If two galaxies collide, the merging of their central black holes triggers gravitational waves, which ripple throughout space. An international research team involving the University of Zurich has now calculated that this occurs around 10 million years after the two galaxies merge — much faster than previously assumed. In his General Theory of Relativity, Albert…
New Tech Makes Drones Safer & Smarter
“Our new technology allows safe operation of drones beyond the operator’s line of sight, which is crucial for commercial use of drones, such as parcel delivery,” says Prof. Davide Scaramuzza, co-inventor and Director of the Robotics and Perception Group at the University of Zurich. The growing popularity of drones has raised major safety concerns. Because…
Smartphone Thumb Skills are Altering Our Brains
Every region of the body — from the toes to the jaw and tongue — has a particular processing area in our emotional center in the brain, the somatosensory cortex. These areas are flexible and can change. In the case of violinists, for instance, the area representing the fingers that guide the instrument is larger…