Posts by Ibrar Ayyub:
It's the year 2020…how's your cybersecurity?
Posted on: 29 Apr 2016
What if, in 2020, wearable devices did not care about how many steps you took, and instead were concerned with your real-time emotional state? With networked devices tracking hormone levels, heart rates, facial expressions, voice tone and more, the Internet could become a vast system of “emotion readers,” touching the most intimate aspects of human psychology
Stepper Motor Angle Control using AVR Microcontroller
Posted on: 29 Apr 2016
There are many applications in which it is required to set the position of an object at a desire angle. Some of the examples are 1. Satellite Dish Antenna positioning The Satellite Dish Antenna should be in straight alignment with Satellite in Space to receive signal with maximum strength. So it’s required to position the […]
A long-noncoding RNA regulates repair of DNA breaks in triple-negative breast cancer cells
Posted on: 28 Apr 2016
The discovery of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) has dramatically changed the understanding of the biology of diseases such as cancer. The human genome contains about 20,000 protein-coding genes – less than 2 percent of the total – but 70 percent of the genome is made into non-gene-encoding RNA.
Underwater archaeology looks at atomic relic of the Cold War
Posted on: 28 Apr 2016
The April issue of Springer’s Journal of Maritime Archaeology (JMA) focuses on a single shipwreck as the lens through which maritime archaeology assesses the advent of the Atomic Age and the Cold War. The wreck is the World War II veteran aircraft carrier USS Independence, which was one of nearly a hundred ships used as targets in the first tests of the atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll in the summer of 1946.
‘Seeing’ around corners: DARPA research into holographic imaging of hidden objects
Posted on: 28 Apr 2016
Researchers from SMU’s Lyle School of Engineering will lead a multi-university team funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to build a theoretical framework for creating a computer-generated image of an object hidden from sight around a corner or behind a wall.
Fiber optic biosensor-integrated microfluidic chip to detect glucose levels
Posted on: 28 Apr 2016
Insulin deficiency and hyperglycemia are two well-known culprits behind diabetes, both of which are reflected in blood glucose concentrations. Now, researchers are working to create ultrasensitive lab-on-a-chip devices to quickly measure glucose concentrations with the goal of developing device for early diagnosis and prevent of diabetes
Climate change puts most-threatened African antelopes in ‘double jeopardy’
Posted on: 28 Apr 2016
Researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on April 28 say that climate change will cause a disproportionate decline in African antelopes with the smallest geographic ranges, placing the most-threatened taxa in “double jeopardy.” The findings are the first to suggest that animals already living in the most-restricted areas will be hardest hit as the climate shifts in the coming decades.
Bluetooth Controlled Portable LED Display
Posted on: 28 Apr 2016
The aim of the project is to make a portable LED display from SMD LEDs and to display the custom programmed patterns at our command. The core application of the project is to act as a portable display for event organisers or exhibitionists or consultants to make announcements at their mobile facilities. This can also be […]
Examination of ancient text reveals details of Ibn Sina’s sighting of supernova
Posted on: 28 Apr 2016
(Phys.org)—A trio of German researches has uncovered evidence of the Arabic scholar Ibn Sina’s sighting of supernova 1006 (SN 1006). The new evidence will sit alongside that of others around that globe that reported details of what has been described as the brightest stellar event ever recorded by human beings
New breeding techniques provide opportunities for more sustainable agriculture
Posted on: 28 Apr 2016
Products from new breeding techniques provide major opportunities for making agriculture more sustainable. This makes them a useful addition to common breeding practice, especially for crops where the desired variety improvements are currently very time-consuming, such as potatoes and apples.
