Volvo's first EV will cost less than $40,000

The company's US chief told the press that the 2019-era vehicle should carry a price between $35,000 and $40,000, and should have at least a 250-mile range.

Recycling: Who really leads the world

A new report has been published with the aim of determining who really leads the world when it comes to recycling, with Wales emerging as one of the world's top three recyclers.

Robotics could be a Key to the Next Phase of Recycling

Could robotic sorters replace optical sorters as a must-have technology in tomorrow's material recovery facilities?

How Google Is Revealing Unmapped Areas of the World in Virtual Reality

VR producer Chris Milk hopes that the technology’s potential will extend far beyond, - for instance by using VR to transport viewers into the lives of others to create empathy and understanding.

Iceland to Become First Country Requiring Equal Pay For Women

Icelandic representatives announced at the International Women’s Day summit in New York earlier this week that they plan on becoming the first country in the world to enforce equal pay for women at a national level.

Los Alamos Lab, US creates efficient, affordable 2D pervoskite cell

Researchers have come up with a new perovskite technology that could dramatically increase the efficiency and decrease the cost of solar cells.

The Father of the World Wide Web Has Some Worries About His Creation

On the 28th anniversary of the day that Tim Berners-Lee submitted his proposal the World Wide Web, he published a letter outlining the biggest areas of its development that are doing him a frighten and warping his original vision.

Fast radio bursts and extraterrestrial intelligence

Newly published research suggests that mysterious phenomena called fast radio bursts could be evidence of advanced alien technology. Specifically, these bursts might be leakage from planet-sized transmitters powering interstellar probes in distant galaxies.

Brain is ten times more active than previously measured

A new study could change scientists' understanding of how the brain works - and could lead to new approaches for treating neurological disorders and for developing computers that 'think' more like humans.

Doctors find patient brain activity continued for 10 minutes after death

A team of doctors has documented a case in which a terminal patient removed from life support continued to experience brain wave activity for approximately 10 minutes after they had been pronounced clinically dead. The team acknowledge that they have no explanation for what they observed.

Elon Musk Bets Tesla Can Solve South Australia's Electricity Woes in 100 Days

Musk has offered to provide Australian government, free of charge, $25 million worth of Tesla battery packs if he can't turn around the state's chronic power shortages.

Saturn’s peculiar moon Pan pictured

The Cassini probe has revealed Saturn’s inner-most moon Pan in all its peculiar glory. The spacecraft took the highest resolution images yet of Pan on 7 March 2017 from a distance of 24,572 km.

Novel antibiotic therapy overcomes deadly drug-resistant bacteria

Now, researchers in Cleveland, Ohio have taken a significant step toward defeating antibiotic-resistant infections by combining two different antibiotics that each block a different kind of drug-destroying enzyme secreted by bacteria.

Research uncovers potential health risks of travel to Mars

The research team has demonstrated for the first time that the radiation encountered in deep space travel may increase the risk of leukemia in humans. The average distance to the red planet is 140 million miles, and a roundtrip could take three years.