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Robotic origami microflier

Microflier robots use the science of origami to fall like leaves

Ascento Guard robot

The Ascento Guard patrol robot puts a cartoonish spin on security enforcement

JAXA LEV-2 lunar probe on sand

The newest moon-bound robot will roll around like a tennis ball

H2FLY hydrogen fuel plane in flight

This liquid hydrogen-powered plane successfully completed its first test flights

3D printer making algae-based water decontaminate

‘Living material’ water filter uses bacteria to neutralize water pollutants

Kidney transplant sensor on researcher fingertip

This organ-failure detector is thinner than a human hair

MIT Van Atta Backscatter array closeup

This new subsea communications system can run on an iota of power

Luxury car interior

Your car could be capturing data on your sex life

UPS delivery drone in flight

FAA will allow UPS delivery drones to travel greater distances

Closeup of solar panel installation

This alternative to lithium-based batteries could help store renewable energy

Lagos Blue Line Rail train next to traffic jam

Traveling through the world’s most traffic-heavy city just got a lot quicker—and greener

Pants on hangers

The US wants to dress military in smart surveillance apparel

Concept art of Artemis lunar base with astronauts

Poppyseed-sized nuclear fuel cells might power a NASA moon base

Self-driving taxis blocked an ambulance and the patient died, San Francisco fire department says

Self-driving taxis blocked an ambulance and the patient died, San Francisco fire department says

Worldwide Communication, Satellite and other antenna network against sky at sunset, silhouette style

Emergency alert system test coming to phones, TVs, and radios across the U.S.

Scania solar powered semi-truck on road

Electric Vehicles

Sweden is testing a semi-truck trailer covered in 100 square meters of solar panels

The CLARI mini-robot created by Kaushik Jayaram, assistant professor, mechanical engineering and Heiko Kabutz, PhD student, mechanical engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder

This small, squishy robot is cuter than its cockroach inspiration

Illustration of laser communication satellite array and the ISS above Earth

Space lasers could beam information to Earth by the end of the year

Professor Garry Duffy and Dr Rachel Beatty show the soft robotic implant developed by University of Galway and MIT

This drug-delivery soft robot may help solve medical implants’ scar tissue problem

YouTube home screen on smartphone

YouTube’s extremist rabbit holes are deep but narrow

California high speed railcar concept art

A high-speed rail line in California is chugging along towards 2030 debut

Close-up of witch hazel plant

Future leaping robots could take a cue from seed-launching witch hazel plants

San Francisco Panorama from San Francisco Bay

Silicon Valley’s wealthiest want to build their own city outside of San Francisco

Coral reef with a variety of hard and soft corals and tropical fish

Scientists are intentionally bleaching and ‘cryopreserving’ coral

SpaceX rocket docked at launch pad

DOJ is suing SpaceX for years of workplace discrimination

Japan begins releasing treated Fukushima waste water into the Pacific Ocean

Japan begins releasing treated Fukushima waste water into the Pacific Ocean

Illustration of trackable objects orbiting Earth

Some space junk just got smacked by more space junk, complicating cleanup

Famous, debunked black and white 'Surgeon's Photo' of Loch Ness Monster

The largest search of Loch Ness in more than 50 years will deploy drones and hydrophones

Robot arms lifting a single Pringles chip

These AI-powered robot arms are delicate enough to pick up Pringles chips

MIT kirigami tentacle scultures

The latest kirigami-inspired engineering materials are also works of art

Scientists brew stronger concrete with coffee grounds

Scientists brew stronger concrete with coffee grounds

Shipping container used as passive cooling test chamber

Ancient Egyptian ‘air conditioning’ could help cool modern buildings

Artist rendering of Somatic bathroom cleaning robot entering restroom

These bathroom-cleaning bots won’t replace human janitors any time soon

Pyxis Ocean retrofitted with WindWings setting sail for its maiden voyage, August 2023

A cargo ship with 123-foot ‘WindWing’ sails has just departed on its maiden voyage

Students testing ChatGPT AI tutor on computers

A version of OpenAI’s GPT-4 will be ‘teaching’ thousands of kids this fall

Spotify considered axing white noise podcasts to save $38 million

Metal mesh with water droplets

Titanium dioxide-coated mesh can purify contaminated fog

Elon Musk’s management is killing Science Twitter

Stack of international newspapers.

Associated Press sets its first AI rules for journalists

Blurry photo of Pink Floyd playing a concert

Scientists made a Pink Floyd cover from brain scans

Elemental chromium

The same metal found on hot rods and Harleys could revolutionize solar panels

Soft robot gripper turning a book page

Origami-inspired robot can gently turn pages and carry objects 16,000 times its weight

Pipeline connection at an oil refinery

The US is investing more than $1 billion in carbon capture, but big oil is still involved

Copy of Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' behind glass case

School district uses ChatGPT to help remove library books

3D printed fake calamari ring on tin foil

3D-printed vegan calamari rings could be next on the menu

Waymo's autonomously driven Jaguar I-PACE electric SUV

Self-driving taxis get the green light on 24/7 service in San Francisco

Close-up of hand typing computer coding on laptop screen

AI programs often exclude African languages. These researchers have a plan to fix that.

Japanese bullet train leaving station at dawn

Texas could get a 205-mph bullet train zipping between Houston and Dallas

Green high density laser array

Colorado is getting a state-of-the-art laser fusion facility

Virgin Galactic VSS Unity spacecraft orbiting Earth

Virgin Galactic’s second commercial flight sent three tourists to space’s edge

Microscopic image of individual cell tattooed with gold array

Why medical engineers tattooed a single cell with gold

Zoom app icon of smartphone home screen

Zoom could be using your ‘content’ to train its AI

Sea turtle robot crawling across sand

This waddling robot could guide baby turtles to the sea

Aerial view of solar panel farm

Solar power helps keep Europe’s grid reliable in historic heat

Hannover train station

The world’s first hydrogen-powered train has made its final stop

Police car on the street at night

Pregnant woman arrested after facial recognition tech error

Robotic arms welding car frames on automotive assembling line

Why industrial automation can be so costly

Two NASA lunar CADRE rovers parked on the ground

NASA gears up to send a trio of rovers to the moon in 2024

Universal Hydrogen propellor plane taking off from runway

Hydrogen-powered flight is closer to takeoff than ever

Two researchers look at green plasma ray in lab setting

Plasma beams could one day cool overheating electronics in a flash

Audio sound wave

Deepfake audio already fools people nearly 25 percent of the time

Lit incandescent light bulb laying on its side

The US ends incandescent lightbulb sales—with brighter days ahead

Patient with brain microchip implants atop head

First-of-its-kind AI brain implant surgery helped a man regain feeling in his hand

BT Group's green broadband cabinet box

Outdated broadband equipment could find new life as EV chargers