In this report, the interoperability of the metaverses is explored in several ways, starting with an overview, its features and benefits, then exploring the types of interoperability and components that could be interoperable, and then the landscape and key companies in the area. …

Biweekly update vol.45, 8th March — 22nd March TL;DR Welcome to the latest edition of the biweekly report on Humanode — your go-to source for all the latest updates on this exciting blockchain project. Over the past two weeks, the Humanode team has been hard at work developing cutting-edge technology, forging…

Energy & green technology biweekly vol.45, 7th March — 23rd March TL;DR Electrification is seen as having an important role to play in the fossil-free aviation of tomorrow. But electric aviation is battling a trade-off dilemma: the more energy-efficient an electric aircraft is, the noisier it gets. Now, researchers have developed…

A biweekly update on Layer 2 protocols, 6th March — 20th March TL;DR The sum of all funds locked on Ethereum converted to USD is $6.88 B at the time of writing. Arbitrum One & Nova moved to on-chain DAO governance with 9 of 12 security council (for emergency updates), token…

Robotics biweekly vol.70, 3rd March — 17th March TL;DR Robots can be useful as mental wellbeing coaches in the workplace — but perception of their effectiveness depends in large part on what the robot looks like. Researchers have created soft robots that can seamlessly shift from walking to swimming, for example…

Quantum news biweekly vol.47, 2nd March — 16th March TL;DR Scientists using the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) to study some of the hottest matter ever created in a laboratory have published their first data showing how three distinct variations of particles called upsilons sequentially ‘melt,’ or dissociate, in the hot…

Neuroscience biweekly vol. 80, 1st March — 15th March TL;DR There are reasons to assume that not only humans but also some non-human species of animals have conscious perceptions. Which species have consciousness and how the subjective experience of various species could differ is being investigated by scientists from the Institute…

Biometrics biweekly vol. 59, 27th February — 13th March TL;DR Apple has been awarded a United States patent that would bring contactless palm biometrics for authentication to its Watch line. Apple already has what seems to be a very similar patent for other portable devices Apple’s patent application, ‘Electronic Devices with…

Space biweekly vol.72, 23rd February — 10th March TL;DR A terrestrial planet hovering between Mars and Jupiter would be able to push Earth out of the solar system and wipe out life on this planet, according to a recent experiment. Observations of water in the disk forming around protostar V883 Ori…