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by Daisy Stapley-Bunten. With the development of apps such as ‘Pokémon Go’, technology has started to encourage tech geeks to venture outdoors and be active. But not just for the gamer, there has also been a surge in technology for…

A way to record complex histories in the DNA of human cells, allowing them to retrieve "memories” of past events, such as inflammation, by sequencing the DNA, has been devised by MIT biological engineers. This analogue memory storage system…

With numerous studies pointing to a high prevalence of sports-related concussions, both diagnosed and undiagnosed, among youth and professional athletes, head injuries are a hot topic today in sports medicine. Now an MIT-invented tool is…

Science, engineering, and entertainment computer simulations of physical systems are common but they use several different types of tools. If, say, you want to explore how a crack forms in an airplane wing, you need a very precise physical…

In order to save 2 to 5% of fuel consumption, Air Tahiti Nui and OpenAirlines signed a contract to implement new software called SkyBreathe Fuel Efficiency. Taking in account that air transport is responsible for more than 2% of CO2…

The American Senate failed to pass new gun control restrictions in June. In the aftermath of a series of 1,000 mass shootings in 1,260 days, four bills were proposed to quash gun violence. There were amendments to strengthen background…

Goodyear and LSE has announced a pan-European research project to investigate the attitudes and readiness of drivers to share the road with autonomous vehicles. The research, commissioned via LSE Consulting, part of LSE Enterprise, will…

A feasible way to harness the power of earthquakes during a disaster in order to keep vital systems powered is being explored by physics students from the University of Leicester. By using a magnet inside a coil during the shaking of…

To combat the increasing rate of climate change, scientists and policymakers around the world try have focused on the chief culprit: carbon dioxide. Produced by the burning of fossil fuels in power plants and car engines, carbon dioxide…