WATCH: Russian cosmonauts install animal tracking antenna on ISS

Published On: August 16, 2018 01:00 PM NPT By: Agencies

KOROLYOV, Aug 16: The Icarus antenna will capture signals from GPS tags on animals and pass them on to a central computer inside the Russian module’s pressurized cabin, according to Max Planck Institute for Ornithology.

KATHMANDU, Aug 7: Mobile set lost? Broken or becomes dysfunctional? No need to worry too much. A company can come to your rescue, which will buy a new mobile phone for you if you lost it and will repair if your mobile set breaks. The company, Mero Surakshya, has started its service in Nepal.

Air quality machines to be back in operation shortly

Published On: August 7, 2018 06:56 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Aug 7: Air quality mapping machines, which stopped working months ago, are likely to come back into operation within a month.

Apple iPhone chip supplier says virus will delay shipments

Published On: August 6, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: Agencies

Aug 6: A company that makes semiconductors for Apple iPhones says it is recovering from a virus outbreak but expects the incident to delay shipments and raise costs.

Nepal taking part in Vietnam Robot Contest

Published On: August 4, 2018 03:51 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Aug 4: Nepal is taking part in the International Robot Competition to be held in Vietnam.  A team of students of the Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk are preparing to give their best in the Robot Contest scheduled for coming August in Ninh Binh province of Vietnam.

GIZA, Aug 2: A team of German and Russian physicists studying the properties of the Great Pyramid, also known as the Khufu Pyramid, have found that it can concentrate electromagnetic energy inside its hidden chambers and focus the electromagnetic waves into the substrate region, according to a study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Applied Physics.

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE, Aug 1: China’s Huawei Technologies overtook Apple Inc (AAPL.O) to become the world’s second-biggest smartphone seller in the June quarter, data from market research firms showed, as it gained ground in Europe and expanded its lead back home.

NASA to launch car-size spacecraft to study Sun

Published On: July 23, 2018 10:25 AM NPT By: Agencies

US space agency NASA is preparing to launch a probe in August to study the Sun closer than any human-made object ever has, revealing multiple mysteries behind the star.

Five ways technology is changing the wine we drink

Published On: July 20, 2018 12:48 PM NPT By: Agencies

From drones to machine learning, new technologies are helping winemakers improve both the quantity and quality of their wine

CHESHIRE, July 11: The UK's Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has announced that she intends to fine Facebook up to £500,000 (US$664,000) over the Cambridge Analytica Scandal, in which the social media giant failed to safeguard user's information.