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Apr 24, 2019
The timetable for the first manned flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon may have been thrown into question after the spacecraft appeared to suffer a serious engine malfunction. On April 20 at Cape Canaveral, Florida, an "anomaly" was reported during a static fire test that may have resulted in the release of toxic rocket propellants.
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Apr 24, 2019
A month after Wing was given the green light to deliver various goods via drone in Australia's capital, Canberra, the Alphabet subsidiary has become the first company to get the official go-ahead from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to begin a commercial drone delivery service in the US. Wing announced it had received Air Carrier Certification from the FAA, which allows the company to begin delivering goods from businesses to households.
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Apr 24, 2019
After decades of development and testing the world's first malaria vaccine is beginning its first wide roll out beginning in Malawi before being introduced into Ghana and Kenya over the following weeks. This initial pilot program is aimed at children up to two years of age and is expected to immunize over one million subjects over the next three years.
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Continue Reading Massive roll out of world's first malaria vaccine commences in Africa
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Malaria
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World Health Organization
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Apr 24, 2019
Aston has yoinked the roof off its super-grunty V12 muscle car to create its fastest ever convertible. The DBS Superleggera Volante hits the same 211-mph (340-km/h) top speed as the hard top version, but can drop its eight-layer canopy to deliver "that extra level of sensory overload."
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Continue Reading Aston Martin ratchets up heart rates with drop-top DBS Superleggera Volante
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Apr 23, 2019
Do meal kits have a larger carbon footprint than regular grocery store shopping? A team of environmental researchers from the University of Michigan set out to crunch the numbers discovering that despite the extra plastic waste meal kits may produce less environmental emissions than conventional grocery shopping.
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Continue Reading Study claims meal kits produce less emissions than grocery shopping, despite more packaging
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Apr 23, 2019
April 2019 is a big month for car lovers. A day after the start of Auto Shanghai, the New York International Auto Show kicked off, offering its own compelling mix of new-generation production vehicles, concept cars and special editions. New York is hosting everything from the latest wave of electrics, sports cars through pickup trucks, to pure, unadulterated petrol supercar power.
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Continue Reading In photos: The 2019 NY Auto Show, from supercars to all-electric compacts
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Concept Cars
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Hyundai
Kia
New York Auto Show 2019
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Supercars
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Apr 23, 2019
Besides simply looking nice when used in jewellery, mother-of-pearl is also one of nature's hardest, stiffest, most stable materials. Scientists have now utilized bacteria to develop a cheap and eco-friendly method of replicating it, for possible use in a variety of areas.
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Continue Reading Bacteria used to produce synthetic mother-of-pearl
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Bacteria
Biomimicry
University of Rochester
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Apr 23, 2019
For many years now, scientists have been seeking methods of helping to heal chronic wounds such as those suffered by diabetics. One of the latest possible techniques involves re-engineering the membranes of stem cells, so that those cells essentially get welded together.
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University of Bristol
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Apr 23, 2019
There are many e-bikes available, some with batteries attached to the frame, some housed within the tube. Sweden's Elbi Cycles has launched a belt-drive electric bike on Indiegogo where the removable battery pack is stowed at the bottom of the front cargo basket.
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Continue Reading Elbi e-bike puts the battery in the cargo basket
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Indiegogo
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Apr 23, 2019
The smaller and lighter electronics get, the more ways they can be used. A team of researchers has come up with a compact radar system the size of a matchbox that could be deployed in drones, guidance systems for people with vision problems, and other gadgets where portability and low cost are important.
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Continue Reading New matchbox-sized radar could make its way into drones and security systems
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drones
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KAUST
Radar
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Apr 23, 2019
Shortly after completing the University of Massachusetts' Business Innovation Hub, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has gone back to school with another educational project named Glasir. The striking building hosts three different schools on a steep hillside plot overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in the Faroe Islands.
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Continue Reading BIG goes back to school with "vortex-shaped" hillside college
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BIG
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Apr 23, 2019
Though many cheaper systems are available, if you want top notch quality, Sonos is the brand to aim for when looking for living space music streaming speakers. Now boutique audio brand Bowers & Wilkins - which has pretty good form in wireless playback throwers - has entered the high-end arena with the Formation suite, a five product collection that could well challenge the luxury market dominance of Sonos.
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Continue Reading B&W takes aim at Sonos with high-end living room streaming suite
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Bowers and Wilkins
Music Streaming
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Apr 23, 2019
After sitting in a drawer in a Kenyan museum for more than 40 years, a set of fossilized bones has introduced the world to a long-lost mega-carnivore from 22 million years ago. Bigger than a polar bear and possessing enormous canine teeth, meet Simbakubwa Kutokaafrika.
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Continue Reading Forgotten Kenyan fossils reveal ancient mega-carnivore
Biology
Fossils
Ohio State University
Paleontology
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Apr 23, 2019
Early last year, a team from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) revealed a snake-inspired soft robot that harnessed kirigami, the ancient Japanese art of paper cutting, to create pop-up scales that allowed the robot to grip the ground and propel itself along as it stretches and contracts. Now some tweaks have given the robot boosts in both speed in precision.
