Moths are not the most popular of insects. They’re considered dowdier than butterflies and accused – often unfairly – of munching our clothes.
But researchers from Newcastle University have discovered that moths play a vital role in pollinating plants – helping out our beleaguered bees in the process – and...
Britain’s first three-parent babies may be coming soon – thanks to Newcastle University receiving permission to conduct IVF procedures using the DNA of two women.
A technique developed by Newcastle University researchers means that doctors can substitute an egg’s defective mitochondrial DNA with healthy DNA transplanted from a female donor.
Alternatively,...
A north-east tech company that helps customers organise events by finding them DJs, musicians, caterers and marques has just received a £120,000 boost.
Poptop, an online database, uses an algorithm to put party planners in touch with a wide variety of entertainers, services and products.
Poptop was set up by two...
Many
of us would classify ourselves as either night owls or early birds. While early
birds may thrive best and be more alert in the morning or early afternoon,
night owls feel more active and productive in the late evening or wee hours.
But
have you ever wondered which tendency is the best for...
Newcastle University is to spearhead a project to encourage ‘garage-level’ breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Many of science’s greatest advances have resulted from people tinkering in their garages. The inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell set up a workshop behind his father’s house, and Walt and Roy...
An academic at Newcastle’s Northumbria University is developing a new type of concrete that could massively reduce deaths and injuries in the event of a terrorist attack.
Dr Alan Richardson – in collaboration with colleagues at universities in Canada and India – is working on an innovative material that uses...
Many dinner party hosts and car owners are driven mad by water stains – those pesky marks left by drying water on the surface of objects.
But now mathematicians from Northumbria University may have discovered an ingenious solution – a solution that could not only get rid of unsightly water...
A team of researchers led by experts from Newcastle University has highlighted how slick, well-designed websites and apps can be used to sell high-cost loans to poor and vulnerable people.
The websites include sliders that customers can play around with, brightly coloured ‘apply now’ buttons, forms that are simple to...
A
study has found that large quantities of global-warming gases could be escaping
from melting ice on Greenland.
An
international team of researchers camped in Greenland for three months over the
summer, analysing meltwater running off the island’s ice sheet.
They
found that six tons of the greenhouse gas methane passed through their small measuring
site alone....
OpenAI has released the latest version of its generative pre-trained transformer system, GPT-4, which can generate text on input images. GPT-4 is a state-of-the-art system that can describe images in response to a person’s written commands.
Currently there's a waitlist for the API available here, or if you subscribe...
