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Igor Mordatch is working to build machines that can carry on a conversation.

Inspired by an abalone shell, Angela Belcher programs viruses to make elegant nanoscale structures that humans can use. Selecting for high-performing genes through directed evolution, she's produced viruses that can construct powerful new batteries,

The world's first robot-assisted cochlear implantation

Volvo would like to introduce its first all-electric, series produced, electric car in 2019.

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One of the holy grails in the field of regenerative medicine is the ability to engineer whole organs in all their complexity, not just pieces of them.

Our brains are basically electrochemical computers, so using electricity to manipulate their function is a well-proven technique.

You've probably heard about some of the magical things a Himalayan salt LAMP can do for you. But have you heard of the wonders of the Himalayan pink salt block? Or perhaps the idea of cooking on a big brick of sunset-hued crystal is totally new to

As the name implies, one can rest easy on the Sleepbus as they are transported from LA. to San Francisco hassle-free.

(Natural News) As the cost of dental care continues to increase, people are turning to Do-It-Yourself alternatives for common problems. A quick YouTube search will produce dozens of videos on how to whiten your teeth, how to fill your cavities, and e

Researchers find that there exist fundamental limitations to the joint measurability of time along neighboring space time trajectories, arising from the interplay between quantum mechanics and general relativity.

5G should be 10 to 20 times faster than today's cell-phone networks. 5G will operate in a high-frequency portion of the radio spectrum, known as millimeter wave. It has a lot of available bandwidth and should make it possible for wireless

Thousands of people could live in space colonies orbiting the Earth in 20 years, expert claims

A platoon of driverless trucks equipped with Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) appeared on the 110 freeway in San Pedro.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has developed a High Energy Pulsed Power Container (HEPPC) that provides twice the energy density than existing railgun pulsed power solutions.

The study of four patients found each brain reacted differently in its final moments, suggesting we all experience death in a unique way

China is developing an advanced new rocket.

Elon Musk says 100 MWH million battery storage to solve South Australia electricity crisis can be installed within 100 days of signing or its free

"It was a pleasant surprise to see that potatoes we've bred to tolerate abiotic stress were able to produce tubers in this soil," researcher Julio Valdivia-Silva said.

Forget self-driving cars, Uber has a new one for you… flying cars.

However, in graphene -- one atom thick graphite -- the density of electrons is much smaller and can be changed by making a transistor. As a result of the low density of electrons the wave nature of electrons, as described by quantum mechanics, is eas

In the quest to shrink data storage down into tinier and tinier forms, scientists have scored a very, very small triumph.

NIO has announced that its EP9 all-electric supercar (read more about it here) set a world speed record for autonomous electric cars at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas back on February 23. The new record stands at 160 mph. NIO EP9

A new study out of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has found that one part of the neurons in our brains is more active than previously revealed.

A burger-flipping robot has just completed its first day on the job at a restaurant in California, replacing humans at the grill.

Chris Bertish arrives in Antigua after 4,050 miles in 93 days, the first person ever to paddle a stand-up board across the ocean

For artificial general intelligence (AGI) it would be efficient if multiple users trained the same giant neural network, permitting parameter reuse, without catastrophic forgetting. PathNet is a first step in this direction.

The Goodyear Eagle 360 Urban, the first concept tire powered by artificial intelligence, presented at the Geneva International Motor Show 2017

Air travel never involves air travel alone. City to city transport usually goes something like car or cab to train to shuttle to the terminal where you catch a plane, only to reverse the process at the other end, often with a little running somewhere

Why Planes Don't Fly Faster

The Wi-Fi icon -- a dot with radio waves radiating outward -- glows on nearly every internet-connected device, from the iPhone to thermostats to TVs. But it's starting to fade from the limelight.

Beijing (AP) -- China is developing an advanced new spaceship capable of both flying in low-Earth orbit and landing on the moon, according to state media, in another bold step for a space program that equaled the U.S. in number of rocket launches las

This gorgeous hotel is constructed from shipping containers and left the landscape untouched.

(Natural News) Dr. Robert Kleinwaks was battling stage 4 non-Hodgkins lymphoma - and losing badly. After trying a long list of alternative and mainstream therapies without success, Dr. Kleinwaks - who described his condition as "weeks away from

could self supporting and rapidly growing space economy ... Several companies will collectively be launching about 20,000 satellites over the next few years. SpaceX, OneWeb, Telesat, O3b Networks and Theia Holdings -- all told the FCC they hav

Blackphone is the world's first smartphone built from the ground up to be private by design. Now with a faster processor, more RAM and a larger display.

Volkswagen unveiled Sedric at the Geneva Motor Show. It's a bizarre looking vehicle, clearly not suitable for anything but the best-paved roads.

Machine learning is a fascinating and exciting field within computer science. Recently, this excitement has been transferred to the quantum information realm.

Simulation shows the New Glenn landing on a drone ship

Most people are familiar with the fundamental, common states of matter – solid, liquid, gas and plasma – but other states exist under extreme circumstances, and yet more have been theorized.

The company thinks this electric three-seater would appeal to women between 30 and 50 years old.

China will develop a new generation of rockets launched from aircraft that can put satellites into space, according to Li Tongyu, the head of carrier rocket development at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology.

It was designed by California company Hyperloop One, who has unveiled ambitious plans to transport people or cargo between cities at near-supersonic speed.

Artificial human life could soon be grown from scratch in the lab, after scientists successfully created a mammal embryo using only stem cells.

Thanks to the superposition principle, a quantum machine has the potential to become an exponentially more powerful computer. If that makes little sense to you, here's quantum computing explained.

(Natural News) Scientists are finally beginning to uncover some of the chemical mechanisms underlying the powerful medical benefits of marijuana and its cannabinoid compounds.

"African Green Monkey Kidney Cells" and fibroblast cells from aborted human fetuses … see the complete list

speech, motion control and adaptive robotic control ... Neuromorphic (brain-like brain inspired chips) chips require far less power to process AI algorithms. For example, one neuromorphic chip made by IBM contains five times as many transistors

from sunlight on the fast track to commercial viability ...Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have--in just two years--nearly doubled

An inflatable structure(s) can generate a magnetic dipole field at a level of perhaps 1 or 2 Tesla (or 10,000 to 20,000 Gauss) as an active shield against the solar wind and allow the Martian atmosphere to thicken overtime.