Category: Technology

Video games are big business. The value of the global market is pushing the US$200 billion mark (£158 billion): bigger than the music industry and Hollywood combined. But the gaming industry has also been facing challenges. The market is shrinking from its peak at the height of the pandemic, and there has been a rash […]

BMW XM Mystique Allure. Credit BMW BMW XM Mystique Allure is a one-off design inspired by supermodel Naomi Campbell. The haute couture-inspired BMW XM Mystique Allure, dedicated to supermodel Naomi Campbell and featuring a soundtrack by composer Hans Zimmer, debuts at the 2024 Cannes International Film Festival. BMW XM Mystique Allure. Credit BMW This one-of-a-kind […]

Our family dog used to have a rather noticeable extra eyelid that became especially apparent when he dozed off, usually upturned on the rug. This is the fleshy curtain seen at the corner of each eye, closest to the nose. It’s also commonly called the nictitating (literally “blinking”) membrane. You may have noticed these “third” […]

RAL Space in Oxfordshire and the UK Astronomy Technology Centre in Edinburgh are home to world-leading expertise in satellite design and manufacturing. They have previously contributed to missions such as the NASA James Webb Space Telescope. This latest funding will see both institutes collaborate with the UK Space Agency (UKSA) and other public and private […]

One of the wildest wonders of nature is the ability of some animals to reproduce by splitting in half. There is still so much we don’t know about this process. So the discovery of a 155-million-year-old starfish fossil frozen partway through this process, published in a new study, could give scientists incredible new insights. Our […]

The findings of three reports initiated as part of the Future Research Assessment Programme (FRAP) have been published today (12 December 2022). Informing future decisions Together the reports caution against moving to a fully metricised system for the next UK research assessment exercise. The reports do suggest ways in which metrics, artificial intelligence (AI) or […]

Modern warfare is awash with cutting-edge technology – from AI to drones to hypersonic missiles – yet one technology that is more than a century old is still proving its worth: morse code. The staccato streams of tones that would be instantly recognisable to a railroad man from more than 150 years ago are still […]

Zigy Single-Seater Electric Urban vehicle. Credit Andrea Mocellin Zigy single-seater electric urban vehicle featuring a lightweight construction. Independent mobility designer Andrea Mocellin and lightweight specialists DEXET Technologies have teamed up again for a feasibility study on an ultra-efficient, single-seater electric vehicle. Their goal is to rethink the aerodynamics, design, and efficiency of small electric cars. The […]

The ELT is currently under construction in the middle of the Chilean Atacama Desert and, at approximately the size of the Roman Colosseum, is set to be the largest optical telescope ever built. It is owned by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) who announced this week that construction of the first scientific instrument for the […]

At the weekend, millions of people around the world were treated to a mesmerising display of the aurora borealis and aurora australis, better known as the northern and southern lights. The lights, usually seen in crown-like regions surrounding the Earth’s poles, were pushed to mid-latitudes by heightened activity from the Sun. The same geomagnetic storms […]