Category: Engineering
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How to extract water from the lunar soil? Scientists try microwaves
Water is known to be locked in pockets across many locations on the lunar surface. Scientific evidence has already shown that water can be found in the grains of the surface lunar dust, while a higher concentration of water is locked in the permanently shadowed regions at the poles of the Moon. The Moon stores…
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Virgin Galactic aims to fly first commercial space tourism mission in June
Virgin Galactic could fly to space once again this month. The company announced in a statement on its website it is targeting late May for the fifth-ever spaceflight of VSS Unity. It would also be the first flight of Virgin Galactic’s spaceplane since July 2021, when Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson flew to suborbital…
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Forget hard drives and data centers, DNA is the future of data storage
Within three years, the world will run out of data centers to store even half of the total data that internet users will have produced. This shocking claim was made by Tom De Greef, a professor of synthetic biology at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). So does that mean the internet will also crash by…
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Could nuclear power help us reach our climate goals? Bill Gates thinks so
Radioactive waste. High financial costs. Regulatory requirements. Complex safety and security features. And heavy competition with renewable energy. These are some of the challenges that plague the United States’ nuclear power energy industry. But Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is convinced that his Natrium nuclear power plant facility in Wyoming, which is all set to launch…
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14,000 uncapped gas and oil wells put climate and marine ecosystems at risk
More than 14,000 oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico remain uncapped and could potentially harm the marine ecosystems and contribute to global warming, according to a study recently published by researchers at the University of California, Davis. As per U.S. laws, oil and gas well operators are legally required to plug the…
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Man generates fake news using ChatGPT in China, gets detained
Authorities in the northwestern province of Gansu in China have detained a man for allegedly using conversational chatbot ChatGPT to create fake news and spreading it online, South China Morning Post reported. This is likely the first instance in the country where detention has been made related to using the artificial intelligence (AI) bot. When…
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Handaxes from first human migration out of Africa recovered from Oman
In a major excavation work, archaeologists have uncovered unique finds from the less explored desert areas of Oman in Western Asia. The discoveries include a wide range of prehistoric items, including handaxes dating back to the time of the first human migration out of Africa. Other items included thousands of year-old stone tombs containing ancient…
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Discovery offers new path for multiple sclerosis treatment
Multiple sclerosis is a debilitating disease that afflicts nearly 3 million people worldwide. While there is no cure for the disease, researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine believe they have uncovered a new approach for possible treatments in the future. In a new study published in the journal Immunity,…
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YouTuber gives millions to help people in need. How’s he doing it?
Most people in their twenties are either in school, getting an education, or starting a career. Large-scale philanthropy is probably the last thing on their minds, owing mainly to a deficit of funds and means. But 25-year-old Jimmy Donaldson doesn’t think twice before handing out thousands of dollars in cash to the needy and underprivileged.…
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LinkedIn lays off over 700 employees, shuts down China app InCareer
Amid the wavering global economic outlook and a looming recession, LinkedIn has joined the club of companies that have massively cut down jobs in the past six months. In a statement released Monday, the company announced that it would be laying off 716 people from its workforce of over 19,000. In an email to all LinkedIn employees, CEO Ryan…