Scientists have hailed a new quantum computing breakthrough that could bring the revolutionary technology into the real world.The discovery could fundamentally change how quantum computers are able to measure energy quanta, which allow the entirely new kind of...
Earth may have lost up to 60% of its atmosphere in a collision that led to the formation of the Moon more than four billion years ago, scientists believe. The research, led by Durham University, is based on 300 computer simulations looking at the consequences of the...
At a briefing on 28 September about the upcoming Northrop Grumman NG-14 Cygnus cargo mission, Nasa said that its investigation into the leak continues.It has already been searching for the cause of the leak for several weeks.“As of this morning, there was no clear...
The International Space Station (ISS) might have to receive a delivery of extra air after it began to leak at above-normal volumes, according to the Russian space agency. The air leak has been localised to one section of a service module and presents no danger to the...
Jet pack paramedics could soon be a reality, after a successful test flight took place over the Lake District. Gravity Industries has been testing the capabilities of its jet pack-suit in emergency situations in Cumbria, which can travel at speeds of up to 32mph...
Thousands of US students have had their addresses and other private details leaked online after school district officials failed to meet a hacker’s ransom demand. The mass doxxing took place in Clark County, Nevada, exposing the names, addresses, grades, social...
Amazon has announced its own palm recognition technology that customers will be able to use in its stores.Amazon One, as the software is called, is made to be a more efficient way to access activities – such as entering sports venues, work, or loyalty card...
After more than a decade of electoral failures, the Pirate Party UK (PPUK) is holding a ballot to dissolve. It seems likely that, when voting closes on Sunday 4 October, the party will be scuttled. Speaking to Sky News, current and former members described a party...
New evidence has been revealed of an enormous salty lake of liquid water buried beneath the ice of the Martian south pole. New radar data from a European Space Agency spacecraft suggests a large body of liquid water, as well as three smaller lakes, are spread out over...
Apple's share price has been steadily increasing over the past week as rumours about the iPhone 12 continue to grow. A launch event held earlier this month did not announce a new product in its flagship line of smartphones - and instead, the Apple Watch and iPad stole...
Several liquid bodies have been found under the south pole of Mars, according to a major new study.The findings give extra credence to previous research that suggested there could be a large saltwater lake underneath the Martian surface, the researchers claim – and...
The app sends alerts to people if its systems have been triggered by someone in their network potentially receiving a positive test.But the somewhat confusing notification does not necessarily mean that users have to self-isolate. The notification only means that the...
Scott posted a picture on Instagram of himself and the new Dualshock controller from the newly console.While he did not show the PS5 itself, the caption suggested that he is playing the console, which has yet to be publicly released.“I will be playing until the sun...
A biomimetic prosthetic hand has been developed by Italian researchers that can replicate the behaviours of the human hand.The hand, called Hannes, is able to restore over 90 per cent of functionality to people with amputated limbs, the researchers claim.The...
Astronomers have found a huge, previously unknown cluster of stars lurking at the centre of our galaxy.The “ancient stellar population” is made up of a set of stars that the astronomers who found them said were surprising in a variety of ways.The middle of our Milky...
Older people are being excluded from the vast majority of trials to find treatments and a vaccine for COVID-19, according to a study. Around 9% of the global population is 65 and older, but this demographic has accounted for up to 40% of coronavirus cases and 80% of...
An order which would have banned the popular video sharing app TikTok from smartphone app stores in the US has been temporarily blocked. The order, from the administration of Donald Trump, was due to take effect at 11.59pm on Sunday. A more comprehensive ban remains...
More than 10 million people have downloaded the NHS contact-tracing app since it launched on Thursday, despite it suffering a problem that left tens of thousands of test results unlogged. The app, which Health Secretary Matt Hancock described as an "important step...
Half a million sharks could be killed for their natural oil to produce coronavirus vaccines, according to conservationists. One ingredient used in some COVID-19 vaccine candidates is squalene, a natural oil made in the liver of sharks. Squalene is currently used as an...
Texas officials have warned thousands of residents of a city in the state about using tap water after a deadly brain-eating microbe was found in the water supply. Tests were carried out on the system and confirmed the presence of Naegleria fowleri in Lake Jackson...
