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Recreating a plant's ability to use sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into fuel, something known as artificial photosynthesis, is one of the holy grails of green energy research.

Fastbrick Robotics plans to commercialize their patented technology, and they're also developing an add-on for SOLIDWORKS software that uses 3D model data to create machine code for the size, cut, rotation and placement of the bricks.

Fastbrick Robotics, an ASX-listed company based in Perth, has created a robot brick layer, a form of 3D printing which can create the shell of a house without being touched by human hands.

Composite metal foams (CMFs) are little-known materials that are beginning to show some big promise.

Sun haters, to the left. Solar Impulse 2 touched down in Abu Dhabi today, becoming the first fuel-free plane to successfully circumnavigate the globe.

Sun haters, to the left. Solar Impulse 2 touched down in Abu Dhabi today, becoming the first fuel-free plane to successfully circumnavigate the globe.

It's another storybook sunny day in Malibu, and I'm doing one of the things I love most in life. With the Pacific behind me and the canyons ahead, I'm threading a powerful sportbike through tight corners at speed, flicking from apex to apex. Bu

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Lampuga, a brand of Hamburg-based Sashay GmbH and the maker of one of the world's fastest electric surfboards, now makes it easier to get out onto the water and motor your way to fast-paced thrills.

Along with their unique propulsion system and ability to change color, octopi are also known for their grabby tentacles.

Though 20/20 vision is the dream for most people, especially those with vision impairment, but what if we said 3 x 20/20 vision is possible?

The DNA in every cell of your body houses an unfathomable amount of information.

Satellite Internet startup OneWeb Satellites has completed the preliminary design review for its 700-satellite constellation and expects to have its entire satellite subcontractor team committed by by early August, Chief Operating Officer Eric de Sai

The "RemoveDebris" satellite is armed with nets, harpoons, and a drag sail

Acquisition of French image-recognition company paves way to smarter A.I. future

A University of Washington partnership produced the largest DNA data trove to date

Oru has won much recognition and acclaim for its lineup of folding kayaks, vessels that fold down into their own carry cases, making transport and storage much easier than full-sized rigid kayaks. But you don't always want to paddle solo.

Generally, water repellent objects and those that attract or absorb water have very different microscopic-level attributes that endow them with their behavior.

Neurofeedback trained people to see what wasn't there

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LBRY is a sharing platform that uses blockchain technology to enable users to publish material and get paid for doing so.

Getting inside the human body to have a look around is always going to be invasive, but that doesn't mean more can't be done to make things a little more comfortable. With this goal in mind, German researchers have developed a complex lens system no

Last week, Tesla announced that it was pursuing an acquisition of SolarCity, the troubled solar-panel leasing company that is run by Tesla CEO Elon Musk's cousin Lyndon Rive.

Having a look at 5 aircraft that has something revolutionary about them.

When it comes to human advancement and science, Stephen Hawking knows what he's talking about - and he's voiced his concern on robots

Space.com staff writer Calla Cofield's enthusiasm is contagious as she explains how gravitational waves were discovered for the second time using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO). T

Scientists at Cambridge University and the Imperial College London have trapped photons inside a tiny gold cavity, forcing it to interact with matter to form a hybrid state.

Jason Ray thinks the culture of "disaster prepping" is misunderstood. Thanks in part to National Geographic's Doomsday Preppers, a reality TV show about preppers, the term conjures images of far-flung, paranoid woodsmen hoarding Borax under the

A "bug out situation" is the phrase used to describe a survival scenario which makes staying at home more dangerous than leaving.

Learning from your mistakes is a key life lesson, and it's one that researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) can attest to.

Summary: The first 500 pairs of shoes produced in Adidas' Speedfactory facility will hit stores this year. Video provided by Newsy

A research team demonstrates over 100 patterns of light used in an optical communication link, potentially increasing the bandwidth of communication systems by 100 times.

When an asset rises by almost 30% in a few weeks, it tends to attract attention.

Six years ago, Wang Huanming was paralyzed from the neck down after being injured wrestling with a friend. Today, he hopes he has found the answer to walking again: a new body for his head.

Panes block sunlight with the flip of a switch

China's plans to secure sovereignty over the South China Sea were illuminated this week in a discovery of the nation's blueprints for a deep sea "space station."

Larry Page, one of the cofounders of Google who is now the CEO of its parent company, Alphabet, has secretly spent more than $100 million to develop flying cars.

In a breakthrough new "direct-doping" process, scientists have embedded light-emitting nanoparticles into glass so that it remains almost perfectly transparent, but glows brightly when stimulated by lower frequency light.

Fifteen years ago, an aerospace engineer named Roger Shawyer drafted the first designs of the EmDrive, a new type of engine that uses microwaves to propel spaceships instead of fuel.

Vitalik Buterin has set the next Ethereum's milestones for 2017 and 2018. According to his paper 'Opportunities and Challenges for Private and Consortium Blockchains', Ethereum 3.0 with 'unlimited' scalability will be released in late 2018.

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Guns are often thought about for their destructive nature, but a new kind of gun is set to help heal rather than harm.

Over the last few years, great strides have been made in creating artificial leaves that mimic the ability of their natural counterparts to produce energy from water and sunlight.

A flat lens made of paint whitener on a sliver of glass could revolutionise optics, according to its US inventors.

Two Israeli companies say they used a specialized 3-D printer to create an environment in which stem cells could grow into a specific tissue.

A team of scientists including Harvard University geneticist George Church and Jef D. Boeke, the founding director of the Institute for Systems Genetics at New York University's Langone Medical Center, have announced a 10-year plan to create a synt

Humans on Mars as early as 2024: That is the timeline that CEO and Founder Elon Musk believes is achievable if everything goes according to plan with the ambitions that he has set for his NewSpace company, SpaceX.