By Frank Ulom The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Calabar Branch, is seeking the collaboration with Cross River State Government (CRSG) to tackle gully erosion in the state using cable concrete – one of the latest innovations used across the world. According to the engineers, the cable concrete or concrete mattress is cost-effective, long-lasting, easy…
Mark Nappi, Boeing’s Starliner project manager, said that the company is fully focused on NASA’s first manned mission to send NASA astronauts into space, and may allow private spaceflight in the future. Astronauts are flying on the Starliner spacecraft to carry out space exploration missions, but currently, the focus is still on NASA’s manned space…
Thanks to new spacecraft, telescopes, and cosmic chance, the total solar eclipse in April looks to be a scientific gold mine. The sun should be more active with the possibility of spectacular plasma bursts, and the moon will be particularly near to Earth, resulting in an extended and intense period of darkness. Next is the…
I By Chris Njoku The Nigerian Conservation Foundation, NCF has disclosed that only four per cent of the nation’s forest cover was left. The disclosure was made by Dr Joseph Onoja, Director General of the Foundation on Saturday in Calabar during a One-Day Sensitisation Programme on the adverse effect of unsustainable forest activities in Cross…
By Chris Njoku The Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF) in collaboration with the Wilder Institute has donated equipment worth N8 million for the conservation of Cross River’s endangered gorillas. According to the foundation, it is part of its efforts to contribute to the protection of threatened species in the nation such as the Cross River gorillas…
By James Ovie An engineering team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a new battery-powered capsule-like object that uses vibration to enhance abdominal peristalsis and enhance the feeling of fullness. In an experimental environment, the scientific team gave the drug to pigs 20 minutes before meals and found that food intake was reduced by…
