences News Speed Breeding Crops for World’s Ever-Growing Population With the world population estimated to reach a stunning 10 billion by 2050, 60 to 80 percent more food will be needed to feed everybody. This challenge will become even more formidable due to climate change and diseases that affect our crops over time. Plant breeding, however, is a painstakingly slow process and it takes […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-06-262021-06-28 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Sciences News Four Times as Much Microplastic is Found Under Water Than on the Surface of an Ocean Microscopic pieces of plastic pollution were discovered on sea surfaces years ago. However, now, when an attempt was made to search a section of ocean thoroughly, researchers were appalled to find that deep water harbored a greater density of these microplastics than the surface. Shockingly, more microplastic is found in the depths of the seemingly […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-06-172021-06-27 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
