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Why ‘digital twins’ could speed up drug discovery

AI can create digital humans and digital organs that can be used in clinical trials.

10 hrs ago

Winta Zesu wearing a black leather jacket stands in front of plant.

What is rage-baiting and why is it profitable?

Called rage-baiting, making people angry with social media posts can be a business.

3 days ago

Business

AI spurs ‘revolution’ for some visually impaired people

AI services that can describe pictures and scenes are helping the visually impaired.

26 Nov 2024

The superpowers of coatings make possible the impossible

Hi-tech coatings make all sorts of high performance engineering, like jet engines, possible.

22 Nov 2024

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Is AI any good at choosing gifts?

With vast amounts of data do draw on, AI should be able to come up with good gift ideas, but does it?

7 days ago

Woman listens to records

Why is vintage audio equipment booming?

Music lovers are buying up old cassette, CD and record players and getting them fixed.

3 Dec 2024

Technology

Heather Mullin, Library of Things

Could a thermal camera reveal your home’s hidden heat loss?

Thermal imaging tech has become cheaper and homeowners are using it to track down heat loss.

29 Nov 2024

Cocoa bean pod

Chocolate makers stoke boom for Indian cocoa beans

India produces only a tiny fraction of the world’s cocoa beans, but that could be changing.

19 Nov 2024

Asia

Resembling a large drone, the two-seater VoloCity aircraft takes off at the Palace of Versaille

Europe’s flying taxi dreams falter as cash runs short

Makers of a new generation of European electric aircraft are struggling to raise money.

27 Nov 2024

Europe

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An energy efficient home – why is it so difficult?

It can be hard to find good advice on how to make homes more energy efficient.

12 Nov 2024

Business

Two huge mining trucks pass by each other in a mine in Western Australia

Up close with the 300 tonne driverless trucks

Big mining firms are switching to driverless trucks and other autonomous equipment.

8 Nov 2024

Workers at a dyeing factory in Bangladesh stand knee-deep in blue dye.

Why colouring clothes has a big environmental impact

Start-up firms are looking for ways to dye clothes using less water and heat.

5 Nov 2024

Asia

Woman peels paint off the wall

The house paints that promise much more than colour

Paints now promise to make your house cooler, warmer, or simply peel off.

1 Nov 2024

Lady smiling reading an e-book

Can AI make life easier for people with dementia?

AI projects are underway to help ease the challenges of dementia.

29 Oct 2024

Technology

Actor and presenter Waseem Mirza stands in front of a wall wearing a blue jumper.

The green software that could make big carbon savings

Greener software could make devices last longer and use less electricity.

25 Oct 2024

Female worker looking stressed

Will AI make work burnout worse?

As more AI tools are rolled out, some argue they are contributing to employee burnout.

23 Oct 2024

Lava spews from multiple craters of the Sundhnúkur volcano on June 3, 2024 on the Reykjanes peninsula near Grindavik, Iceland.

‘It’s our moonshot’: Why scientists are drilling into volcanos

In Iceland scientists plan to drill down to magma to understand it and use it for energy production.

18 Oct 2024

Europe


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