Volkswagen At The CrossroadsVolkswagen has an 87-year-long history that led it to become the second-largest automaker in the world by sales, with 9.24 million cars sold...
Graphene & BatteriesBattery technology is quickly evolving, with dozens of competing alternative chemistries challenging the dominance of lithium-ion batteries, whose discovery was rewarded by a Nobel...
Intel’s StrugglesIntel has been in the financial news headlines recently, but for all the wrong reasons. In fact, INTC just experienced its worst price drop in...
The New Wonder Drug: SemaglutideSemaglutide is quickly shaping up to become the wonder drug of the decade. It was initially developed as an anti-diabetic medication under...
Life Among The Stars?Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. Arthur C. ClarkeSince the first...
Greening MarsScience fiction writers and scientists have long dreamed of how to transform Mars into a lush and green planet, a process called terraformation. This would be...
New Methods For Drug DiscoveryDiscovering new drugs has become increasingly expensive and complex in the last few decades, with new therapies costing more than a billion...
Surprise Chinese RestrictionsIn August 2024, China announced limits to antimony exports “in the name of national security”. This brought a lot of attention to a rarely discussed...
From Solar To PhotonicsPerovskites are a new type of material increasingly investigated for its potential in solar energy. Semiconductor crystals could be even more powerful at...
Rising WindSolar energy, especially photovoltaic, is a driving force for switching to renewable energy and may even become the dominant one in the future.Still, solar energy...
Can Mars Be Tamed?Recent scientific news reveals that Mars might not have to stay a permanently hostile place to life and human settlement.While the idea of...
Boeing’s StrugglesThere is no denying that Boeing’s reputation has taken severe hits over the last few years. It started in 2018 & 2019, with the two very...
From Burning Fuel To Turning Light Into LightningSince the dawn of time, energy has been at the epicenter of civilization. For most of it, burning things...
Nobel Prize HistoryThe Nobel Prize is the most prestigious award in the scientific world. It was created according to Mr. Alfred Nobel’s will to give a prize...
Nobel Prize HistoryThe Nobel Prize is the most prestigious award in the scientific world. It was created according to Mr. Alfred Nobel’s will to give a prize...