World population growth will stop after centuries
We are on the eve of a new phase of humanity, in which the balance will not be kept even by high mortality, but by low fertility.
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MIT experiments with "living" solar cells to grow
One day we may literally “grow” our own energy by watering and nourishing our biological solar cells.
Eversense, the prick test for diabetics is already (almost) prehistoric
A great step forward towards total freedom, which one day not far away will allow diabetics to monitor glucose in real time with small implanted devices capable of reading body data by themselves.
New 3D printed material repairs itself after a cut
A research team has announced the development of a whole series of 3D printable materials that can repair themselves, even after a clean break: the rules of the game could change for fashion, electronics and a thousand other fields.
The oceans are flowing (slowly) into the Earth's interior
The oceans are sinking under the Earth's mantle, but the process is so slow that we won't see the seas rise less due to climate change.
Superwood is born: it is as strong as steel and reflects the sun's rays
The new wood is very dense and has a strength of around 404 megapascals, which makes it almost 9 times stronger than natural wood.
In 2020 NASA will launch the first living organisms in space for 50 years now.
BioSentinel is one of 13 projects planned as part of the Artemis 1 mission scheduled for mid-2020. 47 years after the last launch of living organisms (Apollo 17, which reached the Moon in December 1972).
Japan tests self-driving wheelchairs
The average age is increasing, and efforts to help the ever-increasing number of people with limited mobility are always appreciated in Japan.
5 revolutions that will change energy in the next 5 years
Five years is a long time: enough for the Sun to radiate the energy equivalent to all our reserves of oil, coal and natural gas and enough for the world to revolutionize energy in at least 5 ways. Here are 5 energy revolutions that we will see between now and 2024.
Solar energy is knocking out natural gas, and Italy will gain a lot from it
Solar has already "taken out" coal in terms of convenience, and now has natural gas in its sights: this is why this situation can make the Italian energy market soar.
City life ruins mental health in ways that we are only now beginning to understand
Cities are dynamic and stimulating places, but their residents have a much higher rate of mental illness than the rest of the population.
UK develops Americium engines for space missions lasting hundreds of years
The gigantic energy of americium and plutonium allows a range of otherwise unreachable space missions: the UK advances rapidly in this direction.
Adaptive clothes to regulate body temperature
The most efficient way to stay warm is to increase or reduce insulating factors. Putting on or taking off a garment (when we say "dressing in layers") serves to create cavities that retain heat without dispersing it. Research on "smart textiles" continues in a very encouraging way: a small research team has developed adaptive clothes, textile materials that could drastically change the way we dress. The idea of adaptive clothing is to develop a material capable of… Read more
The next hard drive? It will be DNA.
The preservation of information is increasingly crucial: this is why companies like Microsoft are studying the "hard disks" of the future. Among the most promising research is that which focuses on a truly exceptional "physical memory": DNA. Our DNA is a medium that stores data about us: on an IT level its "performance" is extraordinary. Like Hard Disk, DNA does not degrade over time. It is so versatile that it contains in just 4 grams all the information produced in an entire … Read more
The largest company in 2030 will supply robot teachers
Just thirty years ago the frontier was a school with a computer. Today, the frontier is having students with their own laptop. According to futurologist Thomas Frey, in the next 14 years the frontier will be to have students learning from robot teachers on the internet, and the company that will be able to provide this service will become one of the largest, richest and most important in the world. Frey's prediction is certainly made taking into account the latest macroscopic advances in artificial intelligence research. Robot teachers… Read more
Computers, 2017 begins with viruses and attacks
New year, but old life for computers: 2017 began in the wake of recent months, with a strong incidence of viruses and attacks by computer pirates. But part of the responsibility lies with the users themselves, who often overlook the importance of a secure password. What happens when the laziness of computer users is combined with the "ability" of cyber pirates, capable of creating ever new and more numerous threats? As can be imagined, the final result is the increase in… Read more
Here is the artificial leaf that produces medicine
Can medicines be produced from solar energy in a clean and ecological way? A group of Dutch scientists from the Eindhoven University of Technology believes so, and has developed an #artificial #leaf-shaped device that produces medicines right from the sun. The basic idea was born from leaves capable of feeding themselves thanks to chlorophyll photosynthesis. The researchers used materials that behave like leaves, capturing sunlight and storing it for later use. The materials used are called luminescent solar concentrators (LSC). … Read more
Facebook at Work ready to launch
The new Facebook at Work platform is about to see the light after years of preparation (and hypotheses about its functioning)
Snapchat presents the glasses that record videos
#Snapchat and its 26-year-old CEO Evan Spiegel today presented Spectacles, a pair of sunglasses equipped with cameras to record ten to thirty second videos. Snapchat thus becomes Snap Inc. and tries to consolidate the video business in this way, that is, where advertising pays the most. Let's not forget that videos viewed on Snapchat have more than doubled in less than a year, reaching 10 billion views per day. Most Snapchat users… Read more
1000 new exoplanets discovered
Yesterday the number of "alien worlds" that have been discovered by man increased exponentially. There is talk of as many as a thousand new exoplanets. In fact, NASA's "Kepler" satellite, after various problems due to a faulty gyroscope, broke a record. A great result for science and astronomy: many extrasolar planets have been discovered. But let's start from the beginning. Kepler is a telescope satellite launched on March 7, 2009 from Cape Canaveral, with the aim of discovering new extrasolar planets. And yesterday, in a… Read more
Here are the three Earth-like planets
Latest news from space: three 'twin' (or almost, let's say similar) planets of Earth potentially capable of hosting life have just been identified. These are planets that revolve around a dwarf star cooler than the Sun, called Trappist-1, which is located just 40 light years from us, in the constellation Aquarius. The discovery is sensational, and was announced in Nature by an international group of astronomers led by the Institute of Astrophysics and Geophysics of the Belgian University of Liège. “Thanks to telescopes… Read more
