Category: Science

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla and SpaceX, is in a legal dispute with his ex-partner Grimes, the Canadian singer and producer, over the parental rights of their three children. The most visible of them is their son X Æ A-Xii, who recently accompanied his father to a football game amid the ongoing custody battle. A Rare Outing for X X Æ A-Xii, who is 3 years old, was…

Ryan Hickman is not your average teenager. He is the founder of Ryan’s Recycling, a company that collects and recycles cans and bottles from customers in California. He is also a co-founder of Recycle from Home, a pilot program that provides a pick-up and pay service for recyclable items. He has recycled nearly 2 million containers, donated thousands of dollars to a marine mammal center, and inspired people around the…

The recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has raised concerns about the role of banks in owning and operating energy companies. According to a report by Common Dreams, banks such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and JPMorgan Chase have acquired significant stakes in oil and gas pipelines, refineries, and storage facilities in the past decade. These banks have also been involved in trading and speculating on oil and…

The European Union has recently adopted measures to boost its domestic production and supply of green technologies and critical raw materials, in an attempt to catch up with the global leaders in the clean energy race. However, the EU faces many challenges and uncertainties in achieving its goals, as it competes with the massive investments and subsidies of the U.S. and China. EU sets targets for green tech and raw…

The proposal to boost green electricity in the south of England The energy regulator Ofgem has proposed a plan to turn farmland equivalent to 40,000 football pitches into industrial-scale solar parks and wind farms across southern England. The plan aims to boost green electricity generation close to London, where demand is highest and supply is lowest. According to Ofgem, the plan could help cut consumer bills by £51 billion over…

Kraken Technology Group, a global leader in network-optimized remote operations, has announced an official collaboration with L3Harris Technologies, a leading provider of autonomous vessel technology, to advance the integration of control systems within the K40 MANTA prototype. The K40 MANTA is an uncrewed surface-subsurface (USSV) platform that uses foils for rapid surface transit before submerging for clandestine maneuvering. This collaboration marks a step in the technical evolution of Kraken’s K40…

What is niobobaotite? Niobobaotite is a new type of ore that contains the rare earth metal niobium, along with barium, titanium, iron and chloride. It was discovered by scientists in China in the Bayan Obo ore deposit in Inner Mongolia on Oct. 3, 2023. The ore has received official approval from the International Mineralogical Association’s classification committee. Niobium is a light-gray metal that has a high melting point and excellent…

Katalin Karikó’s journey from mRNA researcher to Nobel laureate On Monday, October 8, 2023, Katalin Karikó won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for her groundbreaking work on mRNA, the genetic messenger that sends DNA instructions to make specific proteins. Her research with Drew Weissman, with whom she shares the prize, laid the foundation for the Covid-19 vaccines developed by BioNTech-Pfizer and Moderna. Karikó’s career serves as a lesson…

MBARI partners with Saab to license LRAUV technology The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has announced a new commercial licensing agreement with Saab, Inc. to make its long-range autonomous underwater vehicle (LRAUV) technology available for the first time to a global market. The LRAUV is an innovative robot that can explore, map, and monitor the ocean for weeks at a time, covering distances of more than 1,000 kilometers (620…

A unique role in science popularization and education China’s modern science and technology museum system has attracted over 1 billion offline visits since 2012, playing a unique role in promoting fair and inclusive science popularization and improving scientific literacy in the country, according to the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST). The CAST started to build a modern sci-tech museum system in 2012. After more than a decade, the…