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Next week, Intuitive Machines will launch its IM-1 mission, sending the Nova-C lander barreling towards the Moon in what it hopes will be the first successful U.S. Moon landing since the Apollo program. There’s something special about this lander, though. It’s the first to include Columbia’s Omni-Heat technology as an insulating material. Heading into the final days before the launch, I caught up with Columbia’s VP of Innovation, Dr. Haskell Beckham, to talk about this intriguing partnership. Coming full…

Erno Rubik, inventor of the Rubik's Cube, holds one of the cubes at the International Toy Fair in Nuremberg, Germany, Jan. 29, 2020.Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesIt took a month of twisting and turning for the first person to solve a Rubik's Cube. That person was Erno Rubik, now 79, the iconic puzzle toy's creator.Conceived as a mathematical tool to help his students understand three-dimensional movement, the magic cube, as it was initially called, was first pieced together with cubes made from wood and paper held…

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking model membrane electrode featuring an ordered array of hollow giant carbon nanotubes (gCNTs) within a nanoporous membrane. The novel electrode was constructed by developing a uniform carbon coating technique on anodic aluminum oxide (AAO), resulting in vertically aligned gCNTs with nanopores of various dimensions. This model is designed to minimize contact resistance and enhance understanding of electrochemical behaviors.Scientists have created an innovative model membrane…

Despite how it may seem to those who only started hearing about crypto in recent years, as an industry, it has been around for almost 15 years; since the advent of Bitcoin in 2009. Even then, the idea of a cryptocurrency and attempts to create one go back even further than that, dating back to the early 1980s. As is expected with any concept, what’s innovative at first eventually becomes the norm, with more innovation being necessary to continue its progression. This is exactly what has happened with the crypto market.…

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“Many people here and across the world were pissed off about some of his posts,” says Pranskevičius, who is based in Kyiv. “But what we’ve seen is that Starlink has continued to work. It’s been invaluable to most individuals and also to people on the front line, where there might be no connectivity at all.” An Uncertain FutureLet’s Enhance has continued to grow, despite the challenges its founders and staff face. One colleague left to go fight on the front lines, and another signed up to work on military technology,…

Today, every issue is a climate issue. It's no longer just higher temperatures, wildfires, and rising sea levels, but issues we previously thought had nothing to do with climate change—like the severity of the seasonal flu or invasive species in our farmlands. The way we prepare for annual hurricane seasons or flooding in certain parts of the world will all have to change. Problems formerly considered purely social or economic are now climate problems, and how we deal with them will resonate for generations. This is…

Research and innovation in blockchain in the automotive manufacturing and supply sector is on the rise. The most recent figures show that the number of blockchain related patent applications in the industry stood at 10 in the three months ending July – up from 9 over the same period in 2021. Figures for patent grants related to blockchain followed a different pattern to filings – shrinking from 2 in the three months ending July…

One of the oldest civilizations in the world with a rich cultural heritage, Indian civilization has a strong tradition of science and technology. India has been proactively contributing to the field of science years before modern labs were set up. Several theories and techniques discovered by ancient Indians helped create and strengthen the fundamentals of modern technology. It was the Indian numeral system which made mathematics, business deals, modern accounting, and computer technology possible.…