Jul 6, 2020
For the first time, a team led by researchers at MIT LIGO Laboratory has measured the effects of quantum fluctuations on objects at the human scale. In a paper published in Nature, the researchers report observing that quantum fluctuations, tiny as they may be, can...
Jul 3, 2020
A record 53,6-million metric tonnes (Mt) of electronic waste was generated worldwide in 2019, up 21% in just five years, according to the UN’s Global E-waste Monitor 2020. The new report also predicts global e-waste – discarded products with a battery or plug...
Jul 2, 2020
Employees are aware of cybersecurity risks and policies – but they are not necessarily changing their behaviours. Nearly two thirds (66%) of remote workers in Nigeria , Kenya and South Africa say they are more conscious of their organisation’s...
Jul 1, 2020
In 1609, visionary Italian scientist Galileo Galilei turned the newly invented optical device of his day — the telescope — to view the heavens. His observations conclusively showed that there were celestial bodies (the moons of Jupiter) that did not revolve around the...
Jun 30, 2020
As Covid-19 restrictions continue to lift in some countries while others remain in lockdown, PwC’s latest Covid-19 CFO Pulse Survey reveals that chief financial officers (CFOs) are most concerned about the effects of a global economic downturn (Africa: 51%;...
Jun 29, 2020
The galaxy known as NGC 5907 stretches wide across an image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Appearing as an elongated line of stars and dark dust, the galaxy is categorised as a spiral galaxy just like our own Milky Way. In a new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble...
