TECHNOLOGY

Wolbachia and a virus that it carries can cause sterility in male insects by hijacking their sperm, preventing them from fertilizing eggs of females that do not have the same combination of bacteria and virus. The study is published in the March 8 issue of the journal Science. It is being used in several ongoing pilot studies across the world to control insect pests and the harmful viral diseases they carry.
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2 years ago Read more at Technology Networks

Ukrainian officials say Sergey Kotov sank in the Black Sea after being targeted by Ukrainian-made sea drones. VOA Eastern Europe Bureau Chief Myroslava Gongadze gained exclusive access to the development and testing site of this cutting-edge technology.
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2 years ago Read more at Voice of America - VOA News

The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food announced $97 million for the program that will support 162 projects across the country. The farm operation received $49,280 under the Adoption Stream of the Act Program to purchase and install a solar energy system that replaces electricity from the grid, significantly reducing the farm’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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2 years ago Read more at paNOW

Fairview Elementary School is Red Deer Public Schools’ designated elementary school for newcomers. A total of 242 students are enrolled and half are newcomer from 19 different countries and speak 24 different languages. The grant will provide funding to upgrade the school’s aging computers, assist in developing a makerspace, and upgrade the technology in its library which will be renovated this summer.
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2 years ago Read more at Red Deer Advocate

HoloLens Technology, a software developed at LHSC, is expected to make surgery easier for doctors because they can see a 3D model of the anatomy they are operating on, right in front of them. The device is a mixed-reality headset with see-through holographic lenses that allows users to consult crucial imaging through holograms while remaining aware of their physical surroundings.
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2 years ago Read more at CTV News London

The McKinsey State of AI report highlights how the use of generative AI is growing across different business areas. The first major benefit of using AI in startups is strategic automation. By automating routine tasks such as data entry, scheduling and report generation, startups can significantly improve their operational efficiency. This automation frees up employees' time and energy for more strategic and creative tasks.
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2 years ago Read more at Entrepreneur

Wodonga Eyecare's Dry Eye Clinic will diagnose your dry eye using a rather nifty piece of technology called the IDRA. It allows us to painlessly measure detailed aspects of your tears," Kelly Gibbons said.
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2 years ago Read more at The Border Mail

Muhammad Khan, a 10th-grade student at the Academy of Innovative Technology, has big dreams: to start an artificially intelligent robotics company. Mujtaba Ahmed wants to land a job that protects people — and their personal data — from illicit activity on the dark web. Both New York-based teenagers visited Kyndryl’s headquarters with dozens of their peers to learn about various careers in technology.
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2 years ago Read more at Kyndryl

Malaria is most commonly transmitted through bites of female Anopheles mosquitoes infected with P. falciparum. In 2022, there were an estimated 249 million malaria cases and over 600,000 malaria deaths across the globe.
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2 years ago Read more at Technology Networks

the RITrack "CTag Pack'quot; allows the identity and location of up to 96 individual coded tubes in a rack to be stored using RFID / NFC technology. The tag stores this information securely even when in vapour phase liquid nitrogen and has been shown to eliminate data loss even after 10,000 freeze / thaw cycles.
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2 years ago Read more at Lab Manager Magazine