Technology
UK And Japan Team Up To Develop Next-Generation Fighter Engine
By: Joseph Hammond
By Joseph Hammond Japan and the United Kingdom have decided to collaborate on next-generation fighter jets, pooling their technology and resources to get the greatest bang for their dollars. Japan’s F-X program and the United Kingdom’s Tempest, both of which are scheduled to fly in the early 2030s, will be...
Food, Blue Tech Make The Top 5 National Research & Development Priorities Of Israel
By: Abigail Klein Leichman
By Abigail Klein LeichmanBioconvergence (which merges engineering and medicine), food tech, renewable energy and energy storage, civilian space industry and blue tech have been named as Israel’s top-five research and development priorities for the coming years. The Middle Eastern country has identified a national list of priorities to inform government...
New Treatments For The Most Severe Form Of Skin Cancer Could Be Made Possible
By: Simona Kitanovska
By Simona Kitanovska New treatments for the most severe form of skin cancer could be developed after a major scientific breakthrough. Melanoma is one of the most common cancers worldwide, with an estimated 99,780 new cases diagnosed in 2022. Now American scientists have discovered that inhibiting a key metabolic enzyme...
New Invention That Turns Carbon Dioxide Into Oxygen Could Help Colonize Mars
By: Simona Kitanovska
By Simona Kitanovska Carbon dioxide is already being converted into oxygen on Mars thanks to an invention undergoing testing that could lead to the colonization of the red planet. Day and night across the seasons, a lunchbox-sized instrument generates breathable gas from Mars’s thin atmosphere. In several experimental runs, it...
Ukraine Reveals Plan To Develop Own Drones Instead Of Buying Them From Abroad
By: Joseph Golder
By Joseph Golder Ukraine has revealed that it plans to develop its own drone program instead of buying them from abroad. The country has just held its first military-tech, International Drone hackathon in Ukraine during which 30 teams worked over three days to work towards that goal. The three-day event...
Scientists Develop New System That Allows Heart Diseases Detection Via Mobile App
By: Simona Kitanovska
By Simona Kitanovska Listening to the sound of a beating heart can diagnose hard-to-detect diseases using new techniques that scientists are trying to turn into a mobile app. Using only a stethoscope and a computer, researchers at the American Institute of Physics have created a system able to discover aortic...
Austrians To Build World’s Longest Cable Car Lift In Caribbean Island Of Dominica
By: Georgina Jedikovska
By Georgina Jedikovska An Austrian company is aiming to build the world’s longest gondola in a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Caribbean island of Dominica. Austrian ropeways and cable cars manufacturer Doppelmayr Group will build a 6.6-kilometer-long (4.1-mile) gondola at Boiling Lake, which is located in Morne Trois Pitons...
