deepai Gravity feels reliable — stable and consistent enough to count on. But reality is far stranger than our intuition. In truth, the strength of gravity varies over the Earth’s surface. And it is weakest…
Mauritius to become an African training hub against…
A new irradiator inaugurated in Mauritius will help the island nation step up its fight against fruit flies threatening valuable crops and also support other African nations in controlling insect pests causing major economic losses…
Storage technologies for renewable energy can pay off
Systems that bank energy can add value to solar and wind projects. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Utility companies or others planning to install renewable energy systems such as solar and wind farms have to decide whether…
Scientists use CRISPR to grow human panaceas in…
Researchers from the University of California, Davis, are using CRISPR gene editing and induced pluripotent stem cells to create a hybrid pig-human embryo to grow human organs. So far they have injected pig embryos with…
New approach to microlasers
Technique for “phase locking” arrays of tiny lasers could lead to terahertz security scanners. [caption id="attachment_9003" align="alignnone" width="639"] Researchers at MIT and Sandia National Laboratories have designed a device that is an array of 37…