CHINA is developing a 6,000mph hypersonic nuke missile engine which is reportedly based on a design abandoned by Nasa — as it forges ahead in an arms race with the West. A Chinese research team has built and tested a prototype based on a radical design by an American space agency
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About two months ago, Alibaba Cloud unveiled a new server chip that’s based on advanced 5-nanometer technology. It was dubbed as China’s most advanced chip, a milestone in the country’s pursuit of semiconductor self-sufficiency. The tech giant did not stop there. Adding on to its in-house chip collection, Alibaba apparently
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Engineering is a collaborative practice, but effective teamwork can take many different forms. For some projects, teamwork means accomplishing all tasks as a group; for other projects, it is better for everyone to work individually before connecting their pieces like a puzzle. A recent paper by Carnegie Mellon University engineering and
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Cybersafe Foundation, a cyber-security awareness creator, has called for more awareness in tackling the growing menace of cybercrime in Nigeria. Speaking at a forum for cyber security experts, mostly from the financial sector, and IT journalists, in Lagos, Cybersafe urged more collaboration among various security entities in the country. While it was
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Always, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, would never accommodate anything that impugns one of its hard-earned intangibles – integrity at auctions. As three organizations – two giants and a dark horse – line up for what promises to be a financially bruising race, the first real test by this administration,
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The technology, still in its very early stages, doesn’t mimic social touch precisely, but creates instead a “a haptic illusion.” After nearly two years of a global pandemic, with endless days spent working remotely, we’re all craving physical contact with others. For good reason, too: As human beings, touch is one of
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The most attractive sauce for the key businesses across the world, today, is intellectual capital. Second, the swift catalyst for most investors in the vast and expanding markets and economies of the world is intellectual capital. In which ever way you look at it, the reason why the United States is the
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A new computational simulator can help predict whether changes to materials or design will improve performance in new photovoltaic cells. In the ongoing race to develop ever-better materials and configurations for solar cells, there are many variables that can be adjusted to try to improve performance, including material type, thickness, and
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"Lord how this world improves as we grow older," reads the caption for a panel in the " March of Intellect," part of a series of colored etchings published between 1825 and 1829. The artist, William Heath (1794–1840), shows many futuristic contraptions, including a four-wheeled steam-powered horse called Velocity, a
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We have met many robots and cyborgs over the years in the world of film and TV. Investigates whether these characters are capable of love. Warning: contains spoilers! Marvin, ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ (2005) He may be bored. He may be manically depressed. He may not be the best of
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