South Africa's nuclear sector has failed its test: the Koeberg nuclear plant life extension

Aug 21, 2022 17:23 pm UTC| Science Economy

South Africas only nuclear power plant, Koeberg, has frequently been in the news in 2022, all for the wrong reasons. Its operating licence expires in 2024, and its continued operation thereafter depends on critical...

Sandcastle engineering – a geotechnical engineer explains how water, air and sand create solid structures

Aug 21, 2022 17:20 pm UTC| Science

If you want to understand why some sandcastles are tall and have intricate structures while others are nearly shapeless lumps of sand, it helps to have a background in geotechnical engineering. As a geotechnical...

SK Chairman shows interest in cell-grown salmon technology

Aug 17, 2022 23:02 pm UTC| Business Economy Life Science Nature

SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won recently posted photos and videos of San Francisco-based food-tech startup Wildtype making sushi, rolls, and salads with cell-cultivated salmon. On his Instagram account, Chey said he...

'Life hates surprises': can an ambitious theory unify biology, neuroscience and psychology?

Aug 15, 2022 17:43 pm UTC| Science

In the early 1990s, British neuroscientist Karl Friston was poring over brain scans. The scans produced terabytes of digital output, and Friston had to find new techniques to sort and classify the massive flows of...

Kubota to offer glasses that can halt or reverse nearsightedness

Aug 13, 2022 23:44 pm UTC| Health Economy Business Science

Kubota Pharmaceutical will sell specially designed glasses dubbed Kubota Glass, which it claims are able to reverse the effects of myopia. The glasses shine tiny lights at the retina to simulate short-distance blurring,...

Solar is the cheapest power, and a literal light-bulb moment showed us we can cut costs and emissions even further

Aug 02, 2022 04:24 am UTC| Science

Recent extreme weather events have underscored the need to cut the CO₂ emissions that are driving up global temperatures. This requires a rapid transition of the energy economy to renewable energy sources, the cheapest...

SK ecoplant to develop technology in manufacturing hydrogen 20 times faster

Jul 29, 2022 22:55 pm UTC| Nature Science Economy Business

SK ecoplant Co. plans to develop a technology to produce hydrogen through a fermentation process where microorganisms eat and decompose organic matter in the absence of light When compared to the current approach of...