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Anish Tuteja, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Associate Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, and his research group have created a omniphobic coating that is both clear and durable and repels all liquids.

Researchers from the USA, University of Bonn and the research institute Caesar in Bonn have used nanostructures to construct a tiny machine that constitutes a rotatory motor and can move in a specific direction. The researchers used circular structur

(Natural News) Preppers know that it's important to have options for various survival scenarios.

10 very useful life hacks with plastic bottles

The Conversation claim nuclear fusion is back again.

"If I know your phone number, I can track your whereabouts globally."

of Black Mirror...(Natural News) As honeybees and other vital pollinators continue their decline into what looks like total extinction, the Walmart corporation appears to be in the process of developing artificial bee "robots" that will presumabl

NIST researchers have pioneered a process that drastically simplifies fabrication of the kind of nanoscale microchip features that may soon form the basis of a quantum computer, among other applications.

US is funding $400-600 million for each of three exascale supercomputers to be delivered by 2022

Chronic caloric restriction strongly increases the lifespan of a small primate, the grey mouse lemur by 50%.

The National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) is making progress towards scalable fabrication of Perovskite Solar Cells.

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a chip on which laser light interacts with a tiny cloud of atoms to serve as a miniature toolkit for measuring important quantities such as length with quantum prec

One day, they'll be landing at this downtown highrise

Take a virtual tour of the Moon in all-new 4K resolution, thanks to data provided by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. As the visualization moves around the near side, far side, north and south poles, we highlight interesting features,

Potentially providing more proof that fresh food is best, a revealing study from researchers at Binghamton University has found that zinc oxide nanoparticles, present in the lining of food packaging, could reduce the ability of our intestinal cells t

It's time for another episode of Doomsday Bunkers of the Rich and Famous. You can find the last article about a doomsday neighborhood in Germany right here. This time, we'll travel a bit closer to home - right in the middle of…Kansas. In t

One of the very first things I did when I first started prepping was to bolster my pantry with basic staples that could be used for a variety of purposes. When it was suggested that I store salt, and lots of it, I was a disbeliever. After all, conve

A system, based on relatively new high-surface-area materials called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), can extract potable water from even the driest of desert air, the researchers say, with relative humidities as low as 10 percent.

Startup Orion Span has developed proprietary technology to drive a full order of magnitude of cost out of the design and manufacture of a space station.

Last May we heard about the Yara Birkeland, which is planned to be the world's first all-electric and autonomous container ship. When it enters full autonomous control in 2020, it will likely be under the auspices of the just-announced world's first

What is fluoride? Is it safe to drink? Is it safe for your children? Should we be adding fluoride to our water supply?

Sergio Canavero and Chinese surgeon Ren Xiaoping are expected to announce a date for body transplant in 2018.

--in a breakthrough that could help stroke victims Human brains grown from stem cells have developed their own blood supply

Ars Technica reports that SpaceX has flown seven rockets in 2018--six Falcon 9 missions and one Falcon Heavy. This is one launch every 13 days in 2018. * SpaceX cab use three launch pads in Florida and California * 18 launches in 2017 * Falcon

SpaceX has launched a small satellite provided by the Surrey Space Center known as RemoveDEBRIS that will be deployed through an airlock in the Japanese Kibo module and released into space by the laboratory's Japanese robot arm.

The Federal Communications Commission approved an application by SpaceX to provide broadband services using satellite technology in the United States and around the world. With this action, the Commission takes another step to increase high-speed bro

If there's one thing motorcyclists want more of in their lives, it's carbon fiber.

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- We're familiar with the amazing power of prosthetic limbs, but scientists have taken the power of prostheses to a new level.

Scientists at the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have discovered a new approach for developing a rechargeable non-aqueous magnesium-metal battery.

Son-of-Concorde may not be daydream for much longer with NASA awarding a US$247.5 million contract to Lockheed Martin to design, build, and test a prototype supersonic aircraft capable of generating no more noise than a car door closing while flying

Over the past few months of 2018 flying under the radar, there's a new charity aimed at feeding Venezuelan citizens and their children -- a group called 'eat BCH.' The group has been getting a lot of bitcoin cash (BCH) donations towards feedi

Technocracy in China works like this: President Xi Jinping personally directed the creation of the development zone, then his 'government' picked Baidu to conduct the driving tests.

The homes of many rich, famous people have a secret hidden within them. Somewhere, in the depths of the home, is a secure room to which the residents can retreat in the event of a home invasion or violent intruder. A safe room was carved into the o

(Natural News) Airport security in most countries is already tight enough as it is, with multiple points of inspection often present beginning from the arrival area going inward. But there are some who think that security efforts can be increased eve

(Natural News) Graphene has been the subject of a number of breakthrough discoveries over the past two decades. Now, a group of researchers from Vanderbilt University has found yet another one to add to the ever-growing list. Graphene is said to be a

Deep below the mountain of Gran Sasso in central Italy, under nearly a mile of solid rock, the CUORE (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events, and Italian for "heart") experiment is underway to help us understand one of astrophysics's great

Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Softbank to build 200 GW of solar power by 2030 at a cost of $200 billion.

The breakthrough architecture uses a kilometer-scale, multi-hundred-megawatt phased-array laser to beam power to a vehicle that converts it to electrical power for a multi-megawatt electric propulsion system that produces a specific impulse of 58,000

Current state of the art in-space propulsion systems based on chemical or ion propellants fail to meet requirements of 21st century space missions.

James Woodward and the Space Studies Institute has a Phase 2 NASA Innovative Advanced funded study.

The pulsed fission fusion propulsion (PuFF) system envisions using a pulsed z-pinch to compress a fission-fusion target.

Researchers claim they are on the cusp of a CO2-recycling revolution, which would capture CO2 from power plants--and maybe even directly from the atmosphere--and convert it into these fuels at scale, they report today in Joule.

(Natural News) Earthquakes can cause immense damage to infrastructure, in turn hindering the operation of important public services. A team of researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València reportedly developed a new construction element

The market for quantum computing is projected to be around $5 billion to $10 billion a year by Morgan Stanley in the next 10 years.

Brave, an open source web browser by Mozilla's co-founder that claims to block ads and trackers, in addition to facilitating cryptocurrency-based micro-transactions between content consumers and producers, has announced development plans for its up

Since the breakthrough discovery of the Majorana particle in 2012 in Delft, researchers faced great challenges.

5G Death Towers: Whistle Blower blows lid off 5G Death Towers! (Part 1 of 2). 5G Towers have 300ft spoke copper wheels that span out under ground aimed at altering Earth's Natural Frequency, working in conjunction with Space Fence above at top of sky

Lockheed Martin has secretly been developing a game-changing compact nuclear fusion reactor that could potentially fit into a fighter jet.

Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) have found a way to "print" narrow tubes of water within liquid-state silicon oil.