Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a startup focused on brain-chip technology, over the weekend, successfully implanted its first human patient with a chip. Musk reported that the initial results indicate promising neuron spike detection, while explaining that the chip allows users to control their phone, computer, and almost any device through mere thoughts.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
ASHENEWS reports that the National Research Fund (NRF) initiative of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund’s (TETFund), has advanced highest number of grants to researchers of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), under the 2023 Grant Cycle.
The start of the new year brings inevitable pressure to start fresh, with new hobbies, exercise regimes, and healthy diets. But there is one diet you may not have thought of improving this year: your media and news consumption.
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN are set to announce seven initiatives selected as the 2024 World Restoration Flagships.
They investigated the incidence and abundance of microplastics in the water, sediments below the river water, in fish species from the river, and found disturbing levels of micro-(tiny) -plastics in all the matrices investigated.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has reacted to the announcement by the military juntas in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic, that they have exited from the regional bloc.
The number of the membership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has reduced by three, with the announcement of the immediate withdrawal of the military regimes in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger Republic.
One hundred (100) gramme of fresh peas contains 27 grams of calcium. The daily recommendation for calcium is 1,000mg for adults, so it’s not a very high source, but it can help meet daily needs.
India says it plans to build on its decades long relations with Africa by expanding investment in industries such as steelmaking and renewable energy as well as through joint military exercises such as 2023’s AFINDEX that included troops from 25 African nations.
The Center for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) of the Bayero University Kano (BUK) says it has unveiled a research solution that would address issues related to nutrition-related diseases in Nigeria.