Samsung Claims 5G Mobile Data Breathrough
Samsung has claimed that they have developed a technology for improving data transmission rates that could become a central part of 5G networks, the successor to the 4G networks now being rolled out around the world.
“Speed of Light” Fibre Optics?
Having moved from copper wires to fibre optics to a faster internet, researchers are now looking at using hollow-fibre cables to improve speeds all the way up to 99.7% of the speed of light.
Ocean Cleanup Array Offers Solution to Floating “Garbage Patches”
We have been hearing about the huge collections of plastics and other rubbish floating in the sea for years, with the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” probably the most well known and certainly the largest. These garbage patches in the ocean leech toxins such as PCB and DDT into the water as well as slowly breaking down and entering the foodchain as microscopic polymers.
Curiosity Touches Down On Mars
The Curiosity rover, the one-tonne vehicle from the US space agency NASA, has touched down on Mars