Directly charging money for carbon emissions is the cheapest and most efficient policy change for tackling climate change, researchers have said. Ohio State University researchers analysed the costs and effects that a variety of policy changes would have on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation in Texas and found that adding a price, based … Read more
The UK government has announced the launch of a new research agency, which will pursue areas of science and technology with the potential to generate ground-breaking discoveries and transformative technology in the long term. Plans for a research agency dedicated to this type of research were first announced in 2019. The agency is inspired by … Read more
Red Bull has announced it will continue to use Honda’s Formula One (F1) power units from 2022 until 2025, with the F1 team introducing its own powertrain company. Japan’s Honda, which is engine partner to Red Bull Racing and Italy-based sister team AlphaTauri, announced last year that it would be leaving the sport as a power unit … Read more
University of Sussex physicists have applied “nano-origami” to graphene to create a tiny object which behaves like a microchip. This could eventually lead to computers and phones running thousands of times faster than they do today. The researchers created the microchips from graphene and other 2D materials by creating kinks (defects) in its structure. The … Read more
Online tuition can support disadvantaged pupils to learn remotely but access to equipment and reliable internet connections are key barriers to participation, a study has shown. The pilot from the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) was carried out to assess the effectiveness of supporting the learning of pupils from low-income backgrounds during and after partial school … Read more
A compact 3D lidar imaging system has been developed that its creators say can match the performance and accuracy of most advanced, mechanical systems currently used. Lidar (light and radar) uses the precision of lasers to sense an environment by emitting them into the nearby environment and measuring the time taken for them to be … Read more
Researchers in the US have developed a low-cost method for soft, deformable robots to detect physical interactions, from pats to punches to hugs, without relying on touch. The method, devised by a team at Cornell University in New York, uses a USB camera located inside the robot that “captures” the shadow movements of hand gestures on … Read more
A new way to create ‘food inks’ from fresh and frozen vegetables that enables 3D-printed food has been developed by Singapore researchers. The research team claims their method preserves the nutrition and flavour better than existing methods. Food inks are usually made from pureed foods in liquid or semi-solid form, then 3D-printed by extrusion from … Read more
A global team of experts has put together a list of the most urgent biosecurity threats, with bioengineering threats such as DNA-based surveillance among the top-ranked concerns. The exercise was facilitated by the Centre for Existential Risk (CSER) and the BioRISC project, both based at the University of Cambridge. A group of 41 academics and … Read more
An AI has been developed that can reportedly use wireless signals to reveal peoples’ inner emotions. According to researchers from Queen Mary University of London, the use of radio waves to measure heartrate and breathing signals can be used to predict how someone is feeling even in the absence of any other visual cues, such … Read more