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By The Financial District
Feb 1, 20241 min read
Researchers Harness Bacteria To Transform Plastic Waste Into Biodegradable Spider Silk
In a groundbreaking development, scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have engineered a strain of bacteria capable of...
By The Financial District
Jan 30, 20241 min read
Japan's Moon Explorer Resumes Mission
A Japanese lunar explorer has resumed its mission on the Moon aimed at unraveling its origins after a successful landing earlier this month.
By The Financial District
Jan 25, 20242 min read
Geologists Confirm India Is Splitting In Two
A team of geophysicists has presented a new study that suggests one of the world's largest countries is splitting in two.
By The Financial District
Jan 24, 20241 min read
 Safran Tests Radical Jet Engine Design In Switzerland
Safran has announced that it has initiated wind-tunnel tests for its "RISE" technology project, a revolutionary jet engine design intended..
By The Financial District
Jan 19, 20241 min read
Optimus Robot Yet To Function Autonomously
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has posted a video of the company's latest-generation Optimus humanoid robot painstakingly folding a shirt on a table.
By The Financial District
Jan 17, 20241 min read
Baidu Denies Its Ernie AI Chatbot Has Ties With Chinese Military
Technology company Baidu on Monday refuted a newspaper report that said its artificial intelligence chatbot Ernie was linked to Chinese...
By The Financial District
Jan 17, 20241 min read
30 Nations Rap Environmentally Destructive Seabed Mining
Deep-sea miner Gerard Barron insists that his company's extraction method has little impact on the environment.
By The Financial District
Jan 16, 20241 min read
Nikon Creates AI System That Detects When Cows Are Set To Give Birth
Nikon Corp. has developed a system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to alert farmers if a cow is about to give birth by analyzing...
By The Financial District
Jan 16, 20242 min read
2023's Record Heat Partly Driven By "Mystery" Process?
It's no secret human activity is warming the planet, driving more frequent and intense extreme weather events and transforming ecosystems...
By The Financial District
Jan 16, 20241 min read
Tainted Water Led To Campylobacter, Sapovirus Outbreak In China
Almost 1,000 people fell ill in a Campylobacter and Sapovirus outbreak in China in 2021.
By The Financial District
Jan 16, 20241 min read
Microplastics Contaminate 80% Of Proteins: U.S. Study
Which proteins contain the most microplastics? If you're eating protein, you could be ingesting hundreds of tiny pieces of plastic each year
By The Financial District
Jan 16, 20241 min read
Volcanic Eruption Rattles Iceland Anew
An Icelandic volcano has spewed lava within 500 meters of homes in the town of Grindavik, just weeks after residents were allowed to...
By The Financial District
Jan 16, 20242 min read
Scientists Trace Multiple Sclerosis Origins In Europe
Five thousand years ago, sheep and cattle herders migrated westward from Asia to Europe, bringing with them their pastoral way of life...
By The Financial District
Jan 16, 20241 min read
AI To Snatch 40% Of Global Employment: IMF
Almost 40% of jobs worldwide could be affected by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), a trend likely to deepen inequality.
By The Financial District
Jan 15, 20241 min read
Indonesia Revives $10.5 Billion Sea Wall Plan To Save Jakarta From Sinking
Indonesia is reviving plans to construct a giant sea wall in the latest measure to prevent its capital city of Jakarta from sinking at a...
By The Financial District
Jan 14, 20241 min read
Robot Baristas, AI Chefs At CES 2024 Threaten Workers
The concerns raised by hospitality workers, particularly those in Las Vegas, about the potential threat posed by robots and AI technology...
By The Financial District
Jan 12, 20242 min read
Scottish Scientists Develop Self-Eating Rockets
British researchers have tested a prototype self-eating rocket that could pave the way for cheaper launches of small satellites and would...
By The Financial District
Jan 12, 20241 min read
UN, Argentina Analyze Microplastics In Antarctica
Scientists have found microplastics in Antarctica, while millions of plastic pellets have washed up on Spain’s coast.
By The Financial District
Jan 12, 20241 min read
Millions Of Plastic Pellets Wash Up In Spain
In Spain, hundreds of volunteers sifted through sandy beaches with colanders and shovels in the Galicia region after millions of plastic...
By The Financial District
Jan 11, 20241 min read
Japan Quake Death Toll Rises To 206; 50 Still Missing
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that rocked Ishikawa Prefecture and surrounding areas in central Japan on New Year's Day rose to..
By The Financial District
Jan 11, 20242 min read
ChatGPT Maker Braces For New York Times Copyright Suit
A barrage of high-profile lawsuits in a New York federal court will test the future of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI)...
By The Financial District
Jan 11, 20242 min read
Honda Unveils New Line Of EVs
Honda unveiled two concept vehicles at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that offer an early look at an upcoming line of electric..
By The Financial District
Jan 9, 20241 min read
Apple's Vision Pro AR Headset To Go On Sale In February
Apple has announced that its Vision Pro device will be available in the US from February 2, months after its launch to capture an...
By The Financial District
Jan 9, 20241 min read
U.S. Biotech Firm Halts Sales Of DNA Kits In Tibet
A US biotech company has halted sales of its DNA testing products in Tibet as lawmakers mull export controls to keep Beijing from using...
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