Traditional notions of the uses of blockchain technology were put to the test last week at the first annual “Blockchain for Good Hackathon” hosted by the Linux Foundation and Accenture. The hackathon occurred over two days at Accenture’s …
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The Hyperloop
Science fiction or the future of transport?
The idea of transporting people via sealed tubes has existed for over 150 years and is a concept often featured in science fiction, both past and present. Pneumatic trains were even tested in London’s Underground in the 1860’s for a …
Expanding the CRISPR
Jack discusses CRISPR, a simple and precise technique of gene editing. This opens a tremendous amount of possibilities for applications in medicine and beyond
What is CRISPR?
Biology has been outshone in recent years. History has been made in physics, with the discovery of the Higgs boson and the detection of gravitational waves. Biological research however, has failed to excite the public as it …