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Continue Reading Harvard researchers speed up snake-inspired kirigani robot
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Biomimicry
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kirigami
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Soft Robotics
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Apr 23, 2019
Depending on your tolerance for loud, relentless heavy metal music, this latest example of AI-generated creativity could be either glorious ear candy or the aural equivalent of waterboarding. Currently live-streaming on YouTube is a non-stop, algorithmically-generated torrent of technical death metal, and regardless of one's personal musical taste, it's undeniably an impressive example of machine-driven creativity.
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Continue Reading Meet Dadabots, the AI death metal band playing non-stop on Youtube
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Artificial Intelligence
Creative AI
Machine Learning
Music Streaming
Neural Network
YouTube
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Apr 23, 2019
Here's one we missed from last week's electric car avalanche at Auto Shanghai. Sitting on around a billion American dollars' worth of investment, Enovate Motors showed a neat concept sports car built around a high capacity, fast charging solid state battery pack.
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Continue Reading Enovate targets 2021 for the launch of its ME-S solid state electric sports car
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Auto Shanghai 2019
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Enovate Motors
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Apr 23, 2019
Innovative new research led by a team from the University of Washington is suggesting a novel strategy to battle Alzheimer's disease. Synthetic peptides have been developed to inhibit the aggregation of the toxic proteins commonly associated with early stages of the disease.
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Apr 23, 2019
The latest version of Toyota's zero-emissions fuel-cell powered tractor truck was unveiled today in Los Angeles. Developed as part of a joint project with the Kenworth Truck Company, the Port of Los Angeles, and the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the Fuel Cell Electric heavy-duty Truck (FCET) that runs on hydrogen and produces only water as waste is intended to meet or exceed the performance of a conventional diesel truck.
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Continue Reading Toyota unveils latest heavy-duty electric fuel-cell truck to haul cargo around LA
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Apr 22, 2019
An impressive large-scale genetic study, led by scientists at the University of Cambridge, has homed in on a number of specific variants in a single gene that can help people either lose or gain weight. The research revealed that some naturally-occurring variants in the MC4R gene can offer protection against obesity, and the hope is that this discovery will lead to new weight-loss drugs that mimic this genetic variation.
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Cambridge University
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Apr 22, 2019
We've already heard how courier services such as UPS and DHL are using pedal-electric vehicles for their urban deliveries. Well, UK parcel delivery group DPD is now getting into the act, with a four-wheeler known as the Project 1 - or the P1, for short.
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Continue Reading Electric-assist cargo quadracycle is bound for British streets
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Apr 22, 2019
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be a very serious problem, and it unfortunately often goes undiagnosed. New technology could help, however, as it uses artificial intelligence to determine if someone has PTSD - based on their speech.
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New York University
Psychology
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Voice
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Apr 22, 2019
It was just last year that we heard about the Marine Skin patch, a flexible data-tracking device that can be temporarily adhered to marine creatures. Well, its designers have now come out with a version that's smaller, more sensitive, and capable of going much deeper.
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Continue Reading Animal-adhered data patch gets smaller and better
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Apr 22, 2019
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) has announced that it has set up an academic research coalition to help create artificially intelligent aerospace systems to control hypersonic missiles and other complicated vehicles in challenging environments. Called Autonomy New Mexico (NM), the organization consists of numerous US universities and aims at making hypersonic craft capable of autonomously controlling their own flight.
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Apr 22, 2019
Scientists at the University of Cambridge, UK, and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and the Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, have developed a way to replace the organic gases used in most conventional refrigerators. By using crystals of neopentyl glycol under pressure, it may be possible to build safer, greener, and more efficient cooling systems.
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Continue Reading Eco-friendly plastic crystals take the gas out of refrigeration
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Chemistry
Refrigeration
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
University of Barcelona
University of Cambridge
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Apr 22, 2019
In an effort to scale up the manufacture of biomaterials, researchers at UC Berkeley have combined bioprinting, a robotic arm, and flash freezing that may one day allow living tissue and even whole organs to be printed on demand. By printing cells into 2D sheets and then freezing them as assembled, the new technique improves cell survival during both building and storage.
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UC Berkeley
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Apr 22, 2019
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology has developed an inside-out fire extinguisher for use inside spacecraft. Instead of spraying out extinguishing agents at a fire, the Vacuum Extinguish Method (VEM) sucks the flames and burning materials into a vacuum chamber, where they can be safely suffocated or extinguished.
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Continue Reading Space fire extinguisher sucks instead of blows
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Apr 21, 2019
A streamlined electric amphibious aircraft takes fully to the air for the first time as Equator Aircraft's P2 Xcursion prototype aircraft soars in the skies over Eggemoen Technology Park in Norway. The two-seater, composite-hulled airplane operated by test pilot Eskil Amdal had previously flown at a low-altitude, ground-effect flight in June 2018 and went into full flight on March 30 of this year after passing an audit by the Norwegian CAA.
