Can nuclear fusion become affordable enough?
International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day Forty years after the Chernobyl accident, nuclear technologies remain closely linked to debates about safety,…
What Fuels Real Creativity
In the age of AI, the real challenge is not only to use new tools. It is to strengthen the…
GenAI: An out-of-control revolution
Everybody is talking about the revolution caused by recent advances in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), now capable of producing high-quality…
Water is both a Strange Liquid and Unique for our Existence
How water’s properties such as density, specific heat, viscosity and compressibility respond to changes in pressure and temperature is completely…
Fear of AI and the Future of Democracy
A recent scientific study shows that the way people think about artificial intelligence (AI) and jobs can influence how they…
Complexity of Technoeconomic Decision making in the Rapidly Evolving Clean Energy Sector
International Day of Clean Energy As the world is transitioning to the enhanced use of clean energy for achieving the…
Behind the Telescope. How Williamina Fleming Transformed Astronomy
Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming (1857–1911) made foundational contributions to astronomy at a time when women’s scientific achievements were often invisibilised…
The atomic hydrogen HI 21cm emission line
The Universe is the vast combination of space, time, energy and matter where we live. Even though we can interact…
Women’s Legacy in Computational Technology: Grace Hopper
World Informatics Day Every year on World Informatics Day, we celebrate the innovators whose vision and dedication have shaped the…
Europe’s Most Powerful Quantum Computer Starts Operating in Donostia
On October 14, the IBM Quantum System Two—currently the most powerful quantum computer in Europe—began operating in Donostia–San Sebastián. Beyond…