Games like Fortnite could have unexpected virtues.And so far away, far from making people violent, video games made us on the contrary more altruistic? This is the starting point of a study recently published in the scientific journal Computers in Human Behavior .To verify this concretely, researchers conducted a survey of 845 students from … [Read more...] about Playing cooperative online games would make children more selfless
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Facial recognition envisioned to save koalas from extinction
Australia faces the challenge of saving from extinction a species endemic to its territory, the famous koala. To do this, researchers at Griffiths University in Queensland want to use facial recognition to better assess the behavior of these marsupials.Classified as vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the koala is the subject of … [Read more...] about Facial recognition envisioned to save koalas from extinction
Researchers have just created the first bionic eye
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has just published a study on its very first bionic eye.Restoring sight to the blind is a mission that has always posed significant problems for scientists. If today operations can help solve part of the problem, many people still suffer from blindness. A solution could however have appeared a few weeks ago, in the very … [Read more...] about Researchers have just created the first bionic eye
Thanks to graphene, hard drives could contain ten times more data in the future
A "miracle" material that could also make hard drives more reliable. You may soon have a 50TB graphene hard drive on your desktop.Graphene is a material of interest to researchers in several technological fields: batteries, data storage, or even brain implants. According to researchers at Cambridge University, this material could significantly increase the storage … [Read more...] about Thanks to graphene, hard drives could contain ten times more data in the future
What happened right after the Big Bang? Axions could solve the mystery
Identifying the axions could be the key to knowing what happened soon after the Big Bang, scientists say. They suspect that these hypothetical particles would make up a new "fossil" of the Universe to be discovered.What happened right after the Big Bang? A team of scientists is proposing a new lead to find out what happened after this event that triggered the expansion of … [Read more...] about What happened right after the Big Bang? Axions could solve the mystery
This technology converts plastic into kerosene
What to recycle this material which causes enormous problems for the environment.Each year around the world, we produce 300 million tonnes of plastic, while it is estimated that around 5 trillion pieces of plastic float in the oceans. The lack of efficient recycling of this material represents a veritable trap for hundreds of species of marine animals, and indirectly for … [Read more...] about This technology converts plastic into kerosene
A “tsunami” of 10 billion trees planted in Pakistan to fight against deforestation
Severe water shortages, drought, floods, disappearance of its forests... Pakistan suffers the full range of consequences of global warming and ranks among the five countries most affected by these upheavals. The Prime Minister of Pakistan has therefore embarked on one of the most ambitious reforestation projects in the world: to plant ten billion trees by 2023. This initiative … [Read more...] about A “tsunami” of 10 billion trees planted in Pakistan to fight against deforestation
NASA sends luminescent baby squids and tardigrades into space
This Thursday, June 3, NASA will send baby squids and tardigrades aboard the ISS for scientific experiments that will improve living conditions in space. SpaceX's resupply mission will take off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.SpaceX is planning its 22nd resupply mission this Thursday, June 3 at 1:29 p.m. EST (7:29 p.m. KST). It will depart from the Kennedy Space … [Read more...] about NASA sends luminescent baby squids and tardigrades into space
New breakthrough for the Chinese “artificial sun”
The Chinese "artificial sun" kept plasma at a temperature of 120 million degrees Celsius for 101 seconds. Good news for electricity production.120 million degrees... A temperature a little too high for the beach, but conducive to energy production. On May 28, 2021, the Chinese nuclear fusion experimental project, also known as the Experimental Advanced Superconducting … [Read more...] about New breakthrough for the Chinese “artificial sun”
General Motors is preparing an autonomous car… for the Moon
Facilitating lunar exploration is the primary aim of this collaboration.If it surprised you to see a Tesla Model Y equipped with a LiDAR sensor, tell yourself that General Motors is working on an autonomous car to travel… on the surface of the moon. In collaboration with Lockheed Martin, General Motors is looking to provide a way for astronauts to travel once they arrive … [Read more...] about General Motors is preparing an autonomous car… for the Moon
