Acoustic holograms

Researchers can create complex patterns in air and water using ultrasonic waves. By placing 3D printed plates in front of speakers, they can levitate water droplets and propel small objects.

Robots will hit the streets to deliver your groceries this fall in Washington, USA

The first autonomous robots to deliver packages straight to your front door won’t be flying — they’ll be rolling around on six wheels.

World's largest solar power plant opens in Kamuthi, India

The plant has a capacity of 648 megawatts and an ambitions to becoming one of the leading green energy producers in the world.

Physicists create nano-sized device with huge potential in field of quantum computing

An intricately sculpted device is so tiny it can only be seen under a microscope. But their diamond microdisk could lead to huge advances in computing, telecommunications, and other fields.

MRI scanner sees emotions flickering across an idle mind

A Duke team has mapped the distinct patterns of brain activity that correspond to seven different emotional states. The team says they can see various emotional states flickering across the human brain.

Teleportation of light particles across cities in China and Canada a 'technological breakthrough'

Scientists have shown they can teleport photons across a city, a development that has been hailed as a technological breakthrough.

Starving black hole at the heart of mysterious dimming galaxy

An international team of astronomers crack the case of a mysterious galaxy,Markarian 1018, that has suddenly dimmed after shining brightly for 30 years.

New type of fabric can harvest energy via movement and sunshine

Georgia Tech researchers designed a hybrid energy fabric, or hybrid power textile, that can harvest energy via the sun and movement.

Denmark is building the “Silicon Valley of agriculture” near Aarhus

The project is designed to boost agricultural performance in a dense urban environment, ensuring long-term food security without environmental degradation.

Evolution: The Movie, courtesy of a really big Petri dish

New technique lets researchers visibly trace evolving lineages of bacteria.

The Sugar Industry Was Funding Research Downplaying Its Effect On Health

A recent discovery of documents that are nearly 50 years old has shown how the practice of funding specific research has been employed by the sugar industry for decades, producing influential evidence that diminishes the impact that sugar has on heart disease.

Watching Brain Scans, People Control Mental Activity

People were able to calm activity in the amygdala after seeing visual cues that responded to their mental processes.

Virgin Atlantic and LanzaTech partner to produce jet fuel from waste gases

Since 2011 the two companies have been committed to producing the world’s first jet fuel derived from waste industrial gases from steel mills via a fermentation process.

A startup crowdfunds groundbreaking solar-powered car

A German startup has raised over $200,000 to test an innovative self-charging EV that uses integrated solar panels to supply power throughout the day.