In 15th-century Germany, Johannes Gutenberg developed a printing press, a machine that allowed for mass production of texts. It is considered by many to be one of the most significant technological a… [+5319 chars]
DeepMinds AlphaFold has discovered 200 million proteins. Undeniably they have paced up the creation of new drugs. DeepMind, an Alphabet division specialist in artificial intelligence, has amazed the… [+3566 chars]
The subjective well-being of visitors to a three-minute online art or culture exhibition was found to be significantly improved. Effects are comparable to those of going to actual art galleries or e… [+2897 chars]
By Tim Hepher and Joey Roulette PARIS (Reuters) -The European Space Agency (ESA) has begun preliminary technical discussions with Elon Musk's SpaceX that could lead to the temporary use of its launc… [+4124 chars]
Newfoundland’s celebrity bird is undoubtedly the Atlantic puffin. Not only is it the official provincial bird, but I felt its presence as much on land as I did at sea. Everywhere I looked on my trip … [+7238 chars]
Were in the third year of the Suns 11-year solar cycle, and satellites in low Earth orbit are already experiencing the deleterious effects. Scientists are now warning that the worst is yet to come, a… [+3932 chars]
NASA recently released long-awaited images from the James Webb Space Telescope and they show off previously unseen sides of the cosmos. The 13.2 meter-long telescope launched in late December 2021,… [+3208 chars]
Scientists from Soochow Universitys Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) in Suzhou, China, founded and led by Chinese Academy of Sciences member, Shuit-Tong Lee, are using nanot… [+4505 chars]
Copernicus Sentinel-1 is used to monitor many aspects of our environment, from detecting and tracking oil spills and mapping sea ice to monitoring movement in land surfaces and mapping changes in the… [+6789 chars]
Professors Hu Weida and Peng Hailin, two of researchers at Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics and Peking University, recently proposed momentum-matching and band-alignment van der Waals heterost… [+4416 chars]
The Old School House Arts Centre (TOSH) in Qualicum Beach hopes one of its summer exhibits will help people better understand data. The gallery (122 Fern Rd West) is hosting a project called ‘DataRe… [+2078 chars]
The regularity of the annual show is the result of the Earth passing through the comets previous path in its own orbit around the sun. Weather for the peak of the event across the central Island is … [+1197 chars]
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