At the historic Vienna Rathaus, Malta was officially welcomed, through Xjenza Malta, as a new member of the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), marking a new chapter in the country’s growing participation in European and international space governance. James Catania, director of the Space Programmes Engagement Unit at Xjenza Malta, the national
Last weekend, I grabbed my cordless drill to hang a few shelves, only to find the battery gave up after 10 minutes. It used to last an hour. Had I done something wrong or do batteries really lose their spark with age? The truth is not mystical at all. Rechargeable batteries, whether in power tools, mobile phones or laptops, store energy through chemical
Every day, without even thinking about it, we rely on digital systems to work flawlessly. However, whether it’s a phone call, a streaming film or a spacecraft sending images back to Earth, transmission errors are always possible. To ensure we convey the right message, we utilise a clever mathematical tool: graphs. A graph may remind you of a plot you’ve
Generative artificial intelligence models capable of dreaming up ultra-realistic characters and virtual universes could make for cheaper, better video games in future, but the emerging technology has artists and developers on edge. Already, “generative AI is used a lot more in commercial game development than people realise, but it’s used in very small
