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Air-Breathing Battery Makes Renewable Power Viable for the Grid
Energy

Air-Breathing Battery Makes Renewable Power Viable for the Grid

The battery stores energy for months at about one-fifth of the price of existing technologies.

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Quantum Physics

Scientists Confirmed the Theory Behind the Quantum Networks of the Future

Quantum networks will be essential for data protection in the future.

Western Digital Hard Drives Will Provide Over 40TB of Storage by 2025
Science & Energy

Western Digital Hard Drives Will Provide Over 40TB of Storage by 2025

Recent developments in microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) enable the creation of larger hard drives.

Scientists Detect New Gravitational Waves from a Black Hole Collision
Science & Energy

Scientists Detect New Gravitational Waves from a Black Hole Collision

"With the next observing run planned for Fall 2018, we can expect such detections weekly or even more often."

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Space

China Has a Radical New Plan to Get Rockets — and Humans — to Space

Launching from ships near the equator or close to the atmosphere gets heavier rockets into space faster.

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Health & Medicine

A Chinese Province Is Sequencing One Million of Its Residents’ Genomes

The project is being advised by Harvard geneticist George Church.

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Quantum Physics

Antibiotics Dosed With Quantum Dots Are 1,000 Times Better at Killing Superbugs

As drug-resistant infections become a more serious threat, nanotechnology may present an answer.

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Medical

A New Medical Journal Modeled on Turbotax Could Help Doctors Save Lives

Giving doctors the ability to compare cases can save lives, but will the review process fall by the wayside?

New NASA Research Will Probe Inner Workings of Quantum Mechanics in Space
Science & Energy

New NASA Research Will Probe Inner Workings of Quantum Mechanics in Space

A zero-gravity environment gives scientists the perfect conditions to test quantum mysteries.

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Artificial Intelligence

Vladimir Putin: Country That Leads in AI Development “Will be the Ruler of the World”

Many working in the field see AI as a tool for making humanity better, while others foresee it as a harbinger of doom for humanity.

New Information About Alzheimer’s Disease Provides Hope for a Cure
Science & Energy

New Information About Alzheimer’s Disease Provides Hope for a Cure

The amyloid or tau debate is shifting.

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Elon Musk

Elon Musk Claims Tesla is Producing More Batteries Than Anyone Else in the World

Some experts think that countries like China are hot on Musk's tail.

The Hyperloop Was Around Long Before Elon Musk
Elon Musk

The Hyperloop Was Around Long Before Elon Musk

This comic from the 1960s was remarkably good at predicting the future.

New Microchips Convert Data Stored as Light Waves into Sound Waves
Science & Energy

New Microchips Convert Data Stored as Light Waves into Sound Waves

This world first — like "storing lightning inside thunder"— could forever change electronic devices.

Are Engineers Responsible for the Consequences of Their Algorithms?
Future Society

Are Engineers Responsible for the Consequences of Their Algorithms?

The software can ID partially covered faces, making it potentially useful for persecuting dissidents.

Amazon Just Submitted Patent for Delivery Drone Hive. Here’s What it Looks Like.
Drones

Amazon Just Submitted Patent for Delivery Drone Hive. Here’s What it Looks Like.

The future is skyscraper warehouses with drones flying to and from your home.

New Research Shows that Zika Virus Kills Brain Cancer Stem Cells
Cancer

New Research Shows that Zika Virus Kills Brain Cancer Stem Cells

A potentially positive use for the Zika virus emerges.

China, Russia and the US Are in An Artificial Intelligence Arms Race
Artificial Intelligence

China, Russia and the US Are in An Artificial Intelligence Arms Race

"Artificial intelligence is the future."

At One End of the Keystone XL Oil Pipeline, There Is a Scene You Must See to Believe
Environment

At One End of the Keystone XL Oil Pipeline, There Is a Scene You Must See to Believe

One end of the Keystone XL Oil Pipeline looks like another world.

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Advanced Transport

Japan is Testing Driverless Buses to Help the Elderly Get Around

The Robot Shuttle is a six-seat self-driving bus that goes 10 kph (6 mph).