Walter Isaacson’s famous biographer of Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, and Ben Franklin discusses the life, career, and ethical implications of scientist Jennifer Doudna, cocreator or CRISPR and the 2020 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. New technology has the power to optimise our DNA, transform medicine, and allow us to cure…
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Perseverance rover lands on Mars and sends new images of Mars released by NASA. NASA’ Perseverance rover two meters above the surface of Mars as it gave more details of the mission. The US S4ace agency’s robot successfully landed on Mars just before 1pm local time on Thursday.e
Schindler who has been a pioneer in innovative elevator technology who holds the first-ever patent for the elevator without a machine room has brought out an innovative built-in sensor called Cleancall which activates a touchless system for call destination, by moving a finger with the proximity of 3cm. Schindler CleanCall with shared interfaces enabling the…
Elon Musk who is going to be 50 this year, is the World’s second richest man, behind Jeff Bezos according to Forbes magazine. His Tesla, electric car company has out-performed exceptionally well as shares in Tesla increased 700 per cent in 2020 to take its value to more than $600bn, and he thinks most of…
The UK approves its second vaccine against Covid-19. Matt Hancock said “the UK order of 100 million does is enough to vaccinate 50 million people and together with Pfizer-BioNTech jab will cover the entire population. This marked a significant moment in the fight against the virus and 2021 can be a year of hope and…
https://youtu.be/jOg-2wq3qDI ISRO launched India’s 42nd communications satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) Shar, Sriharikota. The PSLV-C50 launch vehicle put the communications satellite CMS-01 in orbit, which provides coverage for disaster management and satellite internet connection, which is first in a new series of communication satellites after the INSAT and GSAT series.
Australia has 42, 000 tonnes of lithium and its extraction from hard-rock mining of spodumene- an ore that contains high levels of lithium and aluminium, followed by Chile 18, 000 tonnes, China 7, 500 Tonnes, Argentina 6, 400 tonnes. Zimbabwe 1, 600 tonnes, Portugal 1, 200 tonnes. In 2019. The global lithium production according to…
South Korea’s Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee died on Sunday aged 78. He helped to grow his father Lee Byung-chull’s noodle trading business into South Korea’s biggest conglomerate. Mr. Lee who was Samsung’s big thinker, the provider of grand strategic direction was convicted and pardoned twice for white collar crimes. Lee Kun-hee, who had been…
Juniper Networks acquires BostonTT AI Software Defined Wide Area Networking startup 128 technology for $450m, so that networks can cover a wide geographical area such as satellite offices, rather than a network in a defined space. AI-fuelled networking company Juniper has already acquired last year Mist Systems in March 2019 for $405m. Today, instead of…
Andy Green, 53, from Lincolnshire, hit the jackpot in January 2018 playing the Betfred Frankie Dettori Magic Seven Blackjack game from bookmaker Betfred on his smartphone but was refused a payout of £1.7m after his online betting company account was credited with the money is taking his case to the High Court. When he tried…