2021 March

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Materials form the foundation of every product and thing in the universe, so the more…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In the future homes won’t be powered by electricity from power stations – and there…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We are inventing new materials all the time, and we’re also re-inventing old ones ……

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Genetically modifying organisms is easier than ever before, but controlling how those organisms behave or…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Cyber attacks will only get bigger and bolder and today’s technologies can’t stop them. The…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hydrogen has ten times the energy storage capacity of Lithium Ion batteries and is zero…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF One day batteries will go away as new materials help us harness energy in more…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Biometrics can be increasingly easily hacked, so we need to find new ways to authenticate…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The physical and digital worlds will inevitably merge, but getting “how” they merge right is…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Five years ago most people hadn’t heard about DeepFakes, but as they get better now…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you’re going to spend hundreds of millions of dollars making a movie chances are…