Renewable fuels and antibiotic drugs can be sourced in the future from a new type of cellulose in bacteria that has been recently discovered and identified by a group of scientists associated with the U.S. Stanford University.   One of the best studied bacteria -- E. coli, was the source of...

Facebook announced plans to help people in Europe to get trained in digital skills while reiterating its committed to its assurance of training one million people from the European Union block over the next two years. And for this purpose, the company will start three new centers in the region as...

The largest ever volcanic eruption under the sea was detected by scientists from the University of Tasmania with the use of submersible vehicles that successfully mapped the remote location of the eruption.   A satellite detected solidified volcanic rock, known as pumice raft, was detected...

The jump in the bitcoin rate and the growing popularity of crypto-currency led to a general craze for mining, which began to cause fears due to growing loads on the electricity grid. Some experts predict that at such rates of growth, by 2020, mining will consume the same amount of electricity as it...

Some personal computers and servers are exhibiting signs of slowdown after the use of software patches issued to offset threats against microchip security, said Microsoft Corp on Tuesday. The IT giant specifically pointed out to systems functional on older Intel Corp processors exhibiting a visible...

In what is being viewed as evidence of North Korea attempting to devise new and innovative ways of infusing its economy, researchers of a cybersecurity company claimed of discovering evidence of a software that seemingly installs a code aimed at mining cryptocurrency and after the virtual...

Hydrogen, which is colorless and odorless, is an energy carrier.   According to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, it is possible for hydrogen to store as well as deliver usable energy.   Hydrogen is required to be manufactured from...

The proposed implementation of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) within Europe is expected to cause a disruption in the data protection scenario and within companies from May next year.   Citizens and businesses would be impacted by the new directives and...

Our solar system was considered to be the one with the most number of known planets encircling a star within the Milky Way.   But NASA scientists have now discovered an eighth planet circling a distant star placed 2,500 light years away from Earth – names as Kepler 90. This makes the number...