TECH & INNOVATION

XPRIZE Competition May Help Map the Ocean Floor in Its Entirety

TECH & INNOVATION 07.12.2019 10:28 AM

XPRIZE also announced a collaborative project to compile all data into a freely-available World Ocean Map.

De-Extinction is On the Horizon Thanks to CRISPR

07.12.2019 09:49 AM

The CRISPR revolution is the whole reason why we've been having these conversations about de-extinction.

Researchers Create New AI Tool for Detecting Unfair Discrimination

07.11.2019 11:06 AM

The researchers created an AI tool for detecting discrimination concerning a protected attribute such as gender or race by human decision makers or AI systems that are based on the concept of causality in which one thing, a cause, causes another thing, an effect

Plastic Bottles To Rebuild Roads: Welcome To The Future

07.11.2019 10:33 AM

Could turning plastic bottles into roads be the future that will help save the environment? There is a strong call to reduce and hopefully eliminate single-use plastics.

NASA’s Fuel-less Space Engine Has Been Tested

07.10.2019 09:00 AM

EmDrive, the physics-defying contraption ostensibly produces thrust, no fuel required. Spaceflight is hard. Blasting heavy cargo, spacecraft, and maybe people to respectable speeds over interplanetary distances requires an amount of propellant too massive for current rockets to haul into the void.

Scientists Created a Pair of Autofocal Lenses to Correct Vision of People with Presbyopia

07.10.2019 08:59 AM

The prototype from the Stanford works much like the lens of the eye, with fluid-filled lenses that bulge and thin as the field of vision changes

The App: The Next Big Medical Breakthrough?

07.09.2019 19:30 PM

Smartphones have been with us for only a little more than a decade and they have almost become universal. There are currently around 3 billion of them, used for anything from communication to entertainment.

Floating Solar Farms Could Help Solve the Climate Crisis

07.09.2019 09:25 AM

The floating islands could drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on fossil fuels.

X-Rays Show Monolayer Phase in Organic Semiconductor

07.09.2019 09:18 AM

The structure of monolayer that the team discovered is favorable for charge transport along the plane of the film, making it significant for flexible electronics applications

DNA as Flash Drives: The Future of Storing Digital Image

07.09.2019 08:46 AM

Study reveals how to store digital information through DNA metabolites Data storage is a concern since there are limitations in the capacity of current hard drives.

Free Apps All Dog Owners Should Download On Their Phones

07.08.2019 08:36 AM

For dog lovers, pleasing their beloved pet is the number one goal. Aside from the traditional way of training and playing with them, there are applications that will make your life easier and will keep your god healthy and happy.

Solar Energy Technology May Provide Clean Water Solutions

07.08.2019 07:58 AM

At the heart of building a world independent of non-renewable energy sources, experts found that solar energy technology may also help serve clean water solutions to communities.

AI Identifies and Classifies Wild Animal Behavior

07.08.2019 07:52 AM

AI-driven activity recognition has been used to record emotions of wild animals from walking style, it can also estimate how many people are in a room and it can create videos from start and end frames alone. But that is not all this invention is good for.

Are Self-Driving Cars Potential Game-Changer for Older Drivers?

07.06.2019 10:27 AM

It took about 8.3 seconds for older drivers to negotiate the obstacle compared to around 7 seconds for the younger age group

Aerogel Could Revolutionize Solar Energy Collection

07.04.2019 08:50 AM

The material lets sunlight pass through easily but blocks solar heat from escaping. A newly developed material that is so perfectly transparent you can barely see it could unlock many new uses for solar heat.