It's real: Metallic hydrogen has been created for the first time

More than 80 years after it was first predicted, physicists have created metallic hydrogen - a mysterious form of hydrogen that could be capable of superconducting electricity without resistance at room temperature.

Ireland votes to be world's first country to fully divest from fossil fuels

The Irish parliament just passed a bill to fully divest their sovereign wealth fund from oil, gas, and coal.

All Disposable Plastic Has Been Banned From India's Capital

On the first day of the new year, India’s capital city of Delhi issued a ban on all disposable forms of plastic.

A Groundbreaking Gene-Editing Therapy Eliminated Cancer in Two Infants

Two infants diagnosed with an aggressive and previously incurable form of leukemia are now in remission, after British doctors say they cured the babies using so-called "designer cells".

Six predictions for the future of work in 2017

Whether you live to work or work to live, we’re all going to see some noticeable changes to work in the near and distant future.

A displays manufacturer Creating Flexible LCD Panels for Use in Future Phones

Japan Display officials said some smartphone makers have agreed to adopt the bendable LCD in the next few years. The company also hopes to sell the displays for other uses such as laptop computers and car dashboards.

Researchers have built a 1,000-watt 'super laser'

A team of British and Czech researchers have announced that they've constructed and fired a 1000-watt "high peak power laser". This laser is reportedly ten times more powerful as any other of its kind.

Tesla to transition from ‘Enhanced Autopilot’ to ‘Fully Self-Driving’ as soon as 3 to 6 months

There’s ‘Enhanced Autopilot’, which in itself offers several different features, and there’s ‘Full Self-Driving Capability’, which despite its name will not enable self-driving for a while, but could still be useful to Tesla drivers very soon.

First step towards photonic quantum network

Advanced photonic nanostructures are well on their way to revolutionizing quantum technology for quantum networks based on light. Researchers have now developed the first building blocks needed to construct complex quantum photonic circuits for quantum networks.

Solar Team Great Britain designs the UK's first family-sized solar-powered car

Solar Team Great Britain has created the UK’s first family-sized solar-powered car. The newly formed team has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help them build what it hopes will win the title as the world’s fastest solar-powered car.

Sci-fi holograms a step closer

Physicists have invented a tiny device that creates the highest quality holographic images ever achieved, opening the door to imaging technologies seen in science fiction movies.

New Wind Turbines Mimic Hummingbird Wings

A unique biomimetic design could take wind power in a whole new direction, both for small-scale and large-scale renewable energy systems.

Five children. Five countries. Five religions.

Katina Mercadante captures a day in the life of five children from different countries and faiths as they prepare to attend religious services with their families. This short film allows us to see the many threads that stitch us together.

Scientists make a viable semi-synthetic organism

The lifeform holds on to its artificial genetic letters without a hitch.

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative acquires Meta's scientific search engine

Meta's search platform uses machine intelligence to analyze the number and quality of citations in medical journals and research papers, and then sorts them into the largest knowledge graph of its kind.