STORY OF THE WEEK

Toward all-solid lithium batteries

Researchers investigate mechanics of lithium sulfides, which show promise as solid electrolytes. Most batteries are composed of two solid, electrochemically…

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Paris experiments with driverless buses

Paris began its first experiment with driverless buses on Monday, with city officials saying they were eager to prepare for…

10 years ago

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…

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Artificial intelligence learns to predict heart failure

Computers have learned to predict survival in patients with a heart condition more accurately than is possible today. In the…

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World’s first floating city one step closer to reality in French Polynesia

San Francisco’s Seasteading Institute has signed a memorandum of understanding with the French Polynesian government that brings the world’s first…

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Researchers design one of the strongest, lightest materials known

A team of researchers at MIT has designed one of the strongest lightweight materials known, by compressing and fusing flakes…

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BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye will have autonomous test vehicles on the roads by the second half of 2017

BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye will have autonomous test vehicles on the roads by the second half of 2017 The…

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New drone dives like a bird and leaps like a flying fish

Engineers have developed a prototype drone that dives like a gannet and launches like a flying fish, to collect water…

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Here to stay: car2go Europe CEO presents six assumptions on the future of car sharing

Stuttgart – Around eight years after the pilot project in Ulm, around 14,000 cars of the car sharing pioneer car2go…

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Engineers get under robot’s skin to heighten senses

Most robots achieve grasping and tactile sensing through motorized means, which can be excessively bulky and rigid. A Cornell group…

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