This major breakthrough boasts of a customizable Organ-on-a-Chip device, made of engineered human tissues linked by vascular flow — I know I have said this many times, but if there is one use case of technology that gets me most excited is in the healthcare industry. And some of the early-stage applications in health tech innovation that we have seen in recent years vouch for that. The most recent…

The state of Financial markets & Economies, Weekly Charts, Business Trends & Statistics — Stocks dipped into bear market territory on Friday, with the S&P 500’s decline from its January all-time high hitting 20% at one point, before a late-session reversal lifted the benchmark index to a flat finish. Much of the decline in investor confidence recently stems from lackluster retail earnings, which has…

We explore how Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have performed since the beginning of 2021 — The easiest way to understand Non-fungible tokens or NFTs is to consider them a file format, just like jpeg, png, or gif. NFTs are a file format that transfers data and value on blockchain networks like Ethereum via smart contracts. Their existence on blockchains gives them the same properties as…

The infographic presents the sector-wise GDP breakdown of the Chinese economy, along with historical GDP growth — It is astonishing to see how some of the largest economies in the world have such an outsized impact on the global economy. The U.S., China, Japan, and Germany in fact, make up over half of the world’s economic output by gross domestic product (GDP) in nominal terms. Even more…

The unprecedented discovery was made by Kaspersky Lab, whereby the shellcode was placed into Windows event logs — When it comes to operating systems, Windows usually comes across as the most vulnerable one. And that is why we see most cybercriminals targeting the popular operating system. For those of you who don’t know about this cyber threat, Malware is a catch-all term for any type of malicious software…

The state of Financial markets & Economies, Weekly Charts, Business Trends & Statistics — Stocks bounced higher last Friday to close a chaotic week in the financial markets, helped in the end by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s reassurance that rate hikes on the order of 75-bps were off the table for now. But Friday’s gains were not enough to erase sharp losses for…

The fall from grace of the Terra ecosystem is one of the most impactful events in Crypto’s history — It was a rough week for cryptocurrencies in general and the Defi space in particular. The dramatic collapse of Terra (LUNA) caused the Defi projects linked to the UST stable coin to suffer losses of more than 80%. The projects with dire prospects are those running on the Terra protocol…

This recent discovery certainly gives credence to a popular narrative that life may have originated elsewhere in the universe — Origin of Life is one of the most profound mysteries that scientists have been trying to decode for eons. Researchers have long wondered how our planet had such an abundance of these essential elements. And this led to a new theory that hypothesized that building blocks of life may have…

Luna Foundation’s UST failed to hold its value against the USD, bringing into question the viability of such stable coins — If there is one word that could sum up the recent financial market action, it’s Volatility. The markets have seen huge swings in the past couple of weeks as investors come to terms with the macroeconomic realities, supply chain problems and evolving geopolitical conditions. Stocks across the globe have taken…