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Apr 21, 2019
A piece of Space Age history gets a new lease on life as NASA and Blue Origin enter into an agreement that will allow the private space company to refurbish and operate the famous test stand used to develop the Saturn V moon rockets. Under a Commercial Space Launch Act agreement, Blue Origin will reactivate and upgrade Test Stand 4670 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama for test firing the company's latest rocket engines.
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Continue Reading Blue Origin to revive historic Saturn V test stand
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Apr 19, 2019
Attend a few auto shows, and you'll find yourself in much the same routine, bouncing across the floor from one major automaker to the next, looking for what's new and exciting. They're brands you've known since before you could see over the dashboard — the Fords, Nissans, Volkswagens, GMs, etc. etc. But the Shanghai auto show flips the experience on its ear, and those staple brands are thoroughly diluted in a larger pool filled with names you just don't see much of at other international shows — the SAICs, JACs, BYDs, etc. etc. Suddenly, you're a young kid at his very first auto show, where everything is new and wondrous.
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Audi
Auto Shanghai 2019
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NIO
Shanghai Auto Show 2019
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Apr 19, 2019
Lincoln took the wraps off an all-new sport utility at the 2019 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS). Slotting into Lincoln's lineup underneath the Navigator and Aviator, the new Lincoln Corsair is meant to round out Lincoln's luxury SUV lineup as a small SUV with a lot of technological punch.
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Apr 18, 2019
In these times of coral reef die-offs, it's vitally important to monitor the abundance and variety of corals on the reefs that remain. This is currently performed visually by scuba divers, but there may soon be a quicker, cheaper and easier method - just check the water for coral DNA.
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Continue Reading Waterborne DNA provides a picture of coral reef health
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Coral
DNA
University of Hawaii
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Apr 18, 2019
In multiple sclerosis, the body's immune system attacks and damages myelin, which is the insulating layer on nerves in the spinal cord, brain and optic nerve. This causes the nerves to short-circuit and cease functioning properly. In "a potential game-changer," scientists have now demonstrated that a synthetic molecule can restore compromised myelin.
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Continue Reading Synthetic molecule shows promise as multiple sclerosis treatment
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Oregon Health and Science University
Treatment
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Apr 18, 2019
Kia adds a little color and spice to its crossover stable with the new HabaNiro concept. Using "more advanced tech than what helped land men on the moon," the HabaNiro bridges the gap between city commuter and open-road explorer, becoming an "all-electric everything car." The 171-in (443-cm) crossover combines a 300-mile (483-km) electric powertrain with next-gen technologies like Level 5 autonomy, a reactive emotion-reading system, and a windshield-stretching, eye-tracking head-up display.
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Continue Reading Kia's HabaNiro concept opens the doors to high-tech "everything cars" of the future
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New York Auto Show 2019
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Apr 18, 2019
While it's important for seniors to stay active, their decreased sense of balance does increase their risk of being in a bicycle accident. The Netherlands' Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is attempting to address that situation, with a steering-assist-equipped e-bike.
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Delft University of Technology
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Apr 18, 2019
Imagine being able to harvest fresh veggies precisely when you need them without leaving the house. That's the promise of indoor gardens like the OGarden Smart and the Cell One. Now IGWorks is making a bid for your living space with a vertical hydroponics garden called the iHarvest that can simultaneously grow up to 30 fruits and vegetables.
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Apr 18, 2019
Four years after the original Surface Hub arrived, and a year after announcing its successor, Microsoft is now launching the Surface Hub 2S in 50-inch and (eventually) 85-inch versions. The giant, interactive digital whiteboard can be yours for a mere $9k from June.
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Continue Reading Microsoft's Surface Hub 2S digital whiteboard is here to upgrade your office meetings
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Microsoft
Microsoft Surface
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Apr 18, 2019
Following the devastating fire that damaged iconic Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral on Monday, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has revealed that authorities plan to launch an international architecture competition to replace its spire.
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Continue Reading France's Prime Minister announces design competition to replace destroyed Notre-Dame spire
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Paris
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Apr 18, 2019
The biggest and fanciest Mercedes SUV just got bigger and fancier. The new 6- or 7-seat GLS is a colossal luxury tank with whopping big touchscreens and tablets everywhere, five-zone climate control, a learning-capable AI voice assistant, and electric assist for all engine variants.
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Continue Reading Mercedes-Benz embiggens its biggest luxury SUV: The new 2020 GLS
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Apr 18, 2019
TRAPPIST-1 is one of the most fascinating planetary systems discovered so far. Located just 40 light-years away, seven roughly Earth-sized planets are orbiting a red dwarf star, with three of them within the habitable zone. Now, two new studies have looked at the habitability of these planets, with a focus on radiation from the star and tides caused by the other planets. Strangely enough, these factors could help make them more liveable.
