Consider a chip that is small and flexible, one that can ‘sense’ light and warmth. More importantly, it “learns from them”, just like your brain learns from touch or sight. The new device uses a neuron-like approach, where it adapts to stimuli through learning and changes with experiences over time. The device is created using a unique soft plastic material that not only conducts electricity but also ‘mesmerizes’ in how it was stimulated. It remembers and without aid of conscious intent, forgets gradually, akin to human memory.
Category: Research
Meet Olo: The Invention of a New Colour That Human Eyes Have Never Seen Before
Scientists have just created a new colour named Olo, which does not exist within the visible spectrum detectable by a normal human eye. In an experiment conducted by scientists from the University of California and the University of Washington School of Medicine, a new colour was generated by using laser light to stimulate only a single type of light-sensitive cone in the human eye—a colour never before seen by human eyes. The possible description of this colour is to imagine it as a hyper saturated bluish-green.
From Sci-Fi to Reality: Have We Just Found Signs of Alien Life?
We have been fascinated by the idea of life beyond Earth and the possible war between humans and aliens in various Sci-Fi movies and TV series. But a persistent question still remains:
Do living organisms exist beyond Earth?
This question has haunted human imagination for centuries. From ancient scripts to modern science fiction, the idea that life may exist elsewhere in the cosmos has inspired countless philosophical and scientific theories. However, advancements in fundamental science and observational tools over the past few decades have allowed us to thoroughly investigate those possibilities.
Understanding CMEs Collisions: A Key to Protecting Earth from Future Solar Storms
As we all know, the Sun is the primary source of energy that supports life on our planet, and this energy reaches us in the form of solar radiation. In addition to this, the Sun also occasionally releases massive bursts of charged particles (mainly electrons and protons) into space, accompanied by powerful magnetic field lines. These spectacular outbursts are known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs). These energetic particles are like bullets, if they were to reach us directly, they could damage our cells, increase the risk of cancer, and even alter human and animal DNA.
New Breakthrough on Solar Wind Unveiled by India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)!
You may wonder that based on their limited observation, in the early days, people thought the Sun had an atmosphere, like Earth, experiencing seasons and even forming clouds. These clouds were thought to be responsible for the dark spots observed on the Sun’s surface (now the same is known the sunspot, a dark spot appears on the sun’s surface due to low temperature region).
Chandrayaan-3 Offers Groundbreaking Findings on Water Ice Retention on the Moon
ChaSTE measurements have indicated that there is an impact of local topography on the temperature. The lunar surface temperatures show a significant spatial variability at metre scales at high latitudes, unlike at the equatorial regions, indicating towards the possible presence of widespread water-ice within the shallow subsurface of , even at high latitudes.
The Moon’s Magnetic Mystery: Chandrayaan-2 Just Changed Everything We Knew
A new study based on radio signal analysis of the Chandrayaan-2 (CH-2) orbiter, has yielded surprising information regarding the Moon’s ionosphere. The study reveals that the moon’s ionosphere exhibits unexpectedly high electron densities when it enters the Earth’s geomagnetic tail, which could be explained only by the presence of a lunar crustal magnetic field.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023
Source: nobelprize.org The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced the names of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2023. Nobel Prize 2023 in Physics…
Antimatter falls down due to gravity just like regular matter
A research conducted by scientists using the Antihydrogen Laser Physics Apparatus (ALPHA) at the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) has confirmed that antimatter behaves similarly to matter in gravitational fields.
Multifunctional Self-Cleaning Structural colors based on TiO2 nanostructures
Colors play vital role in textiles, automobiles, and decoration sectors. The general source of colors are dyes and pigments but are not safe for human health and at the same time suffer with stability issues, as it degrades with thermal energy, humidity, and UV exposure etc. Nature itself finds the solution and generates colors by means of structures called structural colors. Many fascinating artworks can be found in nature, such as peacock feather, butterfly wings, and gem opals that generate colors because of microstructures on them.