World's first 1,000-processor chip

A microchip containing 1,000 independent programmable processors has been designed. The energy-efficient "KiloCore" chip has a maximum computation rate of 1.78 trillion instructions per second and contains 621 million transistors.

At least 6 universities to begin yoga departments next year

"Today I call upon all those professors researchers and academicians who can help us quantify empirical evidence with regard to the benefits of yoga and yogic sciences," Indian HRD Minister said.

Solar and wind energies to see huge price drops by 2025

The average cost of electricity generated by solar and wind technologies could decrease dramatically, diminishing and, in some cases, eliminating the price barrier for renewable energies, according to a new report.

Siemens and Gamesa to form world's biggest wind-turbine maker

Siemens and Spain's Gamesa have agreed to combine their wind-turbine manufacturing businesses, creating a company with the biggest installed capacity worldwide in a move that speeds consolidation of the industry.

New "Artificial Synapses" Could Let Supercomputers Mimic the Human Brain

Brain-like machines with human-like abilities to solve problems could become a reality, researchers say.

Google Pioneers Hybrid Approach to Quantum Computing

Scientists from Google and the University of Basque Country in Spain believe they have cleared some of the barriers to more complex and useful quantum computers.

For second time, LIGO detects gravitational waves

Signal was produced by two black holes colliding 1.4 billion light years away.

The world's new tallest tower by Santiago Calatrava moves forward in Dubai

When you’re aiming for a project to be the first, biggest, or best of its kind in the world, having an international team on the job can really help.

Australia smashed a wind energy record last month

Australian wind energy enjoyed a record month in May as wind farms supplied 1,299 gigawatt-hours of renewable electricity to the country

Researchers discover new way to turn electricity into light, using graphene

By slowing down light to a speed slower than flowing electrons, researchers create a kind of optical "sonic boom"

We'll need to wait 1,500 years before alien contact becomes likely, scientists say

While some might take the total absence of contact from aliens as a rather bleak sign that our search for extraterrestrial life is all in vain, a new study explains why we shouldn't give up hope just yet – we just need to exercise a little patience.

Light-matter interplay probed: Physicists achieve quantum Hall state with light

Harnessing the shared wave nature of light and matter, researchers have used light to explore some of the most intriguing questions in the quantum mechanics of materials.

Global ethane concentrations rising again, says study

Global emissions of ethane, an air pollutant and greenhouse gas, are on the uptick again, according to a new study. The air samples for the study were collected from more than 40 sites around the world.

New Planet Is Largest Discovered That Orbits Two Suns

If you cast your eyes toward the constellation Cygnus, you'll be looking in the direction of the largest planet yet discovered around a double-star system.