TECH & INNOVATION

Single-Use COVID Masks Are Recycled, Reborn Into Car Floor Carpets as World Faces Worsening Plastic Pollution

TECH & INNOVATION 05.19.2021 07:30 AM

Single-use face masks used to prevent transmission of diseases added to the growing problems of plastic pollution so countries have found a way to recycle them by making them into benches, road material, and car floor carpets.

Five New Listeria Species Discovered, Could Help Improve Food Safety

05.19.2021 06:20 AM

A team of food scientists from the Cornell University adds five new listeria species to the list while studying the prevalence of these bacteria in American agricultural soils.

Superfast DNA Sequencing Tech Lands Finnish "Nobel" Victory to Two British Chemists

05.19.2021 05:50 AM

A pair of Cambridge University professors took home 1 million euro ($1.22 million) from the Millennium Technology Prize, known as the Finnish Nobel science prize, for their pioneering work in a superfast DNA sequencing technology.

Google's LaMDA AI Can Carry on Natural Conversations, But What's the Point of Talking to a Machine?

05.18.2021 22:14 PM

Google showed off LaMDA AI at this year's I/O conference claiming that it can carry on a natural conversation from the point of view of any object, such as Pluto and a paper airplane.

NanoGear: An Interlocking Mechanical System in the Molecular Scale

05.18.2021 06:41 AM

Gears and transmission systems are among the most widely used mechanical systems today, and a new study could take its basic concepts down to the molecular level.

LOOK: French Astronaut Shares Stunning Space Images Taken from ISS

05.18.2021 05:05 AM

Thomas Pesquet, the French astronaut under the European Space Agency, is sharing marvelous views from the International Space Station on his social media accounts.

Iron Dome of Israel: What Is It? How Does It Work [EXPLAINER]

05.17.2021 06:05 AM

Iron Dome, Israel's rocket-defense system, removes pressure for Gaza ground invasion by keeping Israeli casualties low.

Atomically Thin Materials Could Extend Moore's Law As New Transistors

05.17.2021 05:30 AM

Now that conventional technologies are reaching their physical limits, researchers are looking for alternative methods to create more powerful devices.

Submersible Robot Orpheus That Helped NASA Perseverance Rover to Undertake Deep Ocean Exploration

05.17.2021 01:32 AM

Orpheus, the submersible robot is showcasing a system that will help it find its way and detect interesting scientific features via deep ocean exploration.

Having Weird Dreams? AI-Inspired Hypothesis Explains Why

05.17.2021 01:26 AM

An AI-inspired hypothesis explains how brains work to help people distinguish reality from dreams. It helps people better understand the real waking reality.

Virus-Resistant Tomatoes: TomaTech Cracks Code Against ToBRFV

05.16.2021 20:08 PM

In a major breakthrough, tomato seed company TomaTech has cracked the code that could lead to tomatoes becoming resistant against the ToBRFV.

WELTEC BIOPOWER RNG to Cut Down Carbon Emissions of Spanish Dairy Cattle Farm

05.16.2021 10:45 AM

German energy specialist WELTEC BIOPOWER will be cutting down the carbon emissions of a dairy cattle farm in Spain with its new biomethane plant.

Cultivated Meat is the Future: New Study Shows Younger Generations More Open to Eating Lab-Grown Food

05.16.2021 10:44 AM

A new study shows that cultivated meat - lab-grown food material that requires no slaughtered animal - will be a larger part of future diets.

Rocket Lab Electron Launch Fails, Losing Spaceflight Inc. and BlackSky Payloads

05.16.2021 04:09 AM

A Rocket Lab Electron launch suffered a malfunction shortly after its liftoff, causing a launch failure and resulting in the loss of its two payloads, Saturday, May 15.

Neanderthals vs Homo Sapiens: How Creativity Determined Extinction and Survival

05.16.2021 03:13 AM

One of the greatest mysteries of evolution is the extinction of Neanderthals: once among the apex predators of their time, ruling the Earth for some 300,000 years then suddenly dying out - and a new study suggests it might have something to do with creativity.

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