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Brain activity recorder could help disabled people control remote devicesThe research, collated by the Francis Crick Institute, University College London (UCL) and Stanford University in the US, was conducted on mice. The team developed an accurate and scalable method to record brain activity across large areas, including on the surface of the brain and in […]

Nasa’s 2024 manned Moon mission facing coronavirus-related delaysIt has been forced to shut two of its rocket production facilities after an employee tested positive for the illness, including its Michoud facility in New Orleans. This facility is where it is building the Moon rocket, or Space Launch System (SLS). In the last few months the […]

‘Despite Brexit, London will remain the fintech capital of the world’: Kaarel KotkasIt all depends on what figures you go to, but most sources agree that cyber crime is one of the biggest global threats facing us today. To take one estimate, Cybersecurity Ventures predicts global cyber crime will be worth $6tn annually by next […]

View from Vitalia: Running out of thyme“Toilet paper is the new cryptocurrency” – BBC Radio 4 presenter Evan Davis, ‘PM’, Wednesday 18 March, 2020. Bless our local ‘family butcher’, whose shop – until this morning – I’ve avoided for years after once walking past it with my friend the American writer Bill Bryson, who, having […]

How exposed are engineers to infectious diseases?When it comes to being exposed to disease and infections, being a nurse or a GP, for example, will put you at greater risk than those in an engineering role. This sounds accurate, especially during a global health pandemic, but E&T scrutinised various occupations in the engineering and technology sector to discover how exposed workers are to the risk […]

UK to use mobile data to track people’s whereabouts during coronavirus crisisThe Guardian reports that BT, owner of largest UK mobile operator EE, has been asked by the Government to provide the data which could influence the strategy to tackle the spread of Covid-19 in the coming weeks. O2 has also said it was asked […]

Energy and data transmitted to underwater IoT devices on a beam of lightSuch devices placed in the ocean could help scientists more easily monitor remote underwater areas without worrying about volatile batteries losing their capacity or malfunctioning altogether. It could ultimately lead to the deployment of self-powered underwater sensors for tracking climate change effects on […]