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Tuesday December 1, 2020 / 16 , Rabi' ath-thani , 1442

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Not much data exists about the number of trees found in desert regions. — courtesy Unsplash

29 days ago

Satellites are mapping out every tree on Earth using AI

By Rosie FrostScientists have mapped 1.8 billion individual tree canopies across millions of kilometers of the Sahel and Sahara regions of West Africa. It is the first time ever that trees have been mapped in detail over such a large area.So how was it possible? Researchers analyzed a huge database of satellite images using artificial intelligence. They employed...

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Gender lens investing vital to global economic recovery

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After a hiatus of three years, 4 universities obtain license for distance education

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Coronavirus deaths, infections drop in Saudi Arabia as recoveries surge

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HADAF warns against misuse of Hafiz by unauthorized persons

On the right is a porous anodized aluminum oxide membrane. The left side shows the same membrane after coating it with a thin layer of gold, making the membrane conductive for electrochemical gas gating. — courtesy Felice Frankel

October 24, 2020

A controllable membrane to pull carbon dioxide out of exhaust streams

Helen Schwerdt, a postdoc in Ann Graybiel's lab, builds ultrathin probes (blue) that target brain microstructures with pinpoint accuracy. — courtesy photo: Michael D. Spencer

October 17, 2020

Scientists uncover new clues about Parkinson’s disease

This image shows a cutaway rendering of SPARC, a compact, high-field, DT burning tokamak, currently under design by a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Commonwealth Fusion Systems. Its mission is to create and confine a plasma that produces net fusion energy. — courtesy CFS/MIT-PSFC — CAD Rendering by T. Henderson

October 3, 2020

Validating the physics behind the new MIT-designed fusion experiment

Artistic impression of electric conduction and superconductor proximity effect in a heated graphene bolometer. — courtesy Heikka Valja.

September 30, 2020

IQM staff publishes a quantum-computer breakthrough in Nature

This artist's concept illustrates a hierarchical scheme for merging black holes. LIGO and Virgo recently observed a black hole merger with a final mass of 142 times that of the sun, making it the largest of its kind observed in gravitational waves to date. — courtesy LIGO/Caltech/MIT/R. Hurt (IPAC)

September 18, 2020

A ‘bang’ in LIGO and Virgo detectors signals most massive gravitational-wave source yet By Jennifer ChuFor all its vast emptiness, the universe is humming with activity in the form of gravitational waves. Produced by extreme astrophysical phenomena, these reverberations ripple forth and...

Using four cameras mounted on a dog-like robot developed by Boston Dynamics, the researchers have shown that they can measure skin temperature, breathing rate, pulse rate, and blood oxygen saturation in healthy patients, from a distance of 2 meters. — Courtesy of the researchers

September 9, 2020

Robot takes contact-free measurements of patients’ vital signs

The new Instagram feature will let users record and edit 15-second videos with audio, and will let users add visual effects. Users will be able to share Reels with followers on Instagram in a dedicated section called Reels in Explore. — Courtesy photo

August 6, 2020

Facebook launches its new TikTok clone, Instagram Reels

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