-Editorial Katya Echazarreta, 26, made history when she became the first Mexican-born woman to travel to space. Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Echazarreta, who moved to the United States at the age of seven, has been selected from a pool of 7,000 applicants by nonprofit organization Space Humanity to participate in …
Read More »Electric Vehicles See a Rise in Production Costs
-Editorial Automakers from Tesla to Rivian to Cadillac are hiking prices on their electric vehicles amid changing market conditions and rising commodity costs, specifically for key materials needed for EV batteries. Battery prices have been declining for years, but that may be about to change. One firm projects a sharp …
Read More »Cities with the Most Digitally-Connected Seniors
-Editorial One of the most prominent and likely enduring changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic has been the rapid shift towards new technologies that facilitate remote communication, entertainment, learning, and work. While older Americans generally have lower rates of technology adoption than their younger counterparts—for example, 78% of 65-and-over …
Read More »3D PRINTING AND BIOPRINTING: Shaping the future of humanity and the future of medicine
By: Dr. Elton Gómez, a specialist in regenerative medicine. Do you remember the old dot matrix printers, the ones that had to be loaded with continuous paper, with perforations on the sides, that were noisy, expensive, and very slow, and that at the end of each print, you had to …
Read More »Google announces improved Google Maps Live View with AR directions
By: Gabriel Barajas, Staff Writer In recent days, Google announced a few updates to Live View, the augmented reality walking directions in its Google Maps app that launched last year. The live view utilizes your phone’s GPS and camera to tell you exactly where to go. For now, the only …
Read More »EU-India Virtual Summit Promises a Great Future for Trade
-Editorial India and the European Union committed to a framework for strategic cooperation until 2025 and vowed to cooperate on their response to the coronavirus pandemic, and at the United Nations Security Council. The assurances came as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with the European Council President Charles Michel …
Read More »IID launches online electric vehicle platform
-Editorial Imperial Irrigation District recently launched the new EVolve online platform to connect IID customers with everything they need to know about electric cars, vehicle chargers, charging stations, and incentives. IID customers interested in electric vehicles are encouraged to explore https://evolve.iid.com. Designed to increase consumer awareness of electric vehicles, IID’s EVolve online platform was created in conjunction with …
Read More »New Survey Tracks Health Issues from Red Tide Exposure in Baja and Southern California
From March 30 to May 31, 2020, beachgoers noticed record-breaking counts of Lingulodinium polyedra (L. polyedra), a species of phytoplankton that created a red tide along the Baja and California coasts from Ensenada to Ventura. During the day, a thick brown-red plume could be seen at beaches and bays across …
Read More »ONLINE SUMMER COURSES FOR CHILDREN IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
-Editorial Usually, the summer break season is always a good reason to keep our children busy while they are at home, these holidays will not be the exception, even, in times of the pandemic there are options for the little ones to stay entertained and learn in a fun and …
Read More »SpaceX Will Begin a New Era of Space Exploration
-Editorial With the scheduled launch of two NASA astronauts into orbit Wednesday, SpaceX aims to propel the U.S. into a historic new era of commercially led space exploration. No company has flown commercially developed vehicles to take humans to the international space station. If successful, it would be a resounding …
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