In a world where automation increasingly transforms work environments, factories are no exception. Some manufacturers are turning to “dark” production, where full to near-total automation allows robots to take over, even running overnight. A prime example is UK-based Wootzano, using…
Researchers from EMBL, a European molecular biology research institute supported by 27 member states, have created an engineered uterus that allows a closer look at a mouse embryo’s development and its interactions with the uterine environment, says the institute in…
In many countries, honey bees are kept for their honey; they are part of the agricultural system. In addition, honey bees also live in the wild. As of today, it is difficult to say how many wild honey bees are…
“Companies plan to train models with 100 times more computation than today’s state of the art, within 18 months. No one knows how powerful they will be. And there’s essentially no regulation on what they’ll be able to do with…
Climate change, the collapse of biodiversity, and the end of the abundance of resources, such as water, materials, and rare earths, are the three main themes that French President Emmanuel Macron has contained in his “écologie à la française.” The…
They were the winners of our very first Gerard & Anton Award (in fact, they won the prize even before it was named after the two Philips founders), and now their technology is used in more than half a billion…
In our Sunday newsletter, we, as editors, reflect on the past seven days. We do this on the initiative of our cartoonist Albert Jan Rasker. He chooses a subject, draws a picture, and we take it from there. One of the…
A collaborative team of researchers led by Prof. Cees Dekker at TU Delft, in partnership with international colleagues, introduces a pioneering breakthrough in nanomotors – the DNA origami nanoturbine. This nanoscale device could represent a paradigm shift, harnessing power from…
Chinese memory chip producer Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC) has taken a significant technological leap, creating what is being hailed as the world’s most advanced 3D NAND memory chip. This surprise step, first reported by TechInsights, comes despite YMTC being…
Tasty, healthy, balanced and nutritious. Fuel for fit people as well as frying ones. In short, our food. We eat several times a day, but we don’t always think about what we’re exactly eating. Where it comes from, what is…