Normally, it takes pricey equipment and expertise to create an accurate 3D reconstruction of someone’s face. Now, researchers have pulled off the feat using video recorded on an ordinary smartphone. Shooting a continuous video of the front and sides of the face generates a dense cloud of data. A two-step process uses that data, with […]
A working, large-scale quantum computer is still a decade away, but researchers are currently turning a critical corner from theory to building the first small quantum systems IBM’s 2-D Superconducting Qubit Mounted on a Chip Silicon semiconductors have taken us a dazzling distance along the computing road. But even if they continue unabated to get […]
Scientists develop a method to convert Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) satellite data into detailed information about cloud cover properties, enhancing the ability to forecast available sunlight for solar power plants. The output of solar energy systems is highly dependent on cloud cover. While weather forecasting can be used to predict the amount of sunlight […]
Researchers have successfully demonstrated a new electronic refrigeration technology that can enable major leaps in the development of quantum computers. Present quantum computers require extremely complicated and large cooling infrastructure that is based on mixture of different isotopes of helium. The new electronic cooling technology could replace these cryogenic liquid mixtures and enable miniaturization of […]
While previous studies suggested that the virus was passed to humans by pangolins, a Canadian team now claims that dogs were actually responsible for passing the virus to humans It’s one of the worst pandemics in history, and now scientists believe they may know how the coronavirus was spread to humans. The virus is believed to have […]
NASA’s new experimental supersonic X-plane is on a fast track to fly The plane, officially named X-59 QueSST in 2018 and often referred to as just X-59, was greenlit for final assembly during a critical design review in 2019. With this plane, NASA aims to create an ultraquiet craft that can travel over land faster than the speed of […]
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has hit out at “groundless” criticism of its involvement in the UK’s rollout of 5G technology. In an open letter published on Monday, Victor Zhang, the firm’s UK chief, said disrupting Huawei’s participation would do the country a “disservice”. It comes amid efforts by rebel Tory MPs to overturn the government’s approval in January of a limited role for Huawei in […]
There are some simple steps we can all take that will make a huge difference,’ says Caroline Abrahams at AGE As of 23 March, the government has said the public should be staying at home and leaving the house only for food, medicine, to travel to work as a key worker or to exercise once a day In […]
Our planet is heading towards a global environmental catastrophe and we must stay motivated to make a difference no matter what the future holds, e are living in a unique moment in history. This isn’t like a war or an economic recession, where you know things will probably be bad for a few years but […]
‘One could say that this planet gets rainy in the evening, except it rains iron’ Researchers have found an extreme, distant planet where it is thought to rain iron. One side of the planet, it is permanently day, and the world is hit by temperatures of up to 2400 degrees Celsius. That leads the metals […]
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