Are we about to figure out one of physics’ biggest mysteries-why there’s more matter than antimatter?
Why do we exist? This is arguably the most profound question there is and one that may seem completely outside the scope…
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Health
Scientists reactivate 28,000-year-old woolly mammoth cells
A 90-year-old Japanese scientist just took the first step to resurrect a woolly mammoth successfully stimulating mammoth cells to perform some basic…
Careers Biomedical
Energy & Environment
Meet the Bacteria That Eat Pollution and Breathe Electricity
A team of scientists have pioneered a new method to study the microorganisms found at Heart Lake Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National…
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Space
Japan’s Hayabusa-2 spacecraft reveals touch down marks
The Japanese space agency (Jaxa) has just released new images from Hayabusa-2 showing a dark splodge where it touched down on the…
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Energy & Environment
Minute silicon particles set to boost lithium ion batteries capacity by 10x
Chemical Engineers have taken a critical step in creating the next generation of silicon-based lithium-ion batteries.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Energy & Environment
Bill Gates reveals water-less loo that turns human waste into fertilizer
Sometimes Engineering shines when the problem is simple. Poor sanitation kills around 500,000 children under the age of five every year. By…
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Electronics & Communications
Ghost particle – CERN investigates bizarre and unexpected new particle in its latest dataset
Should we be conCERNed? Does something go bump in the data ... CERN might have unmasked a phantom particle this Halloween?
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Manufacturing
LHC Confirms Two New Particles… And maybe a Third
Meet Σb(6097)+ and Σb(6097) ... these exciting new particles are the newest particles discovered by the Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment.
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
Health
Study shows that during a heat-wave we actually can’t think straight
No it's not just you. We all struggle to think straight when it is this hot. ????????????
Careers Biomedical
Construction & Infrastructure
Hybrid fiberglass-concrete-steel technique produces harder, better, faster, stronger bridges
Could the future see major bridges being built in just days (rather than months or years)? A team from the University of…
Careers Civil, Structural
Construction & Infrastructure
Self-healing fungi concrete could provide sustainable solution
Material Science Engineers in the USA have developed a self-healing concrete that uses fungi as a healing agent. They hope to this…
Careers Civil, Structural
Health
MIT spinout PlenOptika aims to make vision care more accessible in developing world
Getting a glasses prescription is often difficult in developing countries. However, engineers at PlenOptika - an MIT spinout - aim to help…
Careers Biomedical
Electronics & Communications
Smart sensor will revolutionise crime and terrorism prevention
A new chemical sensor, designed by engineers at the University of Oxford, are set to revolutionise everything from terrorism prevention, environmental monitoring,…
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Electronics & Communications
Inexpensive Soft Robot “Muscle” Can Lift 200 Times Its Own Weight
A team from the University of Colorado Boulder have proven 'soft robots' don't need to be expensive; their brand new artificial muscle…
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Electronics & Communications
Meet the AI that hunts poachers
Each year, poachers kill about 27,000 African elephants- 8% of the population. If this trends continue, these magnificent animals will be gone…
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Electronics & Communications
Ground breaking lens opens new possibilities in virtual and augmented reality
Harvard Engineers have developed a novel, flat lens which can focus "all the colors of the rainbow." This is a major departure…
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Electronics & Communications
Did Scientists just Engineer A New Form of Matter?
A new form of matter called “Excitonium” has been confirmed by a team of scientists working at the University of California, Berkeley, and University of Amsterdam
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Electronics & Communications
Meet the robot that swims like a manta ray
Engineers have created an aquatic robot called MantaDroid which swims like manta rays.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Electronics & Communications
Robot Passed a Medical Licensing Exam
Xiaoyi - a Chinese AI-powered robot - has taken the country's medical licensing examinations and passed.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Construction & Infrastructure
BBA certifies Q-Bot insulating system
The testing experts at the British Board of Agrément have certified the Qbot marking the first time it has certified a construction service delivered by a robot.
Careers Civil, Structural
Chemicals
University of Warwick creates Fluorescent dye to highlight 99% of hidden ocean micro-plastics
With the smallest microplastics in oceans going largely undetected the University of Warwick has developed an innovative and cheap new method of detecting microplastics as small as the width of a human hair.
Careers Chemical