France aims to have ‘driverless’ high-speed TGV trains by 2023

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SNCF will begin testing ‘drone train’ in 2019, though conductors will still be onboard to handle emergencies France’s national railway operator aims to have autonomous high-speed TGV trains running by... Read More

Giving robots a sense of touch

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Eight years ago, Ted Adelson’s research group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) unveiled a new sensor technology, called GelSight, that uses physical contact with an object... Read More

Construction begins on the world’s first super telescope

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Scientists are a step closer to understanding the inner-workings of the universe following the laying of the first stone, and construction starting on the world’s largest optical and infrared telescope.... Read More

Researchers engineer shape-shifting noodles

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“Don’t play with your food” is a saying that MIT researchers are taking with a grain or two of salt. The team is finding ways to make the dining experience... Read More

The clever electronic inks rewriting our energy future

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Australia’s position as a global leader in printed solar has surged, following the unveiling of its first printed solar demonstration site at the University of Newcastle (UON) today. Printed solar... Read More

Biggest X-ray laser in the world generates its first laser light

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With its first lasing, the European XFEL reaches the last big milestone before the official opening In the metropolitan region of Hamburg, the European XFEL, the biggest X-ray laser in... Read More