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GRAVITY Instrument Breaks New Ground In Exoplanet Imaging

The GRAVITY instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) has made the first direct observation of an exoplanet using optical interferometry.

Scientists Create World's First Patient-specific Vascularized 3D-printed Heart

Although pieces of heart tissue have previously been bioprinted, scientists have now succeeded in creating the world's first 3D-printed vascularized heart to be made from a patient's own biological materials.

Snow-powered Nanogenerator Works Where Solar Panels Don't

Snowy places aren't ideal for harvesting solar energy – panels can't do much if they're buried under blankets of snow, of course. Now a team from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has developed a new device that can produce electricity from snow itself.

General Purpose OpenAI Defeats World Champion DOTA Video Game Team 2-0

OpenAI is general-purpose AI that the company hopes wants to use in a wide variety of applications. Instead of being built to do specific tasks, it’s meant to be able to learn how to do just about anything. The development team has used Dota 2 as a ‘test bed’ to see how far the AI can push itself.

Israel SpaceIL Has Funding For Second Moon Landing Attempt

The team has already been appointed and will be led by Kahn. They will already begin working on Sunday.

Oculus VR’s Cross-buy Strategy Main Goal: Facebook Platform Lock-in

Customer lock-in is an economics idea that “makes a customer dependent on a vendor for products and services, unable to use another vendor without substantial switching costs.”

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch And Landings Were Fully Successful

The second SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch and first commercial launch and all three booster landings were fully successful.

Privately-owned Moon Lander Crashes In Historic Attempt

Unfortunately in the last moments, there were issues with the main engine and they lost communications with the spacecraft, which impacted the Moon.

JUUL Electronic Cigarette Products Linked To Cellular Damage

JUUL e-cigarette products that have recently risen in popularity, especially among adolescents.

SpaceX Ramping Up To Production Of Starlink Satellites

SpaceX has announced a launch target of May 2019 for the first group of operational Starlink satellites.

UV-drenched Exoplanets Might Still Host Life After All

Whether or not there's life beyond Earth is one of the most profound questions we can ask, and nearby exoplanets are among the best places to start looking. Unfortunately, some of the most likely candidates are bathed in apparently-lethal levels of radiation.

Google’s Cloud Services Platform Is Now Anthos, And It Works With AWS And Azure

Anthos is the new name for the Cloud Services Platform, which Google introduced in beta for hybrid cloud management last year. Google also introduced Anthos Migrate in beta for portability across clouds without the need to modify apps or virtual machines.