The black hole at the center of our galaxy, Sagittarius A*, has been visualized in virtual reality for the first time. The details are described...

A robot can assemble a car door or pack a box much faster and more efficiently than any human, but such single-purpose machines struggle...

A new thermal transistor could help conduct heat away from delicate electronic components and also insulate them against chip and circuit failure. You’ve felt the...

Imagine a taxi service that picked you up (into the sky) and then dropped you off after an exciting journey, completely free of road...

Thanks to one peculiar characteristic of carbon nanotubes, engineers will soon be able to measure the accumulated strain in an airplane, a bridge, or...

Researchers have created a new fuel cell that runs on cheap fuel at temperatures comparable to automobile engines and could slash materials costs. Fuel cells...

Augmented reality systems show virtual objects in the real world – like cat ears and whiskers on a Snapchat selfie, or how well a...

In mid-December, twin discs will begin glowing blue on the underside of a minibus-sized spacecraft in deep space. At that moment, Europe and Japan's BepiColombo...

An EU initiative will deploy hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles in three European capitals as taxis, private-hire and police cars. The move will accelerate their...

Fuel cells that work with the enzyme hydrogenase are, in principle, just as efficient as those that contain the expensive precious metal platinum as...