August2016
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New computer programme replicates handwriting!!
Aug 14, 2016News Hour: In a world increasingly dominated by the QWERTY keyboard, UCL computer scientists have developed software which may spark the comeback of the handwritten word by analysing the handwriting of any individual and accurately replicating... -
Brain’s ‘physics engine’ allows us to catch, dodge, and react on the fly
Aug 14, 2016News Hour: Whether or not they aced the subject in high school, human beings are physics masters when it comes to understanding and predicting how objects in the world will behave. A Johns Hopkins University cognitive... -
Neutrino search finds no evidence of “hidden” particle
Aug 14, 2016News Hour: An exhaustive search for a ghostly subatomic particle called the sterile neutrino has come up empty, weakening the case for its existence. Scientists from MIT and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, along with... -
Sandman’s role in sleep control has been discovered
Aug 14, 2016News Hour: What causes a switch to flip in our brains and wake us up has been discovered Oxford University researchers. The discovery, published in the journal Nature, brings us closer to understanding the mystery of... -
Monica Puig delivers Puerto Rico’s first golden moment
Aug 14, 2016News Hour: At the start of 2016, it seemed unlikely that the Puerto Rican would even qualify for the tennis competition in Rio. Yet eight months later, Monica Puig stood on top of the podium after... -
Thompson flies to 100m gold, as Farah retains 10,000m title
Aug 14, 2016News Hour: At rio 2016, Elaine Thompson inherited the mantle of world’s fastest woman from fellow jamaican shelly-ann fraser-pryce, as Mo Farah battled back from a fall to retain his 10,000m crown. Fraser-Pryce, who took bronze... -
Dancing saved Girlene’s life
Aug 14, 2016News Hour: Over 500,000 people are raped in Brazil every year, but only 10% of cases are reported to police. Girlene, 30, from São Luís in Brazil, was abused by her father, raped by her stepfather... -
Iran Khodro to produce new Haima S7 SUV
Aug 14, 2016News Hour: The new Haima S7 SUV with a turbocharged engine will be produced in Iran Khodro Khorasan (IKKCo) following its standard version, which is already being produced in this company. In this respect, the Head... -
Infiniti to introduce the world’s first VC-T engine
Aug 14, 2016News Hour: Infiniti will present VC-T (Variable Compression-Turbocharged), the world’s first production-ready variable compression ratio engine and one of the most advanced internal combustion engines ever created, on September 29 at the 2016 Paris Motor Show... -
Egyptian president wouldnt shy from tough economic reforms
Aug 14, 2016News Hour: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday that he would not shy from tough economic reforms he said previous rulers had avoided fearing unrest, reports BSS. Sisi’s comments come after an initial agreement...
