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Rocketlabs is in second place for making reusable rockets after SpaceX. Blue Origin is not in second place.

Researchers discover a new state of active matter.

"The FAR robot can work 24 hours a day and picks only ripe fruit. It uses AI perception algorithms to locate the trees and vision algorithms to detect the fruit among the foliage and classify its size and ripeness. After choosing the right fruit, th

Four major manufacturers have committed to developing a standardized swappable battery system for electric motorcycles, opening up the possibility of quick-swap battery banks at service stations, servicing a range of brands and models.

IBM has created low-loss (0.3% loss over 10 microns) silicon waveguide could enable new photonic chip designs for applications that rely on visible light, and could lead to more efficient lasers and modulators used in telecoms.

Purdue University innovators have created technology aimed at replacing Morse code with colored "digital characters" to modernize optical storage.

We could soon store 700 Terabytes on a 12-centimeter optical disk which would be equal to storing 28,000 Blu-ray disks.

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Neutron's first launch could fly in 2024.

...complete with restaurants, cinemas and rooms for up to 400 guests

3D printers may one day become a permanent fixture of operating rooms, now that Australian scientists showed they could print bone-like structures containing living cells.

California's ViewSonic has launched a new 1080p portable projector that uses a technique called time of flight ranging to quickly measure the distance to the wall and achieve sharp focus in just one second.

Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) are some of the most promising batteries available today. They are cheaper, lighter and capable of storing much more energy than conventional lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), which currently power most kinds of electroni

Having ready-to-eat convenience meals on the shelf means we have easy weeknight dinners on the table in just five minutes or less! Learn how to pressure can this white bean chicken chili recipe.

Lithium Titanate Oxide battery build

GM corn presidential decree comes despite intense pressure from industry, U.S. authorities.

The new creation is described as "neither a traditional robot nor a known species of animal" but a "new class of artifact: a living, programmable organism."

Californian startup Framework says that it was founded to provide quality products that can be customized, upgraded and repaired with ease.

Joby Aviation has been in semi-stealth mode for so long that this pair of videos released today comes as a real shock.

David Attenborough is bringing long-extinct prehistoric creatures into people's homes through the magic of augmented reality in a new app.

Florida's Triton has been making high-end civilian submarines for more than a decade now, dividing its sales between scientific explorers, commercial and cinematography clients, and ultra-rich superyacht owners looking to spruce up their wet garages

Starlink will change the angle to cover 500-kilometer diameter spots from 1000 kilometer diameter spots.

Coming later this year, the Cognixion ONE headset is promising something extra on top of the regular augmented reality experience: a brain computer interface (BCI) that can turn thoughts into commands for the device.

THE SAFIRE PROJECT has become a commercial venture.

...strapping a paintball gun to it. They're letting the internet control it. And Boston Dynamics is furious.

Musk adds that the growing network of satellites should offer complete global coverage "by next year."

Four independent experiments across the globe have found that it's possible to establish two-way communications with people in the weird, hallucinatory state of lucid dreaming, opening up a new field of real-time "interactive dreaming" research.

Right now, the entire electric VTOL scene is a house built on a foundation of faith. Faith that the hordes of researchers beavering away on next-gen battery technology will achieve an enormous energy density breakthrough, or faith that hydrogen fuel

BP and Chevron have led a US$40 million investment round for a Canadian startup that claims to have developed a unique way to extract energy from geothermal heat on demand, using an unpowered looping fluid design that's already prototyped in Alberta.

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Now you can print untraceable AR-15s, AKMs, semi-automatic pistols, and more--no serial number, no registration, no background check.

Just as technology has underpinned economic growth for decades, the future of flying electric taxis will revolutionize transportation while transforming urban mobility into a greener, zero-emissions world.

He turned his father's RV garage into an off-grid home relying on photovoltaics, rainwater and composting toilet. Attached to the home, he built a half-buried (6-feet-under) greenhouse (walipini) to use the earth's heat to grow figs and fruits du

When the Woolsey Fire burnt down their home in 2018, Molly and Ed Murphy wanted a house that would go up fast, that their limited insurance funds would pay for and that wasn't wood. They were introduced to Alexis Rochas whose Oasys prefab can be erec

Winter temperatures in Alliance, Nebraska can drop to -20°F (the record low is -40°F/C), but retired mailman Russ Finch grows oranges in his backyard greenhouse without paying for heat. Instead, he draws on the earth's stable temperature (around 52

Animation of Interior of SpaceX Starship and Rapid Prototyping

In 2019, California startup Polydrops reimagined the teardrop trailer as an angular mobile personal space designed to escape the world.

It's an unlikely adversary, but SAIC-GM-Wuling's new $4,460 EV could wind up being a Tesla-killer in China.

Israeli-based Aleph Farms Ltd. has created the world's first slaughter-free steak using three-dimensional "bio-printing" and real cells from a cow.

As the pandemic creeps slowly onward, it seems Nissan suits are going absolutely stir-crazy. At least that's the impression we're left with after the automaker revealed both a mobile office van concept and all-electric mini-ski lodge concept within a

Helsinki-based architectural firm Studio Puisto has recently completed the first of 25 tiny tree-top cabins. Located in the highlands of Kivijärvi, close to the Salamajärvi National Park in Finland, the striking cabin is the first addition to a new

It would be easy to miss the NCaved house among the rugged landscape of Greece's Serifos island if you weren't paying attention.

Hyundai develops an autonomous vehicle that sprouts legs to WALK across remote terrains to transport urgent goods and medication to inaccessible locations

Life on the bachelor bus: Massachusetts man, 27, spends $24,000 transforming an old school bus into a dream traveling home with electric fireplace and rooftop terrace after losing his job and fiancé during the pandemic

In accordance with the decree, authorities will "revoke and refrain from granting permits" for GM corn, which includes imports. The decree also seeks to phase out glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller.

The Gaff Topsail Halyard Bend/Hitch is useful when using a tarp and 550 paracord for lightweight camping. Here's an illustrated guide to tying it.

This initiative is part of the UK's Future Flight Challenge, which is using some £125 million (US$171 million) of government cash and a further £175 million (US$239 million) from the industrial sector to fund a wide range of projects related to el

MS is an autoimmune disease characterized by destruction of myelin, the protective insulation wrapped around nerves. Over time that damage affects the ability of nerves to send messages, resulting in symptoms like muscle weakness, spasms, or difficul

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The revolutionary treatment relies on a series of pulses that are short enough to melt the cancer cells, but too short for the heat to transfer to neighboring ones--a major hindrance in past work in the field.