Japan Develops Dual-Arm Remote Control Construction Robot

Researchers at Osaka University have developed a prototype robot with a double swing arm mechanism and hydraulically powered 'hands'.

Saturn's Hexagonal Storm Is Pure Chaotic Beauty In New Cassini Images

Ihe intrepid orbiter sent back some truly stellar pics of the planet's most unusual feature: The raging hexagonal storm on its North Pole.

Information overload makes social media a swamp of fake news

Low attention and a flood of data are serious problems for social networks.

Elevators of the Future Will Move Sideways Without a Single Cable

To improve efficiency, and facilitate the construction of even taller buildings, Germany’s company has completely redesigned elevators so that they can move sideways now, too.

Engineers design a robotic gripper for cleaning up space debris

Researchers combined gecko-inspired adhesives and a custom robotic gripper to create a device for grabbing space debris.

The multi-colored photons that might change quantum information science

The team demonstrates that photons can become an accessible and powerful quantum resource when generated in the form of color-entangled quDits.

No detectable limit to how long people can live: study

By analyzing the lifespan of the longest-living individuals since 1968, a new study comes to conclusion that there is no evidence for an age limit.

Astronomers detect orbital motion in pair of supermassive black holes

Astronomers have made the first detection of orbital motion in a pair of supermassive black holes in a galaxy some 750 million light-years from Earth.

Amazing New Views of Betelgeuse Courtesy of ALMA

Recently, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array gave us an amazing view of Betelgeuse, - the star that is destined to go supernova at anytime in the next few thousand years or so.

This urban ‘tree’ cleans as much polluted air as an entire forest

In addition to being aesthetically pleasing, the invention is said to have the same environmental impact as 275 urban trees.

Canada's $2 billion Low Carbon Economy Fund to take action on climate change

The Low Carbon Economy Fund will support projects that will generate clean growth and reduce greenhouse gas emissions towards meeting or exceeding commitments under the Paris Agreement.

World's Largest Wind Turbine Would Be Taller Than the Empire State Building

An alliance of six institutions in US are designing the world’s largest wind turbine at 500 meters tall.

Things Quantum Computers Will Be Incredibly Useful For

Artificial intelligence, molecular modelling, cryptography, financial modelling, weather forecasting and particle physics are main problems to be solved by quantum computers.

New Virtual World Sansar Is Ready to Pick Up Where Second Life Left Off

A reflection on Linden Lab’s groundbreaking Second Life, and how their next project Sansar hopes to go even further.

Vancouver to Eliminate Harmful Single-Use Packaging

Vancouver is well on its way to becoming the greenest city in the world – and they are now tackling the arduous problem of harmful single-use packaging.