Naviya Singla SciTech Editor

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• Scientists conduct “delayed choice” experiment in space

  A photon, or a quantum of light, has been known to have both wave-like and particle like properties. It can behave like a speeding bullet-like particle or like a rippling wave, depending on the way it is studied, but not both at the same time. This uncertainty, in some sense, is the essence of quantum physics.

  SciTech | November 6, 2017
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  Astronomers detect astroid from outside the solar system

  On Oct. 18, the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope discovered the object named A/2017 U1. It was originally thought to be a comet because of its highly titled orbits, however, more data reveals that it might actually be an asteroid.

  SciTech | October 30, 2017
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  Unusual amounts of ice in water lead to starvation for penguin colony

  In an eastern Antarctic colony of about 36,000 Adelie penguins, only two chicks survived the breeding season.

  SciTech | October 16, 2017
• New Choir platform harmonizes devices in the IoT

  In 2017, we have begun to integrate technology more deeply, more intimately into our everyday lives. From Wi-Fi controlled string lights for dorm rooms to app controlled car locks to health-monitoring clothes, inter-device communication along with human-device communication has become a virtue of what it means to be a human in the modern age. This space of devices collecting and interacting with e...

  SciTech | October 16, 2017
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  MIT engineers develop robot that can walk with humans

  On Sept. 25, engineers from the Massachusettes Institute of Technology (MIT) presented a robot at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ) International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in Vancouver.

  SciTech | October 9, 2017