Labelled with Diamonds

Counterfeiters grow smarter and use ever more sophisticated technologies each year, producing a huge variety of fake goods – from medicines through electronics to fashion – and causing health risks and the loss of billions of dollars worldwide. To fight back, the...

Everything under the Sun

Carbon-heavy methane ranks high on the climate change blacklist, with a global warming potential that is more than 80 times that of carbon dioxide over a period of 20 years. It is also in abundant supply – the recent global increase in methane (CH4) is primarily...

Above and Beyond

The vehicle’s full name is Powered-flying Ultra-underactuated LiDAR (light detection and ranging) Sensing Aerial Robot (PULSAR), and the development team describe it as an agile and self-rotating UAV whose three-dimensional position is fully controlled by actuating...

Teamwork at the Nanoscale

Nanoparticles are programmed microscopic particles that can respond to external stimuli such as light to perform functions, such as moving towards a chemical target or light source. The hope is that they can be harnessed for energy saving, drug delivery and other...

Cutting-Edge Choral

Termed a ‘tech cantata’, the piece features a live choir which vies for the audience’s attention with a virtual choir singing on a massive hologram screen behind them — the two groups both competing with each other’s performances and enhancing them. Said Professor of...