Australia’s Stock Exchange Is the First to Use Blockchain Tech
IN BRIEF Australia is set to be the first securities exchange to switch to blockchain technology. Other exchanges are also experimenting...
Scientists Just Took a Giant Leap Forward in the Quest to Create Artificial Life
IN BRIEF After a scientist added X and Y nucleotide bases to E.coli bacteria's natural genetic alphabet, the DNA generated new proteins....
Rippling Graphene Sheets May Be the Key to Clean, Unlimited Energy
Clean, Unlimited Energy Physicists at the University of Arkansas have invented a nano-scale power generator that could potentially use...
Bitcoin Futures Trading Just Got the Green Light From U.S. Regulators
IN BRIEF The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved bitcoin futures trading on three exchanges. CME, CFE, and the Cantor...
Bitcoin Just Passed $10,000. It’s Officially One of the World’s 30 Largest Currencies.
IN BRIEF Bitcoin has reached a new all-time high — and a pretty historic one at that. It's reached $10,000, exceeding economists'...
Magnetically-Controlled Organic Microbots Could Change Medicine in the Next Decade
IN BRIEF Microbots designed to traverse the human body are one of the most potentially transformative technologies in the future of...
A New Debit Card Is Poised to Make Spending Crypto a Breeze
IN BRIEF To make it easier for people in the United Kingdom to spend their various cryptocurrencies, startup London Block Exchange is...
Measurements From CERN Suggest the Possibility of a New Physics
A New Quantum Physics? During the mid- to late-twentieth century, quantum physicists picked apart the unified theory of physics that...
Mindset Motivation: Why Embracing Your Challenges Will Intensify Your Mental Strength
Our mindset can be our greatest ally or a dangerous enemy. We spend so much time locked inside our heads that, if we don’t develop...
In First-Ever Demonstration, Researchers Show Ultrafast Light Pulses Can Trigger Neurons to Fire
IN BRIEF In a first-ever demonstration, researchers showed how ultrafast and short pulses of light can directly affect the firing of...