Science & Technology

UK supercomputer Cambridge-1 to hunt for medical breakthroughs 0

From Around the Web, Science & Technology
July 8, 2021

Computer – the most powerful in Britain – will use AI to find new cures and deepen understanding of diseases

Scientists use bacteria to make vanilla flavouring out of plastic bottles 0

From Around the Web, Science & Technology
July 6, 2021

Scientists say that plastic bottles can be used to create vanilla flavouring, which would reduce pollution and help supply the global demand for this spice

By David Aragorn

Israel Found a Way to Make Soldiers Invisible 0

From Around the Web, Science & Technology
July 1, 2021

Thermal visual concealment could change the future of the battlefield.

By David Aragorn

A malaria vaccine with live parasites shows promise in a small trial 0

From Around the Web, Science & Technology
June 30, 2021

Next steps include figuring out whether the results hold up in larger trials

By David Aragorn

‘It’s a wow’: New CRISPR gene-editing success holds promise for treating many genetic diseases with a single dose 0

From Around the Web, Science & Technology
June 28, 2021

Paddy Doherty of County Donegal, Ireland, recently became the fifth person in the world to have cells deep inside his body altered by the gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9.

By David Aragorn

Tide Teams up With NASA to Help Astronauts Do Laundry in Space 0

From Around the Web, Space
June 26, 2021

It’s one small step for stains…

By David Aragorn

UFO conspiracy theory fun time: Did AI come from ET?0

From Around the Web, Science & Technology, UFO News
June 24, 2021

Are space aliens in cahoots with Google and DARPA?

By David Aragorn

Hubble Space Telescope sidelined by issue with its 1980s computer 0

From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
June 21, 2021

“There is no definitive timeline yet as to when this will be completed, tested, and brought back to operational status,” the Hubble operations team said.

By David Aragorn

Controlling nerve cells with light opened new ways to study the brain 0

From Around the Web, Science & Technology
June 19, 2021

A method called optogenetics offers insights into memory, perception and addiction

By David Aragorn

ARTIFICIAL DNA COULD STORE THE 10 TRILLION GIGABYTES (AND COUNTING) OF DATA ON EARTH 0

From Around the Web, Science & Technology
June 18, 2021

From texts and tweets, to emails, archives, digital photos and videos, it seems the only thing vaster than the amount of data we have on Earth is the universe. So how do we store it all?

By David Aragorn