On a clear autumn day, the panoramic view from atop the unfinished Gerald Desmond Replacement Bridge alongside Long Beach harbor is as stunning as the construction below.
By the time the $1.5 billion cable-stayed bridge is complete, laborers will have laid 300,000 cubic feet of concrete, equal to about 60.6 million gallons, and erected more than 90 million pounds of steel and...
LOS ANGELES • Apple Inc, the world's most valuable company, said proposed United States tariffs on US$200 billion (S$275 billion) worth of products imported from China will raise prices for some of its popular consumer goods such as the Apple Watch and AirPods headphones.
The Mac mini desktop computer, Apple Pencil stylus accessory for iPads, various chargers and adaptors, as...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is starting to earnestly evaluate space resources for future mining.
Since its establishment in the 1870s, the USGS has focused pretty much solely on Earth. But now it's also investigating what benefits may or may not exist in tapping extraterrestrial water, minerals and metals.
The agency seeks to portray accurately how humanity could exploit off-Earth assets —...
Harvard University researchers have developed a new printing method that uses soundwaves to generate droplets from liquids with an unprecedented range of composition and viscosity. This technique could enable the manufacture of many new biopharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food, and expand the possibilities of optical and conductive materials.
“By harnessing acoustic forces, we have created a new technology that enables myriad...
Alternatives to the toxic chemicals traditionally used for de-icing airplane wings and helicopter rotor blades have long been sought. To that end we've seen ideas like this graphene-based coating that heats up when subjected to an electrical current, but airlines aren't super keen on such active heating systems due to cost and safety concerns. Now researchers at MIT have come up...
Nestle the world's largest food company, has joined the trend for personalised nutrition with a blend of artificial intelligence, DNAtesting and the modern obsession with Instagramming food.
The program, which began in Japan, could provide the Swiss company with a wealth of data about customers' wellness and diet as it pivots towards consumers who are seeking to improve their health and longevity.
In Japan, some 100,000 users of...
The results of the international research of the scientists of the Institute of Chemistry of Additives of ANAS with their Turkish counterparts have been published in the "Polyhedron" Journal of Elsevier publishing house (M.Huseynova, P.Taslimi, A.Mejidov, V.Farzaliyev, M.Aliyeva, A.Sujayev, G.Gondolova , O.Shahin, B.Yalchin, E.B.Orman, A.R.Ozkaya, I.Gulchin - "Synthesis, characterization, crystal structure, electrochemical studies and biological evaluation of metal complexes...
E-skin can be transferred to the human body or attached to the masks to measure body signals.
Chinese scientists from Tsinghua University have created graphene-based artificial color electronic skin that can function as a wearable electronic device for monitoring the state of health. As reported by Xinhua, the electronic skin is called e-skin.
Graphene mimics human skin and can feel pressure,...
NEC has announced that it will provide a large-scale facial recognition system for the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. The system will be used to identify over 300,000 people at the games, including athletes, volunteers, media, and other staff. It’s the first time that facial recognition technology will be used for this purpose at an Olympic...
(Reuters) - Retail giant Walmart Inc (WMT.N) said on Tuesday it entered into a strategic partnership with Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) for wider use of cloud and artificial intelligence technology, in a sign of major rivals of Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) coming together.
The five-year agreement will leverage the full range of Microsoft’s cloud solutions, including Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, to...