Category: Technology

Language technologies like generative artificial intelligence (AI) hold significant potential for public health. From outbreak detection systems that scan global news in real time, to chatbots providing mental health support and conversational diagnostic tools improving access to primary care, these innovations are helping address health challenges. At the heart of these developments is natural language […]

Studio 37/Shutterstock With hosepipe bans in force across several English regions and more restrictions likely to follow, gardeners face some tough choices. When every drop counts, which plants deserve your precious water from the water butt, and which should you leave to fend for themselves? As someone who has researched how British gardeners need to […]

Protecting livestock in areas where large carnivores (like lions) live is increasingly important as human land use expands, wildlife habitat shrinks, and climatic changes reshape the ways in which humans and wildlife interact. Protecting the carnivores from livestock owners is important too. Intact carnivore populations support more resilient food webs and the ecosystem services they […]

Sotheby's publicity photograph for the _Ceratosaurus_ fossil. Sotheby's, CC BY-SA A juvenile dinosaur fossil, Ceratosaurus nasicornis, has sold at Sotheby’s New York for US$30.5 million (£22.7 million). It is part of a recent resurgence of art-market interest in fossils and natural history – palaeontology and geology especially. Indeed, this latest dinosaur sale was part of […]

On July 15, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced more than $90 billion in private-sector investments during the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University, positioning the state as a national hub for artificial intelligence and energy infrastructure. 💼 Investment Highlights The initiative includes: Major contributors: 🔋 Energy Demand and Infrastructure The summit […]

The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Daresbury Laboratory has achieved a major scientific milestone. The STFC Compact Linear Accelerator for Research and Applications (CLARA) has successfully accelerated electrons to an energy of 250 million electron volts (MeV). A significant moment This breakthrough marks a significant moment in the development of one of the world’s […]

On July 15, 2025, President Donald Trump and Senator Dave McCormick unveiled a sweeping $92 billion investment package at the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit held at Carnegie Mellon University. The initiative positions Pennsylvania as a national hub for artificial intelligence infrastructure and energy modernization. 💼 Investment Breakdown Major contributors include: 🔋 Strategic Goals […]

Between July 14 and 16, 2025, Cambodian authorities arrested more than 1,000 suspects in coordinated raids across at least five provinces, following a directive from Prime Minister Hun Manet to dismantle criminal cybercrime operations threatening national and regional security. 🔍 Scope of the Operation The crackdown targeted suspected scam compounds in: Authorities seized hundreds of […]

These are just some of the potential benefits of the new compute roadmap, launched today by the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The roadmap heralds a significant increase in publicly accessible compute capacity. Significant investments Investments include up to £2 billion to deliver a holistic and user-centred compute […]

On July 9, 2025, the UK Government unveiled a strategic partnership with Google Cloud and DeepMind to overhaul outdated public sector technology, enhance service delivery, and unlock up to £45 billion in efficiency savings. Announced by Technology Secretary Peter Kyle, the initiative forms a central pillar of the government’s Plan for Change, aimed at building […]