It’s the miracle material that makes cars, computers, and modern medicine possible. It has also corrupted every corner of the environment. The year was 1863, and famous billiard player Michael Phelan was worrying about the sustainability of the very billiard balls that made him a fortune. At the time, the spheres
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A convolutional neural network can evaluate thermal infrared images of human faces and determine with 93% accuracy whether the person is drunk. The system described in the International Journal of Intelligent Information and Database Systems could be implemented in places where drunk driving and drunken behavior are common problems. There are more than a million deaths
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In a storage area on the west end of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory campus is a machine that can measure anything from a jumbo turbine assembly to a tiny centrifuge component—with near-perfect precision. Blake Van Hoy, a researcher in the Enrichment Science and Engineering Division's Dynamic Testing Group, is the
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Paleontologists are condemning the big-money bone trade once again, as a 15-foot-tall Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton is set to be sold at auction to the highest bidder in Hong Kong next month. The dinosaur, initially unearthed in the US, went on display at the Victoria Theatre & Concert Hall in Singapore Friday
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The federal government has announced plans to demolish the Lagos building of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to the ambition of turning the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos to an aerotropolis. Speaking in Lagos, the minister of Aviation,
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As we know, traditional single-factor authentication systems require users to only provide a username and password to access a system network or application. A username and password is easily accessible for a hacker to steal and access your security system. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) requires users to verify their identity with two
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One of the world's biggest technology get-togethers kicks off in the Portuguese capital, on Tuesday with organizers saying a key aim is to ask tough questions about cryptocurrencies. Around 100,000 people are expected to gather in Lisbon for the four-day Web Summit and related events, the first full-scale edition since 2019
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Embedding climate-conscious practices while building digital tools can reduce environmental impact and raise business efficiency Global supply chains are in desperate need of building agile and resilient operations. A series of disruptions during the last two years reveals many shortcomings of complicated and archaic systems. However, erratic weather patterns and rising
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Akwa Ibom State Government and Solutions Hub Limited have sealed a deal to establish a fully integrated, deepwater logistics shore base in the Niger Delta state. In a series of tweets on Sunday, NNPC said Governor Udom Emmanuel, the leadership of the national oil firm
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Your phone doesn't come with a user manual. Sure, you can find online guides from Apple or Android, but don't bet on Big Tech telling you the secrets to best protect yourself. Default settings are often much better for the companies behind them than for you. Some features get more attention than
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