Every December, Sweden's Icehotel hosts chilly hotel rooms that are decorated with wonderfully creative ice sculptures. This year's selection of frozen art is as stunning as always and ranges from intricate nature scenes to abstract forms depicting the birth of a star.Continue Re … | Continue reading
Though we're still waiting for full-throttle robot servants to help around the home, we can at least employ automated vacuum cleaners to keep floors looking fresh. Samsung is steaming into CES 2024 to offer a first look at a brand new robovac and mop.Continue ReadingCategory: Aro … | Continue reading
Look at the development of Earth-bound tech and you'll find fire at the heart of it, says a duo of researchers. And what does fire need to burn? Oxygen, whose chemical signature could provide clues to technological societies on worlds beyond our own.Continue ReadingCategory: Spac … | Continue reading
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute have developed a synthetic pathway that can capture CO2 from the air more efficiently than in nature, and shown how to implement it into living bacteria. The technique could help make biofuels and other products in a sustainable way.Continue … | Continue reading
Researchers have identified an efficient and cost-effective two-step screening strategy that, compared to the current one-step approach, more accurately identifies which type 2 diabetics need treatment to prevent life-threatening heart failure, even those considered low-risk foll … | Continue reading
The intensely hot interior of planets isn’t somewhere you’d expect to find snow, but scientists do suspect that “iron snow” falls on the Earth’s core. Now, a new study has modeled the dynamics in the lab and found that iron snow could make magnetic fields switch on and off in som … | Continue reading
Researchers have identified the specific neurons responsible for controlling how growth hormone affects anxiety and the creation of fear memories, a hallmark of post-traumatic stress disorder. The discovery could lead to a new class of anti-anxiety drugs.Continue ReadingCategory: … | Continue reading
The debate rages on about whether fossils of small tyrannosaurs were a distinct species or just juvenile T. rexes. A new study claims to have found evidence that a mini tyrannosaur species stomped around alongside its famous, giant cousin – but other scientists aren’t convinced.C … | Continue reading
Researchers have made a breakthrough in cancer treatment by harnessing the disease-destroying abilities of the body’s natural killer cells. Their novel nanodrones selectively target a tumor, enabling the killer cells to do what they do best: Suppress cancer growth. The discovery … | Continue reading
While cycling jackets provide much-needed warmth at the start of cool-weather rides, they can be difficult to store once you warm up and take them off. That's where Stash System jackets come in, as they can be packed down and mounted right on your bike.Continue ReadingCategory: B … | Continue reading
Just like dry-land athletes, swimmers can benefit from monitoring their performance and vital signs while training. The iSwimWeaR device is designed to let them do so – plus it may even help keep them from drowning.Continue ReadingCategory: Sports, LifestyleTags: Wearable, Swimmi … | Continue reading
It has been known for some time now that chemicals produced by certain ants have antibiotic properties. For the first time ever, however, one species of ant has recently been observed actually using those chemicals to treat infected battle wounds on others of its kind.Continue Re … | Continue reading
China's Xiaomi is probably best known as one of the world's top smartphone makers, but the company has a diverse product catalog that includes such things as a robodog and an ebike. Now it's rolling into the automotive space with the SU7 electric sedan.Continue ReadingCategory: A … | Continue reading
The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has revealed plans for a massive new development in Bhutan. Named Gelephu Mindfulness City, it will be centered around eye-catching bridges that function as both crossings and important buildings.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: … | Continue reading
Back in January 2022, Samsung broke the portable projector mold with the swiveling Freestyle. LG followed suit with a similar CineBeam model last year, but bumped the resolution from HD to 4K. For CES 2024, the company has again embraced the box but is very much putting the focus … | Continue reading
Moderna has announced the results of a Phase 2b trial investigating its mRNA treatment for skin cancer, and it continues a streak of promising news. When paired with an immunotherapy, the treatment significantly reduced the risks of recurrence, metastasis and death compared to ex … | Continue reading
Researchers have developed a novel non-steroidal anti-inflammatory from the active ingredient in a medicinal plant used throughout Southeast Asia. The novel compound doesn’t suppress the innate immune system like currently used corticosteroids do, opening the door to alternative … | Continue reading
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are poised to become a global health concern in the coming decades. In the race to develop new weapons, scientists from Texas A&M have created a novel family of antibacterial polymers that can kill 'superbugs' in a way they can't evolve resistance to … | Continue reading
Researchers have done a deep dive into five low-carbohydrate diets emphasizing different nutrients and their quality to see which eating plans provides better long-term results regarding weight change. Their findings highlight the importance of diet quality when eating low-carb t … | Continue reading
Researchers have created a slow-release ‘smart’ insulin that responds to blood glucose levels to provide week-long control with virtually no incidents of low blood sugar. Tested in mice and minipigs, the novel insulin opens the door to once-a-week insulin injections for diabetics … | Continue reading
On the back of COVID-related production delays and massive Hollywood strikes, the next 12 months will be a strange mix of long-awaited content and out-of-the-blue oddities. More than half of last year’s list has yet to appear, so there is likely to be a lot of interesting film an … | Continue reading
While 2023 saw some major breakthroughs in the fields of medicine and biology (daily cancer pill anyone?), it was also a year in which researchers homed in on a variety of relatively small and simple lifestyle modifications that can positively impact human health. These are disco … | Continue reading
This year has been an excellent one for architecture, with many long-awaited projects being completed and plenty of surprises along the way too. From a bridge that rolls 180 degrees to let boats pass, to the world's largest spherical building – plus Brooklyn's first supertall sky … | Continue reading
