by Matthew Cesareo from the Gadgets team
Is new tech killing social interaction?
Robots: science fiction to science fact
Dr Ing. Raphael Grech writes about his love affair with the robot world from Wall-E to the MIT Lincoln Laboratory in the USA
Disrupting the online shopping business model: Student Alert!
Want to buy an iPad, but not pay for it? DiscountIF launched in July out of TAKEOFF (the University of Malta start-up business incubator) and they might let you do just that, with a twist.
Cycling for Children with cancer
A Greener Chemical Pot
John Gabarretta discusses the elegance of chemistry though its reactions.
An Untapped Funding Resource
Dr Vasilis Valdramidis speaks about funding opportunities.Continue reading
Light up my Universe
What is the universe made of? How was it formed? How old is it? Will things stay the same forever?
The night sky is shedding its secrets as Ian Fenech Conti (Institute of Space Science and Astronomy) talks about his work measuring the most elusive matter in the universe.Continue reading
Hips 4 Eternity
All over the world, hip replacement surgeries are on the increase. Provisional data from the hip replacement register at Mater Dei shows that, in Malta during 2014, 145 people needed their hips replaced while another 11 needed revisions to old implants. With costs that run into the thousands, the problem of faulty implants caught the eye of a local research team of engineers and medics. Cassi Camilleri finds out more about their work in solving the dilemma. Photography by Elisa von Brockdorff
Let us fish4tomorrow
All over the world, governments and stakeholders are trying to cope with overfishing. Overfishing is when too much fish is caught which leads to an overall degradation of the marine ecosystem. It is the non-sustainable use of ocean resources. Words by J.D. Farrugia
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Lighter and Stronger Planes
