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To produce drugs sustainably and cheaply, anywhere you want, a 'mini-factory' whereby sunlight can be captured to make chemical products has been developed. Inspired by the art of nature where leaves are able to collect enough sunlight to…

The sheer observing power of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is rarely better illustrated than in an image such as this. This glowing pink nebula, named NGC 248, is located in the Small Magellanic Cloud, just under 200,000 light-years…

US drone delivery service Flirtey has announced that its self-piloting flying machines have whisked flu medicine, hot food and more from 7-Eleven convenience stores to customers' homes. The Nevada-based company boasted of being the first…

As driverless cars merge into our transportation system in the coming years, some researchers believe autonomous vehicles may save fuel by trailing each other in large platoons. Like birds and fighter jets flying in formation, or bikers and…

Erosion-carved troughs that grow and branch during multiple Martian years may be infant versions of larger features known as Martian 'spiders', which are radially patterned channels found only in the south polar region of Mars.…

Carbon fiber adds lightweight strength to sporting goods like bicycles and tennis rackets, and that same application of carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRPs) has been no more popular than in the aerospace industry, where every gram…

Revealing a colorful world filled with coconut-shaped sponges, dandelion-like worms, pink algae and spidery starfish, an underwater robot has captured a rare glimpse beneath the Antarctic sea ice. The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD)…

Although there are no seasons in space, this cosmic vista invokes thoughts of a frosty winter landscape. It is, in fact, a region called NGC 6357 where radiation from hot, young stars is energizing the cooler gas in the cloud that surrounds…

Mark Zuckerberg has revealed the details of his ambitious year-long project to build his own 'Home AI'. Dubbed Jarvis, the system is basically an advanced Smart Home, letting you give voice and text commands to any device in the house. The…

The world's largest digital survey of the visible Universe, mapping billions of stars and galaxies, has been publicly released. The data has been made available by the international Pan-STARRS project, which includes scientists from…