We’ve Been Seriously Underestimating UK Productivity
The UK Office for National Statistics has said it will revise its flagship measures of the UK economy after it made huge errors in the measurement of prices and output in the telecoms industry … Read the rest
First Electric Passenger Plane Wins Flight Approval
Non-polluting air travel has come a step closer after the European aviation regulator granted the world’s first approval of an all-electric aircraft.
The plane manufactured by Pipistrel, a pioneer in electric flight, is … Read the rest
Robots Replace Sheep Dogs
We’ve been worrying about humans being put out of work by robots, but it now looks as if man’s best friend also needs to worry. Robots are replacing sheep dogs.
Boston Dynamics’ dog-like Spot robot can … Read the rest
Freeze-Drying Blood
Human blood can typically only be stored for six weeks. It also needs to be refrigerated, which may be challenging in poor countries or remote locations. A new study, though, could lead to a method of drying blood … Read the rest
COVID-19:
We are living through a major inflection point in history.
This means that when “normal life” resumes, the future won’t look or feel much like “the normal” we have been used to.
Social and economic life will eventually recover … Read the rest
AI Discovers New Antibiotic
Artificial intelligence has been used to discover new antibiotics effective against untreatable diseases, marking the advent of a major new tool in the global fight against drug resistance.
In a paper published last month in the … Read the rest
Is This The End of Privacy?
A small U.S. start-up, Clearview AI, has devised a ground-breaking facial recognition app. You take a picture of a person, upload it and get to see public photos of that person, along with links … Read the rest
Brilliant New “Cats’ Eyes” Collect Vehicle Emissions
Vehicle pollution will be sucked out of the road under plans to install cat’s eye-style filters at the most toxic junctions.
Technology has been developed that uses low-energy fans between lanes to pull … Read the rest
Promising New Alzheimer’s Drug Fast-Tracked In China!
In a surprise to many researchers around the world, Chinese authorities recently approved a novel drug claimed to improve cognitive function in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
The drug, derived from a marine algae, … Read the rest
Artificial Meat Will Soon Taste More Like Real Meat
Although lab-grown meat could be a more ethical, eco-friendly alternative to the “real” thing, its texture still leaves something to be desired. That may be about to change, though, thanks to … Read the rest