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Driverless trucks save fuel and money in convoy
As driverless cars merge into our transportation system in the coming years, some researchers believe autonomous…
Laser-driven ‘stop-action’ technique to identify energy loss
A group of scientists including physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has…
Carbon nanotubes in polymers offer new aerospace possibilities
Carbon fiber adds lightweight strength to sporting goods like bicycles and tennis rackets, and that same…
Robot reveals colorful underwater world beneath Antarctic sea ice
Revealing a colorful world filled with coconut-shaped sponges, dandelion-like worms, pink algae and spidery…
A move away from offshore oil and gas drilling
President Obama moved to solidify his environmental legacy by withdrawing hundreds of millions of acres of…
Soft robots bend like a finger and twist like a wrist
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Wyss Institute for…
Zuckerberg developing ‘Jarvis’ smart home AI
Mark Zuckerberg has revealed the details of his ambitious year-long project to build his own 'Home AI'. Dubbed…
The bigger, the better, for solar power storage
It would be a lot easier to expand our use of solar and wind energy if we had better ways to store the large…
Graphene used to detect cancer cells
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have shown they can differentiate a single hyperactive…
New approach to microfluidics for quicker detection of CTCs
Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) are key early indicators of metastasis, which is the process by which cancer cells…