Google is celebrating its 22nd birthday with a special Doodle.The search engine was founded in September 1998 by two PhD students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, in their dormitories at California’s Stanford University.Having developed a search algorithm known as...
A problem that prevented tens of thousands of people from logging the result of their coronavirus tests on the new NHS contact-tracing app has been fixed, according to a Department of Health spokesman. In a statement, they said: "Everyone who receives a positive test...
Remember those early days in the COVID journey, where everyone talked about "following the science"? Looking back, it seems almost childishly naïve. Back then we were only just learning about concepts like "the R rate" or "T cell immunity," and Zoom quizzes were a...
Luna will be launched in October, exclusively in the US initially, priced at an “introductory” price of $5.99 per month The platform will be supported by Amazon Web Services, letting users stream games to Mac, PC, Fire TV, iPhone and iPad devices.Notably, Android...
Facebook’s former director of monetization has said he worked to make the company “addictive” by taking “a page from Big Tobacco’s playbook”.“I fear we are pushing ourselves to the brink of a civil war”, Tim Kendall wrote.Mr Kendall’s comments come as written...
In the race for a COVID vaccine it pays to keep your options open. There is no way you can design a jab on paper and guarantee that it will work. In fact, 90% of experimental vaccines fail to make it to the clinic. Live updates on coronavirus from UK and around the...
Patients with sufficient levels of vitamin D are less likely to experience complications and die from COVID-19, according to a new study in the US, while another has found it also reduces infection rates. Vitamin D sufficiency was linked with a significantly decreased...
Amazon has unveiled a flying camera drone which can be used inside the home to stream video to residents' phones in case of a break-in. The device has prompted concerns from privacy organisations and campaigners who warn it could permit unwanted surveillance. Ring,...
The world's first hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft has taken to the skies above Bedfordshire. The only thing that the six-seater Piper M-class plane emits is water vapour - and ZeroAvia, the company behind the technology, says its aim is to make hydrogen planes...
An NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app has launched across England and Wales. As of Thursday evening, it had been downloaded more than one million times by Android users, according to the Google Play Store. The total figure is likely to be higher when iPhone downloads...
Novavax is ready to start its Phase 3 trial of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the UK. The US biotechnology firm plans to enrol up to 10,000 volunteers aged between 18 and 84 over the next four to six weeks. The company joins AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and Moderna as...
Xbox has launched a new “Family Settings” app ahead of the release of its next-generation consoles.The new tool – which works on the current Xbox One as well as the upcoming Series X and S – allows parents and carers to change a variety of settings in order to keep...
Over a dozen companies, including Epic Games, Spotify, Tile, Deezer, Protonmail, and Match Group, have formed the ‘Coalition for App Fairness’ in order to fight what they see as Apple’s unfair advantage in its App Store.The coalition criticises Apple’s 30 per cent tax...
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’s space company, is launching a mission to test a moon landing system.The New Shepard rocket will fly 12 payloads to the edge of space and back as a part of the mission, which includes the deorbit, descent, and landing sensor demonstration that...
The NHS Covid-19 app has finally arrived, and with it the hope that it could help stop the spread of coronavirus.The app intends to alert people when they might have been in contact with someone carrying the disease, and will encourage them to isolate and stop the...
Scientists have solved the mystery of Jupiter's polygon storms, which were first spotted by NASA's Juno space probe in 2019. At the gas giant's south pole, hidden from view from Earth, is a herd of storms arranged in a perfect geometric pattern. This is unlike...
Google has added a new “COVID-19 info” filter to its Maps service that colour-codes areas to show the spread of the virus.Users get a seven-day average of the number of new cases per 100,000 people in the area that they are looking at.They also get a label that shows...
An AI-powered robot has beaten a team of professional curling players in a major real-world breakthrough for robotics.The Curly robot, developed by a joint German-South Korean research team, used deep reinforcement learning to learn the best way to slide stones along...
The upward trend in positive cases continues in the latest statistics for Test and Trace, which show that 19,278 new people in England tested positive between 10 September and 16 September. In the previous week, that number was 18,371, so this is a rise of 3% - which,...
Every person who downloads the NHS coronavirus contact tracing app will be helping "make the country a safer place", the health secretary has told Sky News. Speaking to Kay Burley, Matt Hancock said the app - which has finally been launched in England and Wales after...