The world runs on code and ciphers. From your private conversations to online transactions, cryptography is involved in almost everything you do digitally. In fact, life, as we know today, would not be possible without it. Cryptography is the science of secret communication where the aim is to tran

Researchers develop energy-efficient transparent solar cells using silicon microwire composites. In addition to absorbed sunlight, these solar cells also utilize reflected rays to produce energy.  In recent years, the floodgates of research focusing on transparent solar cells have been opened by

AI model predicts whether a given quantum machine will have any quantum advantage. It is based on a neural network that analyzes the network structure of a quantum system and gradually learns to predict its behavior.  This will help scientists develop new efficient quantum devices. Quantum comput

Microsoft introduces the Turing Natural Language Generation, the world’s largest model with 17 billion parameters. It generates abstractive summaries of text documents, direct answers to questions, and words to complete sentences.  The model responds as accurately, directly, and fluently as humans

The new ‘smart’ diapers can notify a caregiver that it’s a time for a change.  Unlike other diaper technology, it is both affordable and disposable. It will help track and identify specific health problems, such as signs of incontinence or constipation. The advent of the Internet of Things and mi

HPC5 is a GPU-accelerated system capable of performing 51.7 million billion operations per second (51.7 petaFlops).  Among the top 100 supercomputers, it would rank as the 5th most powerful in the world.  It will help scientists study underground rocks in detail and develop technologies for future

Researchers built a flexible supercapacitor that delivers both high power density and high energy density. It shows no performance degradation, even when it is bent at 180 degrees. It can retain 97.8% of its capacity after 5,000 cycles.  Supercapacitors are promising electrochemical energy storag

The new form of coronavirus named Covid-19 is spreading fast.  inferVISION, a Beijing-based startup, has developed a GPU-accelerated AI tool to identify visual signs of Covid-19. It has already been used to examine over 32,000 cases at 34 hospitals in China.  What started in a small ‘wet market’

The new ultra-low WiFi radio consumes only 28 microwatts to transmit data at 2 megabits per second over a range of 21 meters. It could enable batteryless smart devices and completely wireless home setups.  Despite the continuously growing popularity of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, their util

Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, is a specific drilling technique that allows miners to extract oil and natural gas from rocks buried deep below the surface. In other words, it facilitates the recovery of hard-to-reach natural resources. Though this technology was perfected in the 1950s, i

WiFi calling is a service that allows users to make and receive calls over a WiFi network using their existing phone numbers. It is very simple to use, and it doesn’t require any separate application or log-in. Making a WiFi-call on a smartphone is nothing new: Skype has been doing this for years.

The concept of quantum systems was first proposed by a Russian mathematician, Yuri Manin, in 1980.  However, it was Richard Feynman who conceived the possibility of quantum computers in the early 1980s. Feynmann proposed that quantum computers would be effective in solving problems of chemistry and

The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is currently the most popular and widely adopted symmetric encryption algorithm. It was developed by two Belgian cryptographers, Vincent Rijmen and Joan Daemen. If properly implemented, the algorithm is unbreakable at the moment.  Encryption is the most comm

Researchers train a deep learning model to generate new dance steps that are realistic, diverse, and style-consistent.  It can assist and expand content creation in several areas, such as rhythmic gymnastics and theatrical performance.  As scientists gradually inch computers toward human levels o

The new ferroelectric capacitor built in the lab could survive 10 billion rewrite cycles.  Unlike existing flash drives, ferroelectric memory devices could withstand cosmic ray exposure and even operate in outer space.  The concept for nonvolatile memory devices utilizing ferroelectric thin sheet

Researchers have come up with a new method of sculpting a liquid ‘crystal within a crystal’.  This crystal could be used to develop next-generation display and sensor technologies that would consume a lot less energy.  Liquid crystal is the middle phase between conventional liquids and solid crys

The new neural network model improves the accuracy of laser-ranging telescopes.  This allows scientists to pinpoint the position of smaller debris in Earth orbit, without increasing the sensitivity of telescopes.  Space debris is defunct human-made objects in Earth orbit that are no longer useful

Love it or hate it, Facebook is virtually everywhere. Almost all websites are linked to it, whether they are promoting their own page, letting users leave comments using FB accounts, or just inspecting visitors’ behavior with the Facebook pixel. Although Facebook has grappled with a proliferation o

DDR5 (short for Double Data Rate 5) is the next-generation standard for SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory). It is designed to deliver much higher performance while consuming less power than its predecessor DDR4. Below, we have covered some of the most common questions regarding the la

A computer made of strands of DNA in a test tube can find square roots of square numbers from 1 to 900.  Although it works for integers only, this is the most advanced DNA computer to date.  At present, companies like Intel and AMD are mass-producing transistors 10 nanometers across — just 10 tim