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The groundbreaking material developed at Northwestern University could soon transform the US food packaging industry by $600 billion. Scientists have developed a graphene oxide-based coating that is both water-resistant and oil repairing agents, and is environmentally safe and significantly stronger. Unlike traditional materials that rely on synthetic chemicals for moisture and grease resistance, this new innovation utilizes graphene oxide, a carbon-based compound known for its durability and barrier properties. When applied to paper-based packaging, it not only protects against liquids, but also enhances structural integrity and eliminates problems such as thin plates and flooded containers. Graphene Oxide: A sustainable, scalable…
AI tools are touted as competent helpers who can research, code, summarise, write and bring all kinds of knowledge. But sometimes simple questions confuse them. For example, Google’s AI overview has been confused for years.Over the next few days, when I asked Google how many years it was, the AI overview reported that this year was 2024. The reporter got the same answer Thursday morning when Google was asked if it was 2025. Image credit: TechCrunch Google eventually fixed the bug late on Thursday. When asked why this happened, Google didn’t provide a specific reason, but it’s just saying it’s…
Get out of the security mosh pit “Healthcare loves to go backwards to the future, and this is how we get here,” Jason Elrod, CISO at Multicare Health System, explains the Legacy Healthcare IT environment. This chaotic approach has characterised medicine for decades. In a sector where life relies on the perfect work skills, security teams have traditionally acted as gatekeepers, open 24/7. This focuses on protection at the expense of innovation and care delivery. However, this approach is no longer sustainable as healthcare continues its journey of digital transformation. With 14 hospitals, hundreds of emergency care clinics and nearly…
The event industry is in the midst of creative reinvention. From immersive activation to hybrid experiences that blur the line between digital and physics, agencies are pushed to think more unconventional than ever. result? The ever-growing number of event institutions are leveraging the talents of theatre, games, fashion and even Tiktok, beyond traditional producers and planners. Here’s why institutions are shaking their recruitment strategies and what it means for an experiential future: 1. Fresh eyes = fresh ideas Creatives from outside the traditional world of events bring about unfiltered perspectives. Theatre set designers may rethink the stage of awards shows…
The UK government has announced drastic changes to planning regulations in a move set to surpass growth in EV charge points across the country. Homeowners, businesses and developers will find it much easier to install EV chargers without the need for planning permission. This is a decision that saves £1,100 a year. By streamlining regulations, the government aims to quickly expand national charging networks and boost investment, job creation and energy security while helping to increase demand for electric vehicles. Make your home charging easier to access Future Roads Minister Lillian Greenwood confirmed that the new rules will remove requirements…
In a one-minute video, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy JR revoked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where healthy children and healthy pregnant women have been vaccinated for COVID-19, with some experts and others not sure about the details of the policy. Kennedy took part in the video, posted on X on May 27th, with Food and Drug Director Marty McCurry and Director Jay Batacharya, Director of the National Institute of Health. Tapped by President Donald Trump after a long-standing embrace of vaccine conspiracy theory, Kennedy didn’t make it…
Nord’s volume has successfully developed Bosonic Qubit technology with multimode encoding, outlines the path to a significant reduction in the number of qubits required for quantum error correction. The result is an approach to quantum error correction that provides a smaller, more powerful system that consumes some of the energy. These small systems are easier to develop for utility scales due to the size and low requirements of cryogenic and control electronics. Multimode encoding: removes the need for physical qubits To perform effective quantum error correction, the company implements advanced boson code known as Tesseract code. This provides system protection…
May 30, 2025Ravi LakshmananCryptocurrency/Cybercrime The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on the Philippines-based company named Funnull Technology Inc. and its administrator Liu Lizhi, providing infrastructure to implement romance bait scams that have led to massive cryptocurrency losses. The Treasury accused Taguig Headquartered Company of enabling thousands of websites involved in crypto investment scams that have caused Americans to lose billions of dollars a year. “Funnull directly promotes some of these schemes, resulting in more than $200 million in losses reported by US victims,” the agency said in a press release. The average loss…
Former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Reissner was sentenced to two years in a role in the 1MDB scandal on Thursday.Malaysian Commerce Minister Yohari Abdul Ghani has asked a former Goldman Sachs banker who was involved in the multi-billion dollar, one-Malaysian Development Belhad (1MDB) corruption scandal to two years in prison. On Thursday, New York State Judge Margo Brody was sentenced to the prison, former chairman of Southeast Asia Goldman Sachs, a German-born banker Tim Reissner, for two years in prison for his role in the scandal. Laissner, who previously pleaded guilty to US bribery and money laundering counts, faced a…
The White House said citing errors are a “format of the problem” that does not undermine the importance of reporting.The US government says it will amend its flagship report on child health, which found to cite non-existent studies. White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that the citing error was due to “format in question” and would be updated. The issue of the report rarely alleviates concerns over President Donald Trump’s appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health and welfare secretary. The issues with the report, compiled and published by the Make America Healthy (MAHA) committee last week, were…