Venus and gravitational waves
Two missions to boost the role of European scientists Venus and gravitational waves: It is not an easy time for the European Space Agency, struggling with launches because it is short…
EU opens formal investigation into TikTok over possible online content breaches
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will investigate whether ByteDance‘s TikTok breached online content rules aimed at protecting children and ensuring transparent advertising, an official said…
Biosimulytics named a 2024 EIT awards finalist
Biosimulytics, an Irish pharma software company and a spin-out from University College Dublin (UCD), is among nine (9) companies from across Europe, named as finalists in the 2024 European Institute…
Cold Boot attacks: what are they, and how to defend yourself
Hackers have been exploiting system vulnerabilities for years, attempting to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data. One such method, known as Cold Boot Attacks, has been in use since the…
Female scientists: Lauren Schroeder’s journey in paleoanthropology
Lauren Schroeder’s fascination with dinosaurs and bones started at a young age, eventually leading her to pursue a Ph.D. in paleoanthropology at the University of Toronto. Her passion culminated in…
Einstein’s latest mystery found in deep space: ‘An extraordinary discovery’
Deep Space: A mysterious object discovered within the globular cluster visible in the constellation of Dove more than 39,000 light years from Earth is at the centre of a major…
China bets on open-source chips as US export controls mount
By Eduardo Baptista China – BEIJING (Reuters) – When a Beijing-based military institute in September published a patent for a new high-performance chip, it offered a glimpse of China’s bid…
UK drone superhighway will be completed by 2024
Altitude Angel is on the brink of completing a monumental feat in modern transportation: the world’s largest and most extensive drone superhighway network, slated for full realization by May 2024. Currently…
Will AI mean the death of music, or herald a new era of creativity?
By Alessandro Parodi, Olivier Sorgho and Matt Stock GDANSK/LONDON (Reuters) – Inside a recording room at Queen Mary University of London, a group of researchers fiddle with novel artificial intelligence…
Don’t wake us from the dream of life on Mars
Just as politicians rarely keep what they promise before the election, so Elon Musk has deluded us for years about the possibility of living on Mars. After the proclamations and…