Information and the future of defence
21 July 2021
Our future prosperity is intimately linked to the cyber environment and the forces that operate within it. We asked a panel of experts to assess the implications for the future of defence
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Found 451 results for drones
Dubai police will use citywide network of drones to respond to crime
16 July 2021
Dubai police will be able to respond to an incident anywhere in the United Arab Emirates city within a minute, thanks to a network of pre-positioned drone bases
Quantum data link established between two distant Chinese cities
21 June 2021
A secure quantum link has been created between two Chinese cities, allowing researchers to send entangled photons more than 500 kilometres using a relay hub in the middle that doesn't need to be trusted
Complex social lives of orcas revealed by drone observations
15 June 2021
Killer whales tend to have close friendships with those of similar age and sex, scientists have discovered by filming them from drones
DARPA drone interceptor seems to be armed with a form of Silly String
10 June 2021
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has developed a drone interceptor that fires what appears to be a form of Silly String into their rotors, bringing them down with minimal risk of accidental damage
#70: Coronavirus origin story; Big Oil’s nightmare; history of the gender pain gap
3 June 2021
From a bat… or from a lab? It seemed the question of where SARS-CoV-2 originated had been settled, but recently it's been reignited. Amid lots of conflicting and confusing news stories, the team explores what we really know about the origins of...
#70: Coronavirus origin story; Big Oil’s nightmare; history of the gender pain gap
3 June 2021
From a bat… or from a lab? It seemed the question of where SARS-CoV-2 originated had been settled, but recently it's been reignited. Amid lots of conflicting and confusing news stories, the team explores what we really know about the origins of covid-19....
Right whales born in 1981 grew a metre longer than they do today
3 June 2021
Surveillance of right whales in the North Atlantic show that individuals born today will grow to be a metre shorter, on average, than whales born in the early 1980s
Quantum memory crystals are a step towards a futuristic internet
2 June 2021
A secure quantum internet is one step closer thanks to a quantum memory made from a crystal that can store entangled photons
Did you know? Fewer than 100 people have a photographic memory
25 May 2021
True photographic memory is yet to be proved but some people have a very rare condition which allows them to recall past events in detail
