Stanford University researchers came up with an innovative optical amplifier about the size of a fingertip. This tiny device could change high-speed data communications by cutting down on energy use significantly. Traditional amplifiers tend to be large and consume a lot of power, but this new chip is different. It features a ‘racetrack-shaped’ resonator that […]
Scientists have discovered an archaea called ‘Asgard’ in the extremely high-salinity waters of Shark Bay, Australia, which contains microbes that provide a long-standing evolutionary enigma for many centuries – how did simple, single-celled bacteria develop into such complex multicellular organisms, animals, and human beings? These unique microorganisms serve as an evolutionary link; they carry with […]
Located in East Greenland’s Fleming Fjord Formation, the recently identified 210-million-year-old lungfish burrows provide valuable insight into the volatile nature of the Late Triassic climate throughout ancient Greenland. The fossilised burrows indicate that the lungfish had a strategy of digging into the mud to survive the seasonal droughts in Late Triassic Greenland through a biological […]
Palaeontologists have discovered an incredibly well-preserved fossil skeleton measuring only 1 centimetre long in the Ukhaa Tolgod area of the Gobi Desert. This fossil is believed to be one of the earliest examples of what are referred to as ‘micro-mammals’ from the Late Cretaceous time period. The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), which was […]
First cries of 2026 echo across UAE / AI Generated Illustrations As 2026 officially began, hospitals across the country heard the sound that matters most: a newborn’s first cry. From Abu Dhabi to Fujairah, babies born in the very first minutes of the year turned January 1 into an unforgettable moment for families, doctors and […]
Moldovan President Maia Sandu (Pic credit: AP) Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Moldova has been popping up in the news with increasing frequency.The Republic of Moldova is a small country on Ukraine’s southwestern border, and in the spring of 2022, it seemed possible that Russia might also invade and occupy it.This would […]
Several people have tried to breach the White House perimeter, but this time it was a special offender. A small child crawled through the fencing and tried to enter the White House on Wednesday. Looking at the tiny intruder, the secret service personnel quickly went there and picked up the child. The child played with […]
