A new picture returned from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft shows it to be two objects joined together – to give a look like a “snowman” the small icy world known as Ultima Thule. New Horizons encountered Ultima 6.5 billion km from Earth and set a record of the most distant ever exploration of a Solar…
A Chinese robot Chang’e-4 probe on January 3rd successfully landed on the back of the Moon at a distance of 117.6 degrees east longitude and 45.5 degrees south latitude and started exploring the far side of the Moon surface and carry out geological experiments. The photograph passed back to the world’s first close range through…
Huawei, despite “malicious incidents” from US the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Japan who raised security concerns about supplier, has posted 21 per cent increase in revenues to $109bn for 2018. Guo Ping, Huawei’s current rotating Chairman said the Chinese telecoms equipment maker had secured 26 5G contracts this year said ” We must not…
Huawei, the world’s largest supplier of Telecoms equipment whose SG Technology is international standards, hit back at western worries that its telecoms equipment poses a security threat, attacking the US and its allies for spreading fear and rumours because of “ideological or geopolitical concerns”. Ken Hu, CEO of Huawei said countries that banned the Chinese…
NASA’s Juno mission to the gas giant Jupiter has now reached halfway mark and has shown new views of cyclones at the poles. Juno performs a science gathering dive, scanning from pole to pole as it orbits the planet every 53 days. It is mapping the magnetic and gravity fields and expose Jupiter’s structure and…
A drone weighing abut 121lbs (55kg) tethered to the ground with a hose, that can wash buildings and fight fires is being developed in Latvia. The Aerones Drone company says it can clean buildings 20 times faster than human beings and fly higher than firefighter ladders can reach. With the advent of 5G mobile connectivity…
A three-minute video made by Samay, a NP~S student from Bangalore, India, won him a £195,000 ( Rs 1.8 crores) worth prize money, his science teacher £36,000 and his science school lab a grand of £100,000. Samay’s sense of unflappable curiosity make him one of the budding young scientist to make us understand how and…
“Flash sales” publicising Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone company’s UK launch have sparked a backlash on social media. Xiaomi advertised two of its new handsets for £1 each last week as part of a “ crazy deals” promotion and after two or three Mi 8 Lite phone sales the website said “ Sold Out”, as soon…
Millions of older iPhones and iPads are at risk from a serious flaw which allows Wi-Fi attackers to send a “ping of death” to remotely paralyse machines, according to a security researcher. The attack only works when the hacker is on the same Wi-Fi network as a victim – so users are warned to avoid…
Apple has been granted a second patent for its fold-able design for the iPhone, with screen folded inside it and another where the display wraps around the outside of the device like a book and double-hinged design which can carry both. Apple received its first patent back in 2016 for a fold-able phone. The…