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Continue Reading TRAPPIST planets may be habitable in weirder ways than we thought
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Exoplanet
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University of Arizona
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Apr 18, 2019
TRAPPIST-1 is one of the most fascinating planetary systems discovered so far. Located just 40 light-years away, seven roughly Earth-sized planets are orbiting a red dwarf star, with three of them within the habitable zone. Now, two new studies have looked at the habitability of these planets, with a focus on radiation from the star and tides caused by the other planets. Strangely enough, these factors could help make them more liveable.
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Continue Reading TRAPPIST planets may be habitable in weirder ways then we thought
Space
Exoplanet
Habitable zone
Planet
Radiation
TRAPPIST-1
University of Arizona
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Apr 18, 2019
One of the most important transitions in human history was when we stopped hunting and gathering for food and instead settled down to become farmers. Now, to reconstruct the history of one particular archaeological site in Turkey, scientists have examined a pretty unexpected source - the salts left behind from human and animal pee.
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Continue Reading Ancient pee helps archaeologists track the rise of farming
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Animals
Archeology
Columbia University
Farming
Human
Turkey
University of Arizona
University of Tubingen
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Apr 18, 2019
Brace yourself, you're going to be seeing a ton of these on the road. Hyundai's new Venue is a small, practical and very affordable city SUV with a surprising amount of tech on board, and it's just had its global launch at the New York International Auto Show. Slotting in beneath the Kona in both size and price, the Venue becomes the sixth and bottom-shelf SUV in Hyundai's lineup, which also includes the Tuscon, Santa Fe, Palisade and Nexo, as well as a couple of electric variants.
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Continue Reading Hyundai gives adventurous urbanites a new entry-level SUV with the Venue
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SUV
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Apr 18, 2019
A new study led by scientists at Yale University has described the promising early-stage results of a new drug designed to mimic the rapid antidepressant effects of ketamine, but without that drug's dissociative psychoactive qualities. The experimental drug is currently in early phases of human testing.
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Continue Reading New ketamine-like drug offers antidepressant benefits without psychedelic side effects
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Psychedelic Medicine
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Apr 17, 2019
Born of a Chinese-American partnership, the Qiantu K50 electric sportscar has been unveiled at the New York International Auto Show. With 320 kW (430 hp) of AWD power and a solar panel on the roof, the Qiantu looks a bit like Porsche made an Audi R8, and is designed for American roads.
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Continue Reading Mullen's Qiantu K50 electric sports car hits the New York Auto Show
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Electric Vehicles
Mullen Technologies
New York Auto Show 2019
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Apr 17, 2019
After a decades-long search, astronomers have finally found the very first molecule to ever form in the universe. The helium hydride ion (HeH ) has long been a key theoretical part of how the chemistry of the cosmos kicked off, but its apparent absence in space had scientists worried they'd gotten it wrong. Now the first unambiguous evidence of the molecule in a planetary nebula has been found.
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Continue Reading Astronomers finally find the first molecule ever formed in the universe
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Big Bang Theory
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Hydrogen
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SOFIA
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Apr 17, 2019
Researchers at Northwestern University have used a non-invasive form of magnetic brain stimulation to improve the memory of older adults. After just five short sessions the older adults scored as well as a younger cohort on a variety of memory tasks.
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Continue Reading Age-related memory decline reversed with magnetic pulses to the brain
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Brain stimulation
Memory
Northwestern University
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
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Apr 17, 2019
Before the small AWD crossover flood gates opened, the Subaru Outback was one of the go-tos for urban and mountain-town adventurers looking for a little off-road bite without the size and dismal fuel economy numbers of larger, boxier SUVs. As Subaru's top seller enters its sixth generation, it's poised to continue to serve that role convincingly amidst much stiffer competition. The all-new 2020 Outback carries over the legendary safety and capability the model's known for, adding upgraded infotainment, in-vehicle Wi-Fi and the first turbo engine option in a decade.
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Continue Reading Subaru adds turbo and tech to the all-new Outback
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Crossover
New York Auto Show 2019
Subaru
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Apr 17, 2019
Providing hydration is all very well and good, but what if you want your water bottle to do, well … more? A trio of Atlanta-based entrepreneurs had a few things in mind, which is why they created the MODL - they describe it as a utility bottle.
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Continue Reading Multi-function water bottle serves as hydration pack, shower and more
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Kickstarter
Water Bottle
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Apr 17, 2019
At the New York Auto Show, Toyota has unveiled an all-new rendition of the Highlander crossover-SUV. The Highlander is one of Toyota's best-selling products in North America, and now enters its fourth generation with better fuel economy and more standard features.
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Continue Reading Toyota unveils new 2020 Highlander crossover in New York
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Crossover
New York Auto Show 2019
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Toyota
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Apr 17, 2019
Nobody likes having blood samples taken, which is why we've seen a number of devices that gather sweat from the skin and then analyze it. An inexpensive new bandage-like biosensor simplifies that concept, as it doesn't incorporate any electronic components.
