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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.

There's a magical number that Musk says will be surpassed.

We pore over five home-made electric motorcycles based on production models.

The future of dental cleaning? Biofilm-busting micro-robots impress in precision cleaning trials

Israel's CompuLab has launched the third generation of its fanless, rugged Airtop mini-PC, with more memory capacity, more connectivity options and Intel's 9th gen Core CPU running the show.

Hipness aside, container housing is a potential source of housing for lower-income households.

Innolith AG, Swiss maker of rechargeable Inorganic Battery Technology, says they have the world's first 1000 Wh/kg rechargeable battery.

Three companies will try to launch to low-Earth orbit from two different U.S. locations within a matter of weeks in DARPA's launch challenge.

R1T electric pickup truck becomes even more real. Rivian just became reality with this major investment from the U.S.' sales leader in trucks.

In a major medical breakthrough, Tel Aviv University researchers "printed" the world's first 3D vascularized engineered heart using a patient's own cells and biological materials.

Homemade Solar Air Heater! - The "Screen Absorber" Solar Air Heater!. Easy DIY. Produces temps near 140F (with outdoor air in the mid 40's). design of collector is similar to the steel can/aluminum can solar air heater but uses a "screen absorber pla

"Gravity can be defined as the electromagnetic force that matter exerts on the Universe, on any dark energy, that causes a"Dark Energy Field Effect" or "Gravity".