The modern method of inventing new materials is to make something and then use a computer to find out whether the material turned out well. But what if you turn that around and use generative AI-driven software to design the material in the first place? That’s the premise behind Cambridge, UK-based CuspAI, which has now … Read more
Companies in areas such as financial services and insurance live and die by their data – and specifically how well they can use it to understand what people and businesses will do next, a process increasingly dominated by AI. Now a startup called Finbourne, founded out of the financial center of London, has built a … Read more
If you were attacked by a ravenous vampire star or risked falling into two dueling black holes, you’d probably run too! One of these terrifying scenarios is likely responsible for sending a low-mass star flying through the Milky Way at a staggering million miles per hour (1.6 million kilometers per hour). That’s about 1,500 times … Read more
Hospitality companies are stepping up their efforts to hire UK-based talent as the sector aims to fill 990,000 summer jobs, according to new research from recruitment platform Caterer.com. The Olympic Games, Euro 2024 and Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated UK tour have led to 80% of hospitality businesses planning to expand their workforce. Caterer.com has seen … Read more
Studies of marine shale and isotope data from the period of the Great Oxidation Event reveal dynamic oxygen fluctuations in Earth’s early atmosphere and oceans, highlighting the long-lasting and complex nature of this crucial evolutionary stage. Credit: SciTechDaily.com According to recent discoveries, Earth’s “Great Oxidation Event” occurred over a period of 200 million years. New … Read more
People could be stuck in Help To Buy Isas with almost 2.2 million open offers Government surcharge of 25% is only payable if users purchase property under £250,000 Help to Buy Isas was introduced in 2015 but closed to new accounts in 2019 Nearly 2.2 million people will be unable to access the government bonus … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Credit: Pixabay/CC0 public domain × close to Credit: Pixabay/CC0 public domain New research from Swansea University and the University of Zurich has found that sharks maintained high levels of functional diversity for most of the past 66 million years, before … Read more
The Apple Siri AI icon appears on a smartphone, with Apple Intelligence in the … [+] background, in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on June 11, 2024. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images “Siri is getting an AI brain transplant,” wrote the NY Times’ Brian X. Chen. With the … Read more
New research from Boston University and the Harvard Radcliffe Institute suggests that the sun passed through a massive hydrogen cloud two million years ago, directly impacting the protective heliosphere and possibly permanently altering all life on Earth. Evidence for this event and its effects on Earth’s climate also shows that the Sun’s location in the … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public domain About 2.5 billion years ago, free oxygen, or O2first began accumulating to meaningful levels in Earth’s atmosphere, paving the way for the emergence of complex life on our evolving planet. Scientists call this phenomenon the Great Oxidation Event, or GOE for short. But the initial accumulation of O2 on Earth was … Read more