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Continue Reading Sweat-collecting bandage could replace blood sampling
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American Chemical Society
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Sweat sensor
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Apr 17, 2019
Astronomers have discovered a rare superflare more powerful than anything observed on our Sun in modern times, erupting from a small, cold star roughly the size of the planet Jupiter. While the effects of such a superflare would be devastating to our technology dependent society, it could help kickstart the evolution of life on distant alien worlds.
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Continue Reading Energetic superflare with the power of 80 billion megatonnes of TNT erupts from tiny star
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Sun
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Apr 17, 2019
In a breakthrough study, researchers have managed to restore some brain function in pigs as long as four hours after death. Using a system that pumps preserving chemicals through the brain's circulatory system, the team not only staved off cell death but actually restored some functions like synaptic activity. The astounding discovery raises some ethical questions and may spark new debate about the very definition of death.
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Continue Reading Brain function partially restored in pigs - four hours after death
Biology
Animals
Brain
Neuroscience
Yale
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Apr 17, 2019
Among the challenges faced by many Parkinson's patients are "medication on-off" motor fluctuations, in which the severity of their symptoms can change quickly and drastically. There could be hope for better managing the condition, however, using body-worn sensors.
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Continue Reading Motion sensors may find use in managing Parkinson's disease
Health & Wellbeing
Florida Atlantic University
Motion sensor
Parkinson's Disease
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Apr 17, 2019
Cadillac has unveiled a new compact sedan, the 2020 CT5, and with it a new advanced cruise control system called Super Cruise. The CT5 features a fastback design, signature Cadillac color and trim edges, and the ability to drive itself in some freeway cruising situations.
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Continue Reading Cadillac Super-Cruises the CT5 into New York as an all-new sedan
Automotive
Adaptive Cruise Control
Automation
Cadillac
Luxury
New York Auto Show 2019
Sedan
Self driving cars
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Apr 17, 2019
HBO's adaptation on George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire has entered its final season, and to bid the epic fantasy TV series a fond farewell, Fender's Custom Shop has created three special guitars. The Game of Thrones Sigil Collection instruments feature dragon scale carvings, custom engraved inlays, hand-carved headstocks and gold-plated pickguards.
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Continue Reading Fender's Sigil Collection bids farewell to Game of Thrones
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Fender
Fender Stratocaster
Fender Telecaster
Guitar
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Apr 17, 2019
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) recently completed a new extension for the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Named the Business Innovation Hub, the building offers additional study space and social areas, and is defined by an eye-catching copper facade.
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Continue Reading BIG's business school is wrapped in striking "domino-effect" copper facade
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BIG
Building and Construction
School
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Apr 17, 2019
At the Hannover Motor Show last year, Renault revealed that the future of urban package delivery is electric, connected, autonomous and shared. Now the company is looking into manned last mile deliveries too, with the announcement of the EZ-Flex concept electric delivery van.
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Continue Reading EZ-Flex electric delivery van to serve as rolling experimental design platform
Urban Transport
Delivery
Electric Vehicles
Renault
Van
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Apr 17, 2019
We've seen smartphones cameras quickly improve in all kinds of ways in recent years, from their capacity to take wide angle shots to the optical zoom levels they offer, but the camera flash hasn't seen the same sort of significant upgrades. A new add-on called the LIT Flash could change that.
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Continue Reading LIT Flash promises a huge upgrade on your phone's built-in camera flash
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smartphones
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Apr 17, 2019
Karma Automotive, the company formerly known as Fisker, ushers in a "new dawn" with a slate of products that define its immediate and long-term future. A fully refreshed, BMW-engined Revero sports hybrid with more power and range, a Pininfarina-sculpted Revero coupe, and a high-tech all-electric roadster concept all make their debuts at Auto Shanghai 2019. The cars show where Karma stands today and where it's moving in the near and distant future.
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Continue Reading Karma looks forward with 3-cylinder sports hybrid Revero GT and concept cars
Automotive
Auto Shanghai 2019
Concept Cars
Electric Vehicles
Karma
Pininfarina
Plug-in Hybrid
Shanghai Auto Show 2019
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Apr 17, 2019
Ahead of the New York International Auto Show, Hyundai's luxury brand has unveiled a new compact concept called the Mint. Appropriately in green, the all-electric Genesis Mint Concept is a lightweight, compact two-door, two-seater designed for upper-crust city drivers.
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Continue Reading Genesis unveils all-electric Mint compact crossover-style concept in New York
Automotive
Battery Electric Vehicles
Concept Cars
Concept Vehicle
Electric Vehicles
Genesis
New York Auto Show 2019
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Apr 17, 2019
The CRISPR gene-editing system is usually known for helping scientists treat genetic diseases, but the technology has a whole range of possible uses in synthetic biology too. Now researchers at ETH Zurich have used CRISPR to build functional biocomputers inside human cells.
