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Category: Innovations
Artificial intelligence beyond the superpowers
By Perry World House Much of the debate over how artificial intelligence (AI) will affect geopolitics focuses on the emerging arms race between Washington and Beijing, as well as investments by major military powers like Russia. And to be sure,…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe lifts off successfully
NASA on Sunday successfully launched the Parker Solar Probe, the US space agency’s historic small car-size probe to ‘touch the Sun,’ from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Energy Airbus unveils pioneering solar powered drone
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom,(BSS/AFP) – European air giant Airbus on Wednesday unveiled a solar-powered drone called Zephyr that will fly at a high altitude and fulfil the same functions as a satellite.
Finland develops piglet vaccine to reduce antibiotics use
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a vaccine, diluted into drinking water, to treat diarrhoea on piglets being weaned. The vaccine reduces the global resistance problem caused by excessive antibiotic use.
Russian scientists develop predictor of Parkinson’s disease
Scientists from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), ITMO University, both Russian Academic Excellence Initiative (Project 5-100) participants, and the Institute of Experimental Medicine developed a unique program which can determine a form of Parkinson’s disease and predict…
Scientists evolve new way to prepare nuke waste for disposal
The future of nuclear power depends on safe disposal at a reasonable cost. Thus diverse, innovative and laden with practical problems experience might become instructive to the nations and industry players.
Rosatom’s automated individual radiation dose monitor
Russia’s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation has developed automated individual radiation dose monitoring system (AIRDMS), especially for the people working at different nuclear establishments.
Look at past disasters to prepare for the future: New Report
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery: Are we prepared for the next Pompeii? Washington, May 8 — The great disasters of the past – like the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD or the hurricane that devastated Santo Domingo…
AI to help China to reach for the stars
Building a space station, probing Mars, setting up a lunar base and going deeper into the universe – artificial intelligence will be at the cutting edge of China’s space odyssey.
Asia’s largest tortoise slowly wins race with Whitley Award
A conservation biologist specialising in reptiles was yesterday (Wednesday 25 April) presented with a prestigious Whitley Award by HRH The Princess Royal. Shahriar Caesar Rahman, Co-Founder of the Creative Conservation Alliance is working to preserve Asia’s largest tortoise in a…
Legendary scientist at lab that developed atomic bomb dies
Los Alamos, Apr 21 (AP/UNB) — Scientist Nerses “Krik” Krikorian, who was born a refugee and later became a legend in the once-secret New Mexico city where the atomic bomb was developed, has died. He was 97.
Hino-VW partner on hybrids autonomous drive tech
Hino Motors, Toyota Motor Corp.’s group truck manufacturer, and Volkswagen Truck & Bus of Germany agreed Thursday to work together on technologies such as hybrids, electric cars, autonomous driving and connectivity.
Sun, surf and sand a setting for innovation on Gold Coast
For people at the Commonwealth Games, the opening ceremony was like catching up with a dear old friend celebrating a 21st birthday.
Natural shot in Bangladesh’s battle against climate change
Zulker Naeen Reducing dependence on fossil fuels requires a long time to decrease emissions. A rapid transformation of the existing energy systems and infrastructure is also a slow process. But, natural climate solutions are already available if we want to…
Latin America focuses on attacking pockets of rural poverty
By Orlando Milesi Santiago, Feb 19 (IPS) – Identifying territories where rural poverty is most entrenched in Latin America and the Caribbean to apply new tools and innovative policies to combat hunger is the new strategy that will be discussed…
Testing a low-tech pesticide alternative: Flowers
To make sure more beneficial bugs come to their fields to feed on pests, farmers are planting them homes in the middle of their fields. (Extra bonus: It looks beautiful.) By Adele Peters On a farm near the town of…
Farewell to the ‘Queen of the Skies’- Boeing 747
Marana, Ariz. (CNN) — For the first time in 48 years, you can’t buy a ticket on a US airline to fly on a Boeing 747. On Wednesday, Delta Air Lines Flight 9771 touched down in Marana, Arizona, an arid…
Help slow rising sea levels
Sea levels are rising because polar ice is melting. Polar ice is melting because greenhouse gases are warming the world.
Dubai’s RTA trialling hydrogen-powered taxis
Dubai’s Roads and Transports Authority (RTA) is trialling the region’s first hydrogen-powered electric vehicles, according to the Dubai Media Office. The Toyota Mirai will be put to the test as part of Dubai’s taxi fleet, in collaboration with Al Futtaim…
Fungi-resistant potato to save farmers Tk. 100 cr. a year
Dhaka, Dec 13 – Each year farmers in Bangladesh grow close to 10 million tonnes of potato, well surpassing the domestic demand of the tuber crop and export the surplus to 20 countries. But to save the prime vegetable from…
Gene therapy shows promise against blood-clotting disease
Dhaka, Dec 7 (AP/UNB) -Gene therapy has freed 10 men from nearly all symptoms of hemophilia for a year so far, in a study that fuels hopes that a one-time treatment can give long-lasting help and perhaps even cure the…
Humanoid robot Sophia steals Dhaka’s Digital World show
Sophia, the new sensation of the world, on Wednesday caught Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by surprise as the humanoid robot readily told her about various information relating to the Prime Minister. She met Sophia, the robot that generated quite a…
RU teacher invents new golden fibre
Rajshahi – New way of producing golden fibre has been invented by a scholar of Pharmacy department of Rajshahi University (RU) Professor Dr Md. Anwarul Islam.
Scientists mine ‘star scar’ to unlock space secrets
Since early September, the denizens of this normally hushed burg in central France have been serenaded by an industrial drill poking holes around town and pulling up cylinders of rock. That’s because Rochechouart, population 3,800, and its medieval castle are…
Bangladesh researchers develop new drug for Hepatitis B
Patients infected with Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) may get much better and more effective treatment than even before as an advanced prescription medicine, developed by two Bangladeshi researchers, is set to hit local drugstores early next year after getting approval…
Japan scientists grow drugs in chicken eggs
Japanese researchers have genetically engineered hens whose eggs contain drugs that can fight serious diseases including cancer, in a bid to dramatically reduce the cost of treatment, a report said Monday. If the scientists are able to safely produce “interferon…
Biological clock discoveries give 3 Americans Nobel prize
New York, Oct 3 (AP/UNB) — Three Americans won a Nobel Prize on Monday for discovering key genetic “gears” of the body’s 24-hour biological clock, the mechanism best known for causing jet lag when it falls out of sync.
Dubai dreams of flying taxis darting among its skyscrapers
Dubai, Sep 30 (AP/UNB) — With a whirling buzz from 18 rotors, the pilotless helicopter gently lifted off the ground and soared up into the afternoon sky, the spire of the world’s tallest building visible behind it.
Resolve to give megacities cleaner ‘soot-free’ buses
BYD, Cummins, Scania and Volvo Buses to work with cities to adopt bus fleets equipped with the latest in clean power technologies to tackle climate change and air pollution 20 megacities including Dhaka, Mexico City, Johannesburg, Bogotá, Sao Paulo and…