Open tools used for a security chip

The security chip (at the middle of the bottom) is built in flip-chip technology on an auxiliary board and plugged into a standard socket on the main board. The main…

An algorithm predicts the academic performance of distance education students

A review of energy supply for biomachine hybrid robots

Scientists from the Beijing Institute of Technology reviewed the various energy supply methods for Biomachine Hybrid Robots. Credit: Jieliang Zhao Beijing Institute of Technology Bio-machine hybrid robots (BHRs) represent a…

UK’s first local Net Zero Carbon planning policy likely to drive more efficient buildings and cut energy bills: Review

The new planning policy makes Bath and its surroundings, known for historic architecture, an important testbed for future national regulations. Credit: Nic Delves-Broughton / University of Bath The UK’s first…

NASA’s Voyager team focuses on software patch, thrusters

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is depicted in this artist’s concept traveling through interstellar space, or the space between stars, which it entered in 2012. Traveling on a different trajectory, its…

Juno completes its closest flyby of Io yet

Not since the Galileo mission ended 20 years ago have we seen such great images of Io. NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this image with its JunoCam instrument on October 15th…

Amazon rainforest hides over 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks |

Archaeologists have used cutting-edge remote sensing technology, combined with statistical modelling, to estimate that there are more than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks hidden beneath the canopy of the Amazon rainforest. The…

Small islands struggle to get help from the Green Climate Fund

While small islands still say the Green Climate Fund is better than the rest, they are facing problems getting money from it Government officials from small island developing states (Sids)…

Does chicken soup really help when you’re sick? A nutrition specialist explains what’s behind the beloved comfort food

Preparing a bowl of chicken soup for a loved one when they’re sick has been a common practice throughout the world for centuries. Today, generations from virtually every culture swear…

On nutrition: Why kids love sweets

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain My nine-year-old grandson recently told me the bits of spinach in my tortellini soup were his “worst nightmare.” A bit over-dramatic, don’t you think? This same…