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Continue Reading CRISPR used to build dual-core computers inside human cells
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Cells
Computer
CRISPR
Enzyme
molecular biology
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Apr 17, 2019
With the release of a Pininfarina-styled concept car at Auto Shanghai, this Wuhan-based automotive startup is putting all its eggs in the Hydrogen basket, with a plan to release something for the road within 8 months on the way to building a portfolio of Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
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Continue Reading Grove launches as all-hydrogen auto brand with Pininfarina-penned concept sedan
Automotive
Auto Shanghai 2019
Fuel Cell
Grove Automotive
Hydrogen
Pininfarina
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Apr 17, 2019
Leatherman's Wave has long been a standard-setting plier-based multitool, but the Portland-based company says it's ready to blow it out of the water with its new Free series gear, which uses a new magnetic one-handed opening mechanism that means you no longer need your fingernails to open it.
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Continue Reading Leatherman presents "the future of multitools"
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Apr 17, 2019
Preliminary measles surveillance data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed a stark surge in reported global cases over the first three months of 2019. The WHO data indicates measles cases are 300 percent higher than at the same time in 2018, with major outbreaks currently occurring in a dozen different countries.
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Continue Reading "Global measles crisis" as WHO reports cases up 300% from last year
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Apr 17, 2019
Toyota has taken the wraps off two battery electric vehicles (BEVs) at the Shanghai Auto Show this week. Due to hit showrooms in 2020, both the C-HR and IZOA are aimed at the Chinese market and will be the first BEVs to launch in China under the Toyota brand.
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Continue Reading Toyota breaks out two battery electric vehicles for Chinese market
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Auto Shanghai 2019
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Apr 16, 2019
Capcom is the latest games company to jump into the retro console craze. The Capcom Home Arcade comes preloaded with 16 arcade-era games, playable with two stick-and-button arrangements on one long panel, shaped like the company logo.
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Continue Reading Capcom Home Arcade packs 16 classic games into one weird-looking panel
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Gaming
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Apr 16, 2019
Blue Quench's super-fast beer cooler is about to drop on Indiegogo, and this thing means business, as long as the business is a party. When nothing but ice-cold is good enough, and a minute's the longest you can wait, this thing chills beers faster than anything outside a cryogenics lab.
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Continue Reading Room temperature to ice-cold in 60 seconds: The 500-rpm BlueQuench Qooler
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Coolers
Indiegogo
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Apr 16, 2019
A team of astronomers led by MIT has confirmed that NASA's unmanned Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) space telescope has discovered its first Earth-sized exoplanet, called HD 21749c. The smallest planet outside our solar system yet found by TESS, it orbits the orange main-sequence star HD 21749, which is 52 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Reticulum and is home to a sub-Neptune-seized world, HAD21749b.
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Continue Reading TESS identifies its first Earth-sized exoplanet
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Apr 16, 2019
In classic Boston Dynamics style, the company's latest announcement that its SpotMini are off the production line and ready to hit the commercial market has been accompanied by a video showing ten of these robot dogs effectively pulling a truck across a parking lot.
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Continue Reading Boston Dynamics celebrate looming commercial sales by towing a truck with 10 robo-dogs
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Apr 16, 2019
In classic Boston Dynamics style, the company's latest announcement that its SpotMini are off the production line and ready to hit the commercial market has been accompanied by a video showing ten of these robot dogs effectively pulling a truck across a parking lot.
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Continue Reading Boston Dynamics celebrates looming commercial sales by towing a truck with 10 robo-dogs
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Boston Dynamics
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SpotMini
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Apr 16, 2019
Microsoft's worst-kept secret has finally been made official: a disc-less Xbox One S console will be released next month. The company calls it the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition, and it will come with three major games pre-installed.
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Continue Reading Microsoft drops the disc drive with Xbox One S All-Digital Edition
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Games
Gaming
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Xbox One
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Apr 16, 2019
The winners of the 5th annual Fine Art Photography Awards span a huge variety of categories but all share a sense of creative spectacle delivering everything from incredible landscape vistas to astounding architectural abstractions.
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Continue Reading Gallery: Breathtaking visions in the 5th Fine Art Photography Awards
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Apr 16, 2019
Lotus wants to make the first British all-electric hypercar in the form of its Type 130. Unveiled as just a silhouette in Shanghai, Lotus says it is hard at work on a prototype which it plans to unveil in London later this year. It will be the first all-new production Lotus in over a decade.
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Continue Reading All-electric Type 130 hypercar will be Lotus' first all-new production car in over a decade
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Auto Shanghai 2019
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Apr 16, 2019
Far from the world of stretched luxury sedans, minivans are among the least glamorous vehicles on global roadways. Fair or not, the minivan is often dismissed as a frumpy, unattractive grocery-getter driven begrudgingly by those who have given up automotive passion for no-frills practicality. With Lexus jumping in the game, though, the minivan is getting a new lease on life and might even become something of an object of desire. Will the new Lexus LM help raise the minivan image from "soccer dad" to "jet-setting international power broker?" Probably not, but it does bring some fresh style and luxury to the MPV segment.
