Cryptocurrency mining is still on the rise despite huge price drops
17 May 2022
The value of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has plummeted in recent weeks, but the computer power devoted to the industry continues to rise
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Plan to feed phone data of NHS mental health patients to AI mothballed
16 May 2022
An AI was designed to predict when people are at risk of having a mental health crisis, based on their health records, but plans to extend the project with mobile phone data seem to have been scrapped
Sweater includes a wireless charger to keep your gadgets topped up
13 May 2022
A sweater containing tubes filled with a liquid metal alloy can charge up wearable electronic devices
Genetically engineered bacteria have learned to play tic-tac-toe
13 May 2022
E. coli bacteria modified to act like electronic components called memristors can be set up to act as a simple neural network and trained to play noughts and crosses
Clever birds forced to find new homes as Cambridge lab faces closure
13 May 2022
A seminal research lab that has revolutionised our understanding of the minds of rooks and jays is set to be closed down as funding dries up
What's next for Event Horizon Telescope after its black hole pictures?
12 May 2022
Now that the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration has released its image of the Milky Way's black hole, the team is focusing on making movies of the two photographed black holes and finding other distant black holes large enough to study
First picture of our galaxy’s supermassive black hole revealed
12 May 2022
The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration has released the first picture of our galaxy’s supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, and it’s just as predicted
Ants treat infected wounds of nestmates with medicine from their back
12 May 2022
Matabele ants (Megaponera analis) in sub-Saharan Africa apply an antimicrobial substance to nestmates whose limbs are lost while raiding termite nests
Flu vaccine cuts risk of heart attack in following year by 34 per cent
12 May 2022
A meta-analysis of studies involving 9000 people suggests those who receive a flu vaccine also gain some protection against heart attacks
Google calls for urgent switch to quantum-safe encryption as US delays
11 May 2022
A US body in charge of choosing new encryption algorithms that can withstand quantum computers has delayed announcing them due to undisclosed legal reasons, while a team at Google is calling for an immediate switch
