Sep 30, 2019
Elon Musk has taken the wraps off his plans for “Starship”, the reusable space vehicle that he expect will take humans to Mars. He unveiled a 50-meter, 200-ton prototype of the new rocket, which he says could be in orbit within six months and will be...
Sep 27, 2019
For the first time, NASA’s planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (Tess) watched a black hole tear apart a star in a cataclysmic phenomenon called a tidal disruption event. Follow-up observations by NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and...
Sep 26, 2019
Kathy Gibson reports – The ICT skills gaps is real: employers, sector education and training authorities (SETAs) and recruiters all confirm that they are unable to get the skills they need. This is the word from Adrian Schofield, consultant at the Institute of...
Sep 25, 2019
Engineers from Jaguar Land Rover are working on the next generation of protective workplace clothing – a lightweight 3D-printed glove which could help better protect employees from the threat of a musculoskeletal disorder. The 3D glove is designed for people...
Sep 23, 2019
It’s the final boarding call for you to stow your name on NASA’s Mars 2020 rover before it launches to the Red Planet. The 30 September deadline for NASA’s “Send Your Name to Mars” campaign gives the mission enough time to stencil the...
Sep 20, 2019
All eyes on on Japan as the Rugby World Cup kicks off today. But the island nation is already looking ahead to its next big sporting event – the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Intel has announced that it is partnering with the International Olympic Committee (IOC),...