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Continue Reading Lexus makes the minivan a proper luxury car with chauffeur-ready LM MPV
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Auto Shanghai 2019
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Shanghai Auto Show 2019
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Apr 16, 2019
The 2020 model year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Z car, so Nissan has unveiled new packaging for limited-edition 50th anniversary models of the 2020 370Z. The original Datsun 240Z debuted in New York 50 years ago, promising both fun and racing. The new Z does the same.
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Continue Reading Bestriped 50th Anniversary 370Z recalls Nissan's racing origins
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Apr 16, 2019
Whereas quadcopter drones simply have four rigid propeller-bearing arms, flying insects are able to adjust the angle of their wings according to the situation. Inspired by that fact, scientists have created a drone that can fold its arms while in flight, allowing for better performance.
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Continue Reading Insect-inspired drone folds its arms for improved flight
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Biomimicry
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Folding
Purdue University
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Apr 16, 2019
Infiniti plans to hit the Chinese automotive market with electric vehicles, starting with its first collaborative concept, the Qs Inspiration. Designed in partnership with renowned architect Kengo Kuma, the Infiniti Qs Inspiration Concept is being shown in Shanghai as a model to be built in China for China.
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Continue Reading Infiniti powers into Shanghai with electrified Qs Inspiration Concept
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Auto Shanghai 2019
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Apr 16, 2019
Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a new concept crossover-SUV, the Concept GLB, at Auto Shanghai as a follow-up to the Concept GLA unveiled in 2013. The GLB is a compact crossover aimed towards being more daily-use versatile, with additional interior space and better off-road credibility.
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Continue Reading Mercedes-Benz unveils new Concept GLB compact off-roader in Shanghai
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Auto Shanghai 2019
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Apr 16, 2019
Getting a tattoo certainly isn't known for being a comfortable process. It can also cause damage to the skin, plus it results in bio-hazardous used needles that need to be properly disposed of. A new needle-free technique, however, gets around all of those problems.
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Continue Reading Laser-heated bubbles may find use in better, less painful tattooing
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Tattoo
University of Twente
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Apr 16, 2019
When it comes to music consumption, streaming continues to be the music industry's biggest earner. Sales of physical formats like CD and vinyl are declining overall, though the latter has been clawing its way back slowly over the last few years. High-end audio brand Pro-Ject is clearly hoping that the Compact Disc will also enjoy an upturn in fortunes, as it releases the CD Box RS 2 T transport.
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Continue Reading Pro-Ject prepares for Compact Disc revival with precision CD transport
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CD Player
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Apr 16, 2019
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has named Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects' Salesforce Tower in San Francisco the Best Tall Building Worldwide for 2019. A total of 20 other Category Winners were also awarded during the recent CTBUH Annual Awards event in Shenzhen, China.
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Continue Reading Salesforce Tower named Best Tall Building Worldwide by CTBUH
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Apr 16, 2019
We've seen autonomous aircraft doing everything from spraying crops to surveying wildlife, and now the Swiss air rescue organization Rega has announced a drone that's capable of searching for and finding missing people all on its own.
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Continue Reading Rega air rescue drone can autonomously search for missing persons
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Apr 16, 2019
Snowy places aren't ideal for harvesting solar energy - panels can't do much if they're buried under blankets of snow, of course. Now a team from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has developed a new device that can produce electricity from snow itself.
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Continue Reading Snow-powered nanogenerator works where solar panels don't
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Apr 16, 2019
The CRISPR gene-editing system is incredibly accurate, but when there are billions of base pairs of DNA to scroll through, it's not unusual for it to be a little bit off target sometimes. Now, biomedical engineers at Duke University have created an RNA "lock" that can apparently make the system far more precise, and it works with all kinds of CRISPR variations.
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Continue Reading CRISPR breakthrough uses "hairpin lock" for more precise genetic engineering
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DNA
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Apr 16, 2019
Renault wants that sweet, sweet Chinese market, and it wants it bad. So the French company has hit Auto Shanghai with a cute little electric city car styled to charm the Asian market and ready to go on sale by the end of 2019.
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Continue Reading Renault premieres all-electric City K-ZE in Shanghai
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Auto Shanghai 2019
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Apr 16, 2019
Following in the footsteps of Shenzhen and Beijing, Japanese home and lifestyle brand Muji has recently opened its third hotel located in the center of Tokyo's upmarket shopping district of Ginza. The impressive MUJI Hotel Ginza spans six floors and features 79 rooms that boast stunning tiny living interior designs that are intended to reflect the company's ethos of "eat well, walk more, sleep well, clean often."
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Continue Reading Muji Hotel opens in Ginza, featuring stunning micro suites
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Apr 16, 2019
We've been waiting for some time to see the production-ready version of Aston Martin's first all-electric sports car, developed in conjunction with Williams Advanced Engineering - and now the company has unveiled the street-ready Rapide E at Auto Shanghai.
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Continue Reading First look at Aston Martin's production-ready Rapide E
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Apr 16, 2019
The Volkswagen badge is inextricably linked to #vanlife and the very concept of open road freedom and adventure. That'll only keep rolling with all-new camper vans that are every bit as compelling as the classics. In a slight departure, VW is parking the van in the garage and journeying out in a very different style of adventure rig. A combination of ruggedized VW Atlas and mountain bike-topped off-road expedition trailer, the all-new Atlas Basecamp Concept pulls the road trip off-road, unearthing tracks and trailheads less traveled.
