On August 16, 2024, ESA’s Φsat-2 satellite was successfully launched via SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This mission marks a significant step forward in Earth observation technology. Φsat-2, a cutting-edge CubeSat, is equipped with advanced artificial intelligence and a multispectral camera. This combination enables it to process and analyse satellite …

A groundbreaking project by Harvard University and Google has produced the most detailed map of human brain connections to date. This achievement focuses on a cubic millimetre of the cerebral cortex, extracted from a patient during epilepsy surgery in 2014. Over a decade, a team of biologists and machine-learning experts meticulously analysed this small tissue …