Sony has confirmed that it will host a PlayStation 5 live stream conference in June. There’s no word on what, exactly, we can expect from this event at this time. The PlayStation Twitter account only refers to it as a “look at the future of gaming.” Sony has also noted on the PlayStation blog that
IMAGE: A University of Texas at Arlington bioengineering researcher will use nanotechnology to detect defective iron-carrying proteins in a patient’s blood, which could help explain why these patients have anemia…. view more Credit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington bioengineering researcher will use nanotechnology to detect defective iron-carrying proteins in a patient’s blood, which
Lucifer season 6 might just be the most “confirmed” season of television that hasn’t actually been officially confirmed yet. Deadline reported today that Netflix has closed a deal with Lucifer star Tom Ellis to appear in season 6 of the show, all but guaranteeing that the series will indeed be getting a sixth season. Netflix
Electronic Arts might be preparing to reveal its next Star Wars game in June, according to Bloomberg and former Kotaku games reporter Jason Schreier, who commented on a post published by EA Motive’s new Twitter handle. While at Kotaku, Schreier broke the story that game studio EA Motive was working on a “smaller, more unusual
BUFFALO, N.Y. — People love their electric cars. But not so much the bulky batteries and related power systems that take up precious cargo space. Help could be on the way from a gallium oxide-based transistor under development at the University at Buffalo. In a study published in the June edition of IEEE Electron Device
IMAGE: Humidity sensor combining variable filter and solar cells. view more Credit: Junsuk Rho (POSTECH) Smart windows that automatically change colors depending on the intensity of sunlight are gaining attention as they can reduce energy bills by blocking off sun’s visible rays during summer. But what about windows that change colors depending on the humidity outside
“A voice for today’s youth” runs the strap line to the Junior Gazette, the fictional newspaper at the heart of Press Gang, a kids’ show first broadcast on ITV in 1989 which followed a team of school children turned budding journalists. The fact is, Steven Moffat was something of a youth himself at 25 years
The High Republic is the first major Star Wars publishing initiative since the end of the Sequel Trilogy. Set about 200 years before The Phantom Menace, The High Republic line of books and comics shows the Jedi in their heyday, led by new heroes and faced with new enemies and challenges. Made up of three
IMAGE: University of Cincinnati engineering professor Vesselin Shanov displays carbon nanotubes he created in his lab. view more Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative + Brand Engineers at the University of Cincinnati are using a National Science Foundation grant to develop a face mask that can be sterilized with heat for re-use. “Currently, there is a significant
When you’ve had a big hit, it’s often all anybody wants from you. To artists, that level of success can feel like a trap. Fearful that the breadth of their creative genius may go unacknowledged, a singer might spend years trying to shake off a number one single, turning their back on requests for the
While E3 2020 may be canceled, there are still plenty of ways for you to get your fix of gaming news this summer. In fact, month-long events like IGN’s Summer of Gaming and Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest are promising tons of new game reveals and announcements from upcoming projects. Summer Game Fest will even
EVANSTON, Ill. — A Northwestern University-led team has developed a highly porous smart sponge that selectively soaks up oil in water. With an ability to absorb more than 30 times its weight in oil, the sponge could be used to inexpensively and efficiently clean up oil spills without harming marine life. After squeezing the oil
UC Santa Barbara condensed matter physicist Andrea Young conducts his work at the boundary of theory and actuality, as he builds instrumentation to probe for signature quantum properties in advanced materials. Using his expertise in the realm of graphene systems, he and his research group also work to coax as-yet hypothetical behaviors from the two-dimensional
IMAGE: These act as advanced catalysts to speed up the hydrolysis of amide bonds. view more Credit: © 2020 Fujita et al. In proteins, amino acids are held together by amide bonds. These bonds are long-lived and are robust against changes in temperature, acidity or alkalinity. Certain medicines make use of reactions involving amide bonds, but
The Nanoscope team has developed Multi-Characteristic Opsins (MCOs) to sensitize cells toward low level of white light so that vision is improved at ambient room light. “Not requiring any external stimulation device and sensitivity to broad range of colors makes our approach unique as there is least chance of phototoxicity and damage to retina”, said