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Continue Reading Volkswagen drops the van and chases adventure with a different breed of camper
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New York Auto Show 2019
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Apr 16, 2019
Scientists have discovered a tiny fragment of a comet in a meteorite. The bulk of the rock itself was once an asteroid, but when the team cracked it open and analyzed the inside, they found that the growing asteroid must have swept up the seed of a comet billions of years ago.
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Continue Reading Antarctic meteorite tells the tale of an asteroid that ate a comet
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Antarctic
Arizona State University
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Apr 16, 2019
An incredible new study suggests that low-intensity ultrasound can be used to target very specific brain regions and alter an animal's decision-making processes. The technique, demonstrated in macaques monkeys, prompts actual behavioral changes using non-invasive ultrasound waves.
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Continue Reading Scientists change monkey minds using low-intensity ultrasound
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Apr 15, 2019
AVX Aircraft and L3 Technologies have teamed up and produced a design to compete in the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program. This high-speed coaxial chopper will vie for inclusion in a competitive prototype fly-off that'll decide which aircraft eventually gets produced.
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Continue Reading AVX and L3 unveil design for US Army's Future Attack/Reconnaissance Aircraft program
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Apr 15, 2019
If you're planning to go boating on Saturn's moon Titan, bring your lengthier anchor cables. Based on radar data returned by NASA's Cassini orbiter in April 2017 during its final flyby, researchers have determined that the small methane lakes set on hills in the northern hemisphere of Titan are over 100 m (330 ft) deep, providing new clues as to how Titan's methane-based hydrologic cycle works.
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Continue Reading Titan's deep lakes more Earth-like than previously thought
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Apr 15, 2019
We have known for well over a century that exposure to certain environmental agents can result in DNA mutations that ultimately cause cancer. However, it has been tricky to explicitly link specific tumors to individual culprits, such as UV light or tobacco smoke. Now a team of UK scientists has for the first time developed a way to identify specific mutational signatures in tumors that can be linked to certain carcinogens.
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Continue Reading Cancer DNA study helps uncover specific chemical causes of tumors
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Cambridge University
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Apr 15, 2019
Merging two cutting-edge technologies, Lockheed Martin flew its Pilotage Distributed Aperture Sensor (PDAS) system aboard a Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft for the first time last month. The multi-functional sensor system collects high-resolution images from around the aircraft, providing the flight crew with a 360-degree view of the exterior through special helmets and displays.
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Continue Reading Lockheed system gives V-280 Valor tiltrotor pilots 360-degree vision
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Apr 15, 2019
Although pieces of heart tissue have previously been bioprinted, scientists have now succeeded in creating the world's first 3D-printed vascularized heart to be made from a patient's own biological materials. It's an accomplishment that could pave the way for custom made-to-order replacement organs.
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Continue Reading Scientists create world's first patient-specific vascularized 3D-printed heart
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Tel Aviv University
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Apr 15, 2019
California-based surfer Joseph Abrantes didn't like his roof rack's straps messing up the wax job on his board, nor did he enjoy hearing them flap and buzz in the breeze while on the highway. His solution was to create his own product, the strapless WaveRaxx system. It's presently on Kickstarter.
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Continue Reading WaveRaxx gives surfboard racks the strapless treatment
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Apr 15, 2019
Ordinarily, when drinking water is being tested for toxic heavy metals, samples of it have to be sent off to labs. And while there are portable testing systems, they do have some limitations. A new device, however, is claimed to work better - by copying a process that takes place within the human body.
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Continue Reading Portable water-testing device binds and shines
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Detection
Nanyang Technological University
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Apr 15, 2019
Not everyone has access to enough land for growing veggies, making indoor garden devices quite attractive prospects for those looking for year-round fresh produce. Over the years, we've seen quite a few break cover - including the AeroGarden from 2006, Windowfarms from 2011 and the striking OGarden update from earlier this year. The latest is a multi-tier setup called the Cell One.
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Continue Reading Cell One grows organic microgreens and sprouts in your kitchen
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Garden
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Apr 15, 2019
Following over four years of construction, work is now finally complete on the Safdie Architects-led Jewel Changi Airport project. The impressive building, complete with indoor forest and the world's tallest indoor waterfall, will open to travelers on April 17.
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Continue Reading Jewel Changi Airport, home of world's tallest indoor waterfall, opens for business
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Airports
Building and Construction
Singapore
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Apr 15, 2019
Following over four years of construction, work is now finally complete on the Safdie Architects-led Jewel Changi Airport project. The impressive building, complete with indoor forest and the world's tallest indoor waterfall, will open to travelers on April 17.
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Continue Reading Work completed on Jewel Changi Airport, home of world's tallest indoor waterfall
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Airports
Building and Construction
Singapore
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