Education and training have always evolved in parallel with technology. There is a certain symbiosis to the way in which they interact. Education feeds off of technological innovation. Technological innovation is made possible by improving educational standards. A perfect union! From the humble pencil to the modern smartphone, we have had our development altered by […]
Why Do Businesses Need to Focus on Tech?
No matter what type of business you run, there is a strong argument that you need to put technology at the very heart of everything that you are doing. Why is this the case? Well, there are several reasons that are worth discussing in further detail, which we are going to do right here and […]
How to Make Your Commute Eco-friendly
Concerns over the environment have only increased in recent years, and now people want to try and find ways to make their lifestyles more sustainable and eco-friendlier. From learning to grow fruit and vegetables in the back garden, recycling, and even using smart-tech to monitor energy and water wastage, there are plenty of things you […]
5 Must-Have Tech Tools and Gadgets Ideal for DBA Students
Have you recently enrolled in an Executive Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme? Do you have high hopes that by earning your DBA you will be able to land those most coveted senior-level careers? A DBA programme is a huge commitment, and one that will take a lot of time and effort on your part […]
The Home Office Essentials
The Home Office Essentials With an increase in those working from home during the pandemic and with these numbers expected to continue to increase into 2021 it is important for you to have an idea of what a home office must have. Here are a few of the essentials to ensure that your comfortable and […]
How to Improve Your Business’s Digital Security
Every business needs to prioritise digital security, today. It doesn’t matter if your business is small or new. In fact, these two characteristics can make you a bigger target than you realise for cyber criminals. After all, without any protection, you are easy pickings, and a hacker can get into your system before you know […]
Mighty Morphing 3D Printing
Engineers at the University of Maryland (UMD) have created a new shape-changing or “morphing” 3D printing nozzle that was featured as a Frontispiece in the January 5th issue of the journal Advanced Materials Technologies. The team’s morphing nozzle offers researchers new means for 3D printing “fiber-filled composites” – materials made up of short fibers that […]
Stretching Diamond for Next-Generation Microelectronics
Diamond is the hardest material in nature. But out of many expectations, it also has great potential as an excellent electronic material. A joint research team led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has demonstrated for the first time the large, uniform tensile elastic straining of microfabricated diamond arrays through the nanomechanical approach. Their […]
AI-designed serotonin sensor may help scientists study sleep and mental health
Serotonin is a neurochemical that plays a critical role in the way the brain controls our thoughts and feelings. For example, many antidepressants are designed to alter serotonin signals sent between neurons. In an article in Cell, National Institutes of Health-funded researchers described how they used advanced genetic engineering techniques to transform a bacterial protein […]
World’s Smallest Atom-Memory Unit Created
Faster, smaller, smarter and more energy-efficient chips for everything from consumer electronics to big data to brain-inspired computing could soon be on the way after engineers at The University of Texas at Austin created the smallest memory device yet. And in the process, they figured out the physics dynamic that unlocks dense memory storage capabilities […]