Source: Science Alert A new record for the fastest ever data transmission rate between a single transmitter and receiver has been set by researchers in the UK, who achieved a […]
Source: BBC A Colombian start-up with no former experience in retail is aiming to shake up the way people buy groceries online. Tech firm Grability has developed Rappi, a smartphone […]
Source: Time It would move people through vacuum tubes at speeds up to 750 mph Student engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have won a competition to design […]
Source: BBC “Yeehaw!” cries the rocket-engineer as he drives the all-terrain buggy hard over the rocks and scrub of the Nevada Desert. With his big hat and moustache, he looks […]
A new genetic technology called CRISPR may enable scientists to make permanent changes in a person’s DNA. Here’s everything you need to know: What is CRISPR? It’s a revolutionary gene-editing […]
NIDHAL GUESSOUM Published — Wednesday 13 January 2016 The Muslim world’s past contributions to science and education were extraordinary. The Islamic “golden age,” during which scholarship and learning flourished across the Muslim world, lasted many centuries, and included the establishment of the world’s first universities. Today, however, Muslim-majority countries lag […]
Source: BBC Shortly after takeoff, a red light above my head starts flashing in time to an insistent chiming. My heart starts pounding as I look around the cockpit of […]
Source: BBC US researchers say they have developed a technique that can significantly improve the efficiency of the traditional incandescent lightbulb. These older bulbs have been phased out in many […]
Source: BBC Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said he plans to build artificial intelligence (AI) to help him around the house and with his work. In a post on the […]
Source: New Statesman A woman gets up in the morning and brushes her teeth using her smart toothbrush that charts her brushing activity and shares it with her dentist. She […]
Source: BBC Chinese tech giant Baidu has successfully tested its driverless car on roads near the company’s headquarters in Beijing. The 30km (18.6 miles) test route required a modified BMW […]
Source: BBC Dutch scientists have developed a tiny sensor powered by the radio waves it uses to communicate information. Such sensors could help advance the nascent Internet of Things industry, […]
Source: BBC A new method of delivering data, which uses the visible spectrum rather than radio waves, has been tested in a working office. Li-fi can deliver internet access 100 […]
Source: BBC We are hopeful, here, about green transportation breakthroughs, setting our cynicism aside for any planet-pleasing press release. But — perhaps because we are suffering from a particularly nasty […]
Source: BBC Chinese tech giant Huawei has unveiled two prototype removable lithium-ion batteries that can recharge in minutes, using a bespoke charger. The lower capacity battery charged by 68% in […]
Source: Emirates 24/7 The Antarctic ozone hole has swelled this month to one of its biggest sizes on record, UN and US scientists say, insisting that the Earth-shielding ozone layer […]
Source: Time Something strange will appear in the skies this Halloween, and it’s not a witch on a broomstick. NASA says an asteroid dubbed the “great pumpkin” will fly by […]
Source: BBC Google believes it is on course to have enough internet-beaming balloons in the stratosphere to form a ring over part of the world next year. It told the […]
Source: BBC The Rosetta spacecraft has discovered molecular oxygen in the cloud of gas surrounding the comet it is tracking. The discovery has come as a complete surprise to scientists […]
Researchers have managed to send thoughts over the Internet, using a direct brain-to-brain connection and a big magnet. It’s not very efficient — the volunteers could only send “yes” or “no” answers to one another. But using EEG (electroencephalographs) to read brain signals, and a big magnet on the other […]