Science

European Science Community Launches £4.5m Hybrid Cloud Tender

Ten top European research bodies, including the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council, support the tender

8 years ago

London Science Museum Exhibition Showcases ‘Invisible Revolution’ Of Big Data

'Our Lives in Data' free exhibition asks how ethical is our sharing of personal information and showcases future of Big…

8 years ago

Jaguar Rolls Out Self-Driving Cars On British Roads

Jaguar Land Rover plans fleet of 100 research vehicles that will test connected and autonomous technologies to assist drivers

8 years ago

MPs Urge Government To Protect Science And Tech EU Funding

Chair of the Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee tells Chancellor it is essential the UK has access to EU research…

8 years ago

Tesla Eyes Complete Clean Energy Company With SolarCity Acquisition

Tesla has made a £1.9 billion acquisition bid for SolarCity in a "no brainer" deal to integrate solar power into…

8 years ago

Dell ‘HPC As A Service’ Targets Mainstream Businesses

Dell also launches HPC Systems for Life Sciences, Manufacturing, and Research

8 years ago

Google To Offer Symptom Search Results For Medical Queries

'I'm Feeling Yucky' - Google uses Knowledge Graph to give users more information on their medical searchs

8 years ago

‘Record’ 6Gbps Wireless Transmission Could Boost Rural Broadband And 4G

Researchers in Germany achieve 6Gbps across 37km distance, claiming it could improve satellite broadband, mobile backhaul and emergency communications

8 years ago

European Commission Will Build £5bn Cloud Platform For Scientists

European Open Science Cloud is part of Commission's Digital Single Market initiative

8 years ago

Salesforce Buys Deep Learning Startup MetaMind

MetaMind's services will shut down June 4 as Benioff gobbles up deep learning technology to boost Salesforce services with artificial…

8 years ago

Internet Of Seals: Vodafone Connects Marine Mammals To IoT

Harbour seals in Orkney will be connected to Vodafone's M2M network with tags that will help researchers understand why populations…

8 years ago

Dyson Invests £1bn In Battery Development

Strong sales of cordless vacuums leads Dyson to pledge significant support for technology industry's battle to create better and longer…

8 years ago

Scientists Warn Brexit Would Damage Research

Brexit latest. Leaving the European Union would be bad for science, say 150 scientists including Professor Stephen Hawking

8 years ago

Elon Musk, SpaceX, Artificial Intelligence And Iain M Banks

BLOG: The story behind Musk's intriguing names for SpaceX's Falcon 9 landing drone ships

8 years ago

Like Google, Facebook Is Open Sourcing Its AI Hardware

Facebook AI Research (FAIR) introduces 'Big Sur' artificial intelligence hardware, open sources it to the Open Compute Project

8 years ago

EC Unveils Legal Framework Revisions For Drones

European Aviation Safety Agency could revise drone legislation enabling drone deliveries in the future

8 years ago

A Closer Look At Amazon’s Prime Air Delivery Drone

Amazon unveils more details about "hybrid" delivery drone, but how does it work and how close are we to being…

8 years ago

Breakthrough Brings Insect Communication One Step Closer To AI, Self-Driving Cars

Computer scientists at University of Lincoln achieve breakthrough in pheromone-based swarm communications in robots

8 years ago

Ex-Sikorsky, Cessna Bosses Design Aircraft That Could Change The Face Of Business Travel

XTI Aircraft's TriFan plane gets $4m in equity interest with plan to take business travellers 'door to door'

9 years ago

Helium Hard Drives Capturing The Supermassive Black Hole In The Centre Of The Galaxy

HGST to deploy helium drives that function better than air-filled HDDs at high-altitude observatories to store data from the edge…

9 years ago

Google’s Project Sunroof Uses Maps To Calculate Solar Panel Savings

Google's tool analyses rooftops, then recommends solar panel providers who have paid to feature on Project Sunroof

9 years ago

Facebook Solar-Powered Drone Is The Size Of A Boeing 737

Aquila drone project will see Internet laser-beamed to unconnected parts of the world from 90,000ft in the sky

9 years ago

Stephen Hawking And Steve Wozniak Warn Of Military AI Arms Race

Elon Musk also signs open letter along with hundreds of top robotic scientists pleading military powers to curtail plans for…

9 years ago

David Cameron Wants To Increase Spending On RAF Drones

Prime Minister urges defence chiefs to plough more cash into RAF Reaper drones to combat IS threat

9 years ago

WATCH: Microsoft Reveals The Future Of Healthcare With HoloLens

Microsoft HoloLens promo vid explains how the holographic device could dramatically change the way doctors learn about the body

9 years ago

Nokia Tests Drones For Telco Network Inspections

Nokia teamed with Middle East telco Du to run a PoC showing how drones can be used for everything from…

9 years ago

Linux Founder: Fears AI Could End Human Race Are ‘Bad Sci-Fi’

Linux founder Linus Torvalds dismisses the fears of Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking and others, claiming there is nothing to be…

9 years ago

Microsoft Loses Two HoloLens Headsets After SpaceX Rocket Failure

"Space is hard..." says Satya Nadella as SpaceX's CRS-7 unmanned resupply mission breaks apart just after launch

9 years ago

Boffin Reveals Folding Battery Powered By Bacteria

Breakthrough design could mean smaller, more powerful batteries than ever before

9 years ago

Rackspace And CERN Team Up For OpenStack Cloud Experiments

Rackspace uses thousands of global scientists as guinea pigs for new OpenStack cloud technologies

9 years ago