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Testing for coronavirus requires complicated mixtures of chemicals that can only be supplied by specific companies.

Researchers at Northumbria University have developed a new optical sensing technology which can light up areas of an object or material by creating microscopic wrinkles and folds within its surface.

A lot of people are turning to video streaming and games these days to while their time or to keep sane while secluded at home. The latter, however, most often requires you to have the hardware needed to play the titles ...

An asteroid up to 100 feet in diameter passed closely by Earth early on Wednesday morning. The space rock named 2020 GH2 came closer to the Earth than the distance between the Earth and the Moon, making it a rather close...

That NASA intends to collect a sample from Mars and return it to Earth is well known -- they’ve said so many times. But how would they go about scooping up soil from the surface of a distant planet and getting it back ...

NASA is expected to announce awards for human lunar lander development later this month as two senators press NASA to stay the course on the use of commercial partnerships for those landers. SpaceNews.com

Electronic SIM cards are remarkably convenient and do away with the need for a tiny piece of plastic when setting up cellular service. After supporting Pixel devices for several years, Google Fi can now be activated on a...

Apple in the second macOS Catalina 10.15.5 beta added a new Battery Health Management feature for Macs, which is designed to prolong the battery life and battery health of modern Mac notebooks (aka those with Thunderbolt...

California doctor claimed to have a "miracle cure" for COVID-19. Dr. Jennings Ryan Staley is charged with mail fraud after admitting to illegally importing drugs from China and selling "treatment packs" to patients. Ther...

Sony's most famous robot is probably Aibo, but a newly released patent hints that the company is also working on a fuzzy 'lil guy to keep gamers company on the couch.

Nothing says serious engineering like a collapsible radio aerial Video Spare a thought for Iran's long-suffering scientists today, who had to read the news along with the rest of us that the country's Islamic Revolutiona...

A new video reveals how far a sneeze can spray coronavirus droplets if there are no barriers to obstruct their path. Virus-carrying droplets of various sizes can travel up to 27 feet, or well beyond the recommended 6-foo...

Social media company Facebook released a new emoji reaction for people to use during the COVID-19 crisis.       

Coronavirus confusion is proving to be rich pickings for scammers, with Google revealing just how much COVID-19 related spam it’s currently catching in its Gmail filters. Warnings around potential scams and phishing at...

More people working from home has led to an increase in remote desktop access, putting corporate systems at risk.

The first commercial satellite servicing mission has been declared a success after the Intelsat 901 (IS-901) satellite returned to work with help from Northrop Grumman's Mission Extension Vehicle 1 (MEV-1).

Google already designs microprocessors and has hired some of the industry's finest to take the extra step. Rumors of Google designing and manufacturing its own chips for Pixel phones are nothing new. But the latest comes...

A research team led by Prof. Li Guohui from the Institute of Earth Environment (IEE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences quantitatively assessed how much PM2.5 could be attributed to the combination of ARI and API during ...

A team of scientists has developed a novel circuit architecture for high-speed optical transceivers to facilitate full automation, agility and efficiency in future data centres.

GitHub has released technical information on six vulnerabilities identified by one of its security researchers in the WebAudio component of Chrome.

CovEducation matches college students with younger learners to facilitate online learning.

Science is showing us that our social ties play a vital role in our health.