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Photochemical conversion of CO2 into fuels has promise as a strategy for storage of intermittentsolar energy in the form of chemical bonds. However, higher-energy-value hydrocarbonsare rarely produced by this strategy, because of kinetic challenges.

Auto-docking system on commercial vessels and on recreational marine and fishing vessels in Japan is expected to start after 2020. Robotic commercial ships are being developed by Japan, Norway, China, UK and others shipping nations.

The United States Postal Service has a lot of ways to move the 484.8 million pieces of mail it handles every day. In rural Alaska, postal workers run hovercraft, prop planes, and the occasional parachute. They pilot boats in the Louisiana bayou and s

The US Postal Service (USPS) and its mail delivery operations are set to gain a helping hand courtesy of self-driving startup TuSimple, with the agency enlisting the company's autonomous trucks for a two-week trial.

Swarm Technologies makes the smallest satellite at one-quarter the size of a 1U cubesat. They raised $25 million in a series A. The round was led by Craft Ventures and Sky Dayton, founder of EarthLink and Boingo, with participation from Social Capita

An incredible new study has demonstrated the potential of a wound dressing that can fight bacterial infections using a weak electrical field. Offering a novel way to battle antibiotic resistant infections, the dressing has been approved by the FDA an

The idea of overlanding in an electric vehicle, meandering miles and miles off the electrical grid for days on end, has so far been largely unfathomable, a bit terrifying, even. But we've seen that it's not impossible, and now electric truck startup

The third time could be the charm for Starlink's first 60 operational satellites.

This groundbreaking new project in Germany is testing the use of salt as an ingredient for a fossil fuel-free future.

A U.S. venture-capital firm recently led a round of seed investment for Hermeus Corp., a new startup looking to develop a hypersonic aircraft.

5G Danger: Hundreds Of Respected Scientists Sound The Alarm About Health Effects As 5G Networks Go Up Nationwide

Your kidneys filter out waste from your bloodstream, but you can develop kidney stones when certain chemicals become concentrated enough in your urine to form crystals.

We're tantalizingly close to AI with all five senses.

NASA astronauts could one day live inside caves under the moon's surface formed long ago by lunar lava.

Try talking to yourself without opening your mouth, by simply saying words internally. What if you could search the internet like that -- and get an answer back? In the first live public demo of his new technology, TED Fellow Arnav Kapur introduces A

STUDY: COMPOUNDS IN CANNABIS FOUND TO INHIBIT THE GROWTH OF CANCER CELLS IN THE COLON

One of the main goals of the Federal Reserve's monetary policies of the past decade was to generate the "wealth effect": by pushing the valuations of homes higher, would make American households feel wealthier. But it didn't.

A new smartphone app is able to sound out possible ear infections in children.

Scientists have managed to develop a miracle superglue that can heal a potentially fatal wounds in seconds.

On May 15, the BCH-based and open source Android wallet Crescent Cash launched a new feature that allows people to send bitcoin cash through a text message. The SMS sending service added to the wallet is due to the latest open source API introduced b

New Mexico-based startup Earth Traveler is developing a very different style of teardrop trailer, a skeletal archway built of lightweight composite meant to put minimal strain on your engine and wallet.

Hermeus wants to develop supersonic planes that will fly five times the speed of sound

Charging almost instantly and offering massive power density, Nawa's innovative ultracapacitors are ready to make a mark across industries from automotive to power tools and aviation. And after raising more than US$10 million, this French company is

Tesla announced the final offer for the acquisition of Maxwell Technologies, known manufacturer of ultracapacitors and developer of new dry electrode technology for batteries.

With Tesla's recent purchase of Maxwell Technologies, I thought it was a perfect time to take a closer look at the current state of batteries and supercapacitors.

Amazon.com Inc is rolling out machines to automate a job held by thousands of its workers: boxing up customer orders.

A CURE for ageing is on the horizon claim scientists ?" but some daredevils can't wait.

Algorithms similar to those employed by Netflix and Spotify to customise services are now better than human doctors at spotting who will die or have a heart attack.

Six-time Superbowl champion Tom Brady is one of the most revered athletes in the world.

Elon Musk has shown a stack of sixty Starlink Satellites in a SpaceX Falcon 9 that will soon be launched. SpaceX will be able to start operating the Starlink network with 800 Starlink satellites.

Live in San Francisco, Chicago, or New York? They're already here.

A noble plan to improve housing access for those in need through cutting-edge construction technology is gathering momentum, with a blueprint now in place for what is billed as the world's first 3D-printed community.

Living off grid is not illegal in any of the 50 states – at least not technically.

The obvious drawback of solar panels is that they require sunlight to generate electricity. Some have observed that for a device on Earth facing space, which has a frigid temperature, the chilling outflow of energy from the device can be harvested us

The US Air Force has, traditionally, done a terrible job of buying new rockets. Now, as lawmakers consider a total reorganization of the US military's space operations, the Pentagon's latest attempt to purchase new launch vehicles has become a

In what's likely to be some sort of marketing ploy, a condo development in Miami is making preparations for flying cars.

"Hypersaline brine" is industrial waste-water with salt levels that exceed even that of seawater.

Tesla's Quest for Better Batteries

With the need for cleaner energy higher than ever before, could liquid fluoride thorium reactors be the solution?

Despite considerable efforts to stabilize lithium metal anode structures and prevent dendrite formation, achieving long cycling life in high-energy batteries under realistic conditions remains extremely difficult due to a combination of complex failu

Our crystal ball shows slick designs, long range, and increasing levels of autonomy.

As FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service Inc. beef up automation to keep pace with surging e-commerce and a potential threat from Amazon.com Inc., they've been stumped at a crucial stage: loading and unloading trucks.

The stunning emergence of a new type of superconductivity with the mere twist of a carbon sheet has left physicists giddy, and its discoverer nearly overwhelmed.

ARPA-E-funded alternative z-pinch fusion which is being developed by Zap Energy.

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have collaborated with Stanford University and University of Massachusetts, Amherst have made recent breakthroughs in neuromorphic computing and the broader fields of organic electronics and solid-state ele

Having dealt with a variety of home security concerns over the years, and having watched videos showing products that are supposed to help secure doors against forced entry efforts such as kick-ins and prying, I was very interested to take a look at

Experts have been warning us about potential dangers associated with artificial intelligence for quite some time. But is it too late to do anything about the impending rise of the machines?

Crystals Could Be the Answer...Scientists may have just found the perfect substitute for the inefficient and polluting gases used in most refrigerators and air conditioners.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is on a mission to eliminate all access to adult stem cell therapy, a medical protocol that involves utilizing a patient's own endogenous stem cells for regenerative healing.

While many of us are awakening to the dangers (ahem chemicals) that are in our food sources, not enough awareness is being made about some of the dangers that lie in over-the-counter vitamins.