Helping Crisis on Infinite Earths live up to its promise of being ‘the biggest Arrowverse event yet’, UK broadcasters cleverly waited until there was an actual crisis on Earth to air it. Talk about a crossover. After going out in the US late last year, the five-part special finally arrived in the UK this spring,
From the moment Mortal Kombat hit arcades, it was seen as more than just a simple Street Fighter II clone. The controls were different, the atmosphere was different, and it had an extremely different look, thanks to the digitized actors that replaced the traditional pixel art of the era. That more realistic look went hand-in-hand
Welcome to the HBO Max era! WarnerMedia’s streaming giant arrived on May 27 and is absolutely bursting with Warner movies, TV shows, and other titles. But time waits for no man or streaming service and each new month HBO Max will be expected to bring new content to the table. Things get started in June
New Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier (formerly of Kotaku) claims that sources have informed him that Sony intends to host a PlayStation 5 virtual event next week. The report (which is based on information coming from “people with direct knowledge of the matter”) alleges that the current plan is for Sony to host a virtual event
Dr Sumsun Naher and Professor Aziz Rahman have received a Marie Curie Fellowship to develop a hybrid sensor for the detection of diabetes from exhaled breath. Diabetes is a chronic disease which causes its sufferers to have high blood sugar levels. The disease causes limb loss, strokes, heart attacks, kidney damage and death if diabetes
IMAGE: Alamgir Karim, Dow Chair Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Houston, says the project could lead to more environmentally friendly plastics and other polymers. view more Credit: University of Houston Shrimp, lobsters and mushrooms may not seem like great tools for the battlefield, but three engineers from the University of Houston
May 27, 2020 (Oslo, Norway) — The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters today announced the 2020 Kavli Prize Laureates in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. This year’s Kavli Prize honours scientists whose research has transformed our understanding of the very big, the very small and the very complex. The laureates in each
MIT researchers have discovered a phenomenon that could be harnessed to control the movement of tiny particles floating in suspension. This approach, which requires simply applying an external electric field, may ultimately lead to new ways of performing certain industrial or medical processes that require separation of tiny suspended materials. The findings are based on
(LOS ANGELES) – The interstitial fluid is a major component of the liquid environment in the body and fills the spaces between the body’s cells. In contrast, blood circulates only within the circulatory vessels of the body and is composed of blood cells and the liquid part of the blood, plasma. Both fluids contain special
This Legends of Tomorrow episode review contains spoilers. Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 14 Legends of Tomorrow has a tendency to overdo it. On everything. The jokes, the melodrama, the amount of show they try and cram into each episode. “The One Where We’re Trapped on TV,” the penultimate episode of the show’s phenomenal
A report by Sports Business Daily suggests that the NFL will soon extend their deal with EA in order to ensure that the publisher retains the exclusive right to develop NFL simulation video games through 2025. The report indicates that the deal isn’t quite official (it will seemingly be voted on this week), but that
IMAGE: Photograph of an array of magnetic cilia folded and held in the tip of tweezers. view more Credit: Jessica A.-C. Liu Researchers from North Carolina State University and Elon University have made artificial cilia, or hair-like structures, that can bend into new shapes in response to a magnetic field, then return to their original shape
IMAGE: For the first time, chromosomes of the thale cress model plant were recombined with the help of the Cas9 protein. (Figure. Angelina Schindele, KIT) view more Credit: Angelina Schindele, KIT The CRISPR/Cas molecular scissors work like a fine surgical instrument and can be used to modify genetic information in plants. The research teams of Professor
IMAGE: Some samples of FeRh metamagnetic material, ready to be analysed at the ALBA Synchrotron view more Credit: ICMAB-CSIC Some memory devices where information from smartphones and computers is stored are based on a very precise control of the magnetic properties, at nanoscopic scale. The more precise this control is, the more storage capacity and speed
IMAGE: An example of the small, flow-through electrode that Duke researchers used to produce more hydrogen from electrolysis with a penny for scale. view more Credit: Wiley Lab, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — Electrolysis, passing a current through water to break it into gaseous hydrogen and oxygen, could be a handy way to store excess energy