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Scientists Are Using Artificial Placenta to Help Keep Premature Babies Alive
Science & Energy

Scientists Are Using Artificial Placenta to Help Keep Premature Babies Alive

Research shows that survival rates increase when babies are placed in artificial placenta.

Lab-on-a-Chip: Researchers Track Individual Cells By Assigning Them A Digital Code
Prosthetics and Devices

Lab-on-a-Chip: Researchers Track Individual Cells By Assigning Them A Digital Code

Cheap diagnostic testing will be accessible, even far away from hospitals.

College Students Built a Car That Gets 2,585 Miles Per Gallon
Future Society

College Students Built a Car That Gets 2,585 Miles Per Gallon

A prototype created by students proves it could be possible to go from NY to Vegas without stopping for gas.

Eggs Literally Spark With Light Upon Contact With Sperm, and We Caught It on Camera
Science & Energy

Eggs Literally Spark With Light Upon Contact With Sperm, and We Caught It on Camera

See the spark of life (yes, it's a real thing).

Ingestible Sensor Can Monitor Vital Signs From Inside Your Gut
Medical

Ingestible Sensor Can Monitor Vital Signs From Inside Your Gut

Reserchