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More than 5% of Facebooks workforce deals with AR and VR

Posted in Business on 8th May, 2017
by Alex Muller

Two pieces of information from Facebook sources have given us new insight into the division of labor inside the social media giant.

New nuclear magnetic resonance technique offers 'molecular window' for live disease diagnosis

Posted in Hardware on 6th May, 2017
by Alex Muller

NMR that can look inside a living system to get a high-resolution profile of which specific molecules are present, and extract a full metabolic profile.

China increases solar power output by 80% in three months

Posted in Science on 5th May, 2017
by Alex Muller

The power-generation increase comes even as more solar plants stand idle because of congested transmission infrastructure.

A 'smart contact lens' for diabetes and glaucoma diagnosis

Posted in Hardware on 5th May, 2017
by Alex Muller

The design is based on transparent, stretchable sensors that are deposited on commercially available soft-contact lenses.

India launches 'invaluable' South Asia satellite

Posted in Business on 5th May, 2017
by Alex Muller

India has successfully launched a new communications satellite for South Asia from Sriharikota space centre.