About: Ibrar Ayyub

Nitrification plays a key role in Earth’s natural nitrogen cycle and in agriculture. Now an international team of scientists led by Holger Daims and Michael Wagner, microbiologists at the University of Vienna, has discovered microbes that perform complete nitrification on their own: A result contrasting textbook knowledge and a milestone of microbiology

Smart lightbulbs cost your firstborn child. Which is a shame, because smart lights unlock tremendous potential for home automation, energy savings, and all sorts of cool projects. If only there was a way to control your lights without breaking the bank… c And now there is! For $19 on Amazon, you can get a 4-lightbulb […]

I’m not going to explain in detail what is ESP8266 because if you have found this post I’m sure you already know it. But just in case, it is an awesome cheap board (less than 4$) with built-in wifi communication (802.11 b/g/n), and SPI, UART. You can also use its processor to run your code. Wiring: Use […]

Internet is “good” not only for people but also for various devices (things), what we´re experiencing on every step. And that´s only the beginning …. Term „Internet of Things – IoT“ is known already for several years and in general it addresses connection of various devices to internet. What´s the benefit of internet connectivity for […]

A researcher in the UPV/EHU’’s department of Plant Biology and Ecology has confirmed that it is possible to improve the nutraceutical quality of the lettuce by modifying its growing conditions but not at the expense of productivity. The FisioClimaCO2 research group, to which the researcher Usue Pérez-López belongs, has applied various stress conditions to the plants and has verified the changes that take place in their composition as a result.

In the 21st century the familiar form of warfare in which physical damage is meted out against the opponent’s military forces and infrastructure has become only one form of attack. Instead, states are increasingly launching non-lethal attacks against an enemy’s information systems – this is the rise of information warfare.

I have an old Arduino Diecimila and some new Atmega328P-PU chips. Shouldn’t have but I brounght some without bootloader to save some dollars. What next? search instructables to see if I can burn bootloader to ths chips. Unluckily not working. An error message “avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00 avrdude: stk500_disable(): protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x51” […]

A new study from the University of Exeter, published in the journal Ecology Letters, found that phytoplankton – microscopic water-borne plants – can rapidly evolve tolerance to elevated water temperatures. Globally, phytoplankton absorb as much carbon dioxide as tropical rainforests and so understanding the way they respond to a warming climate is crucial.

Minimal power consumption, slim design and a big amount of available versions with multi-color backlight – these are some benefits of the EADOG series displays. EADOG series is familiar to many of you and probably it´s your favorite one from these main reasons: ● displays are unusually flat (thin) ● the have a very low […]

Research from The University of Texas at Austin shows that rock salt, used by Germany and the United States as a subsurface container for radioactive waste, might not be as impermeable as thought or as capable of isolating nuclear waste from groundwater in the event that a capsule or storage vessel failed.