There’s a famous story (also proven false) that NASA spent millions of dollars inventing a pressurized pen that could work in the zero gravity of space, while Soviet cosmonauts just used pencils. A ...

An artist's rendition of the highly reflective exoplanet LTT 9779 b orbiting its host star. Ricardo Ramírez Reyes (University of Chile) Astronomers have identified the most reflective exoplanet ever ...

Recently, Xiaomi patented a wide variety of foldable smartphone designs. Now, another innovative patent by the company has emerged. This one is related to a unique pop-up camera module, which can be ...

OPPO was one of the early adopters of the pop-up camera mechanism along with the sister Vivo. The company also patents weird designs every now and then. Recently, we saw a circular pop-up camera ...

Researchers have uncovered a material perception mechanism with which humans discriminate between reflective and transparent materials (mirror and glass). The research team discovered that the brain ...