Heart’s ES-19 electric plane is built for clean inter-city travel

With a view to servicing regional routes, Swedish startup Heart Aerospace is developing an all-electric aircraft designed for short trips that simply aren’t economically feasible for conventional planes. The company has just attracted a new round of in… Continue reading Heart’s ES-19 electric plane is built for clean inter-city travel

Hubble resumes science operations after month of technical issues

NASA has managed to restart the Hubble Space Telescope, after aging technology suspended science operations for a month. It seems the iconic instrument’s career may not be coming to an end, as had been feared.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTag… Continue reading Hubble resumes science operations after month of technical issues

New long COVID studies warn we’re still in “uncharted territory”

With successful vaccines helping prevent hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 scientists are racing to understand the long-term effects of this novel disease. Dubbed “long COVID”, a handful of new studies are beginning to shed light on this unusua… Continue reading New long COVID studies warn we’re still in “uncharted territory”

COVID-19 pandemic sparks new laws banning after-hours work emails

Before the pandemic struck in 2020, a movement to help maintain a healthy work-life was building around the world. Technology was increasingly blurring the boundary between home and work. Many people now had work emails delivered directly to their phon… Continue reading COVID-19 pandemic sparks new laws banning after-hours work emails

Luxury waterfront tower pushes its twisting glass petals skyward

Back in 2013, WilkinsonEyre won an international architecture competition to design a new skyscraper on Sydney’s waterfront. Some eight years later, One Barangaroo is now finally complete and the eye-catching tower offers hotel guests and the well-heel… Continue reading Luxury waterfront tower pushes its twisting glass petals skyward

Luxury waterfront tower pushes its twisting glass petals skyward

Back in 2013, WilkinsonEyre won an international architecture competition to design a new skyscraper on Sydney’s waterfront. Some eight years later, One Barangaroo is now finally complete and the eye-catching tower offers hotel guests and the well-heel… Continue reading Luxury waterfront tower pushes its twisting glass petals skyward

Individual isotopes measured in exoplanet atmosphere for first time

Astronomers have counted the number of neutrons inside carbon atoms from 2.8 quadrillion km away. The team managed to measure the ratios of carbon isotopes in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time, which can tell us about how it formed.Cont… Continue reading Individual isotopes measured in exoplanet atmosphere for first time

Individual isotopes measured in exoplanet atmosphere for first time

Astronomers have counted the number of neutrons inside carbon atoms from 2.8 quadrillion km away. The team managed to measure the ratios of carbon isotopes in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time, which can tell us about how it formed.Cont… Continue reading Individual isotopes measured in exoplanet atmosphere for first time

First ever thought-to-speech brain implant successfully trialed

After more than a decade of development researchers at UC San Francisco have demonstrated, for the first time, a brain implant turning neural activity into full words. The first participant in the trial, a paralyzed man in his 30s, can now speak with a… Continue reading First ever thought-to-speech brain implant successfully trialed

First ever thought-to-speech brain implant successfully trialed

After more than a decade of development researchers at UC San Francisco have demonstrated, for the first time, a brain implant turning neural activity into full words. The first participant in the trial, a paralyzed man in his 30s, can now speak with a… Continue reading First ever thought-to-speech brain implant successfully trialed