The need to move to a low-carbon economy is urgent, but the sheer number of ‘unknown unknowns’ is deterring policymakers and investors from taking action. Climate change is one of the planet’s most pressing issues. Whether its impact is on the places we inhabit, the air we breathe or civilisation itself,
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When coated onto plastic tubing, the catalysts could act on chemicals flowing through, helping to synthesize drugs and other compounds. Chemical reactions that are driven by light offer a powerful tool for chemists who are designing new ways to manufacture pharmaceuticals and other useful compounds. Harnessing this light energy requires photoredox
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If intelligent extra-terrestrial civilizations evolve in a way similar to ours, then we should have little fear one might respond to receiving a signal from humans by invading Earth. That’s the argument put forth in a new paper from YouTuber Alberto Caballero. The paper is not peer reviewed, nor is it particularly
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When it comes to cloud adoption, organizations are considering either the multi-cloud or hybrid cloud to digitally transform their business. While both cloud strategies have their strengths and weaknesses, one of the biggest challenges for organizations is integration and having a unified platform to view their workloads on the cloud. Businesses
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Facebook is making a big change that could affect how you regain access to your account if you're ever locked out. The social network is planning to end trusted contacts, an emergency feature that allowed designated friends or family to help you get back in. Users started receiving an alert on Thursday It's
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Financial expert, Chidi Alabi has stressed the need for a strengthened synergy between technology providers and financial institutions in the country. According to him, the move was expedient given the growth and stronger influence of technology, with many organisations yet to adjust their operational model to fit with modern realities. Alabi
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About a quarter of the world’s Internet users live in countries that are more susceptible than previously thought to targeted attacks on their Internet infrastructure. Many of the at-risk countries are located in the Global South. That’s the conclusion of a sweeping, large-scale study conducted by computer scientists at the University
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Tests conducted by Cornell and the U.S. Navy used new algorithms to outperform state-of-the-art programming for autonomous underwater sonar imaging, significantly improving the speed and accuracy for identifying objects such as explosive mines, sunken ships, airplane black boxes, pipelines and corrosion on ship hulls. Sea reconnaissance is filled with challenges that
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South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co has always lagged behind the world’s largest contract manufacturer of semiconductor chips, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TMSC), when it comes to sales. However, the pandemic has set an urgency among all industry players to be quick and adaptive, and by doing so, Samsung
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We’ve gotten very, very good at making things that are cheap and durable. Unfortunately, there are some deleterious side effects. Among them: Our society generates massive amounts of waste that is going to remain in landfills for a long time. What’s more, the process of making these goods is also
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