It was just this week that we told you about Unitree's latest quadruped robot, the B2. Well, the Chinese company has also announced its first-ever humanoid bipedal robot, the Unitree H1.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: biped, Humanoid | Continue reading
Marketed as the Le Car in North America, the Renault 5 was a sporty little runabout that debuted in 1972 and ceased production in 1996. It's set to return next year, however, in the form of the 100% electric Renault 5 E-Tech.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Re … | Continue reading
Researchers from MIT and the University of Birmingham (UB) believe that they've cracked the formula for detecting habitable planets using currently available technology. It all has to do with an exoplanet's levels of carbon dioxide and ozone.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, Scien … | Continue reading
As the second leading cause of death globally, treating – or even better, curing – cancer is understandably high on the list of researchers’ priorities. In 2023, studies focused on the genetics underlying the disease and finding effective ways of treating it, which included some … | Continue reading
A new study evaluating the effectiveness of an eight-week program focusing on self-compassion and mindfulness found that it reduced symptoms of post-traumatic stress and improved quality of life and connectivity in parts of the brain that regulate emotions. The intervention is pr … | Continue reading
The US Space Force's X-37B spaceplane has launched successfully on its multi-year orbital mission. At 8:07 pm EST, the unmanned vehicle set atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy booster lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Continue ReadingCategory: Milit … | Continue reading
Peptide therapeutics have revolutionized the treatment of disease, but their characteristics typically restrict them to administration by injection. Now, researchers have succeeded in creating an oral peptide, which has the potential to usher in a new era in drug development.Cont … | Continue reading
The world needs gargantuan amounts of clean energy moving forward, making this an area of colossal and growing opportunity for disruptive innovations. Here are some of the fascinating energy ideas and technologies that made us most hopeful in 2023.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy … | Continue reading
Being diagnosed with potentially fatal metastatic breast cancer inspired one man to gather a team of diverse professionals to create an AI-based tool that analyzes a patient’s symptoms using a smartphone, providing oncologists with a means of providing an individualized treatment … | Continue reading
Many people will remember 2023 as the year we ushered in a new age of weight-loss treatment, with GLP-1 agonists pivoting from diabetes to obesity treatment. This shift brought several issues to the forefront, such as inequality in access to healthcare, and society's complicated … | Continue reading
NASA has pushed forward a revolutionary new rocket technology at its Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Engineers at the facility fired the 3D-printed Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) for a record 251 seconds with 5,800 lb (2,631 kg) of thrust.Continue R … | Continue reading
While hydroponic farms do allow a lot of crop plants to be grown in a relatively small space, they would certainly be a better alternative to traditional farms if those plants grew faster. That could soon be the case, thanks to the development of electrically conductive "eSoil."C … | Continue reading
Aging is a natural part of life. But does it have to be? Helping humans to live longer and healthier were two things that featured in research during 2023. Here are the top anti-aging stories that appeared on New Atlas throughout the year.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbe … | Continue reading
The US Navy and US Air Force have tapped Raytheon to design, build and test two high-power microwave antenna systems. These will be used in field-grade directed energy weapons to counter aerial drones and similar threats.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Raytheo … | Continue reading
With 2023 drawing to a close, it's once again time to look at the significant, intriguing, and sometimes just plain daft science stories of the year. So, let's dive in and see what the science types have been up to.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: best-of-2023, Tokamak reac … | Continue reading
Aerospace company Silent Arrow has been awarded a contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory's innovation arm AFWERX to develop a heavy payload, long-range motorized version of its GD-2000 glider drone capable of flying 300 nm (350 mi, 560 km).Continue ReadingCategory: Militar … | Continue reading
In a topsy-turvy bit of military aviation, the US Air Force used a C-5M Super Galaxy heavy transport to refuel a KC-10 Extender refueling tanker aircraft, pumping fuel backwards up the boom from transport to tanker instead of the other way around.Continue ReadingCategory: Militar … | Continue reading
A new UCLA study has found how a keto diet induces changes in the gut microbiome that could protect treatment-resistant epileptic children against seizures. The discovery could lead to the development of new therapeutic approaches.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: E … | Continue reading
Researchers have found that inexperienced doctors performing AI-assisted colonoscopies significantly improved their detection of polyps. Using AI with this diagnostic tool could lower the chances of missing these potential precursors to colorectal cancer.Continue ReadingCategory: … | Continue reading
The 2023 Dodge Hornet looked to be a decent entry into a popular vehicle segment. It’s relatively compact, looks nice and, on paper, has good numbers. But most of my colleagues have not been kind to the Hornet. However, I think they’re wrong.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, … | Continue reading
In addition to numerous motorized tiny campers, 2023 brought to light many new towable micro-RVs, some so small they're pulled by bicycle. Our top picks include a reshaped Airstream-style tiny (and shiny) camping cube, a teardrop-sized towable with scenic glass-door views, and mo … | Continue reading
The US Navy has taken delivery of its first giant robotic submarine. Boeing's Extra Large Uncrewed Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV), also known as "Orca," has completed acceptance tests including extensive surface and underwater trials.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: … | Continue reading
While Boston Dynamics may have pioneered the field of quadruped "robot dogs," Chinese company Unitree has definitely done a good job of jumping on board. Its latest industrial robot, the B2, offers some major improvements over its predecessor.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, T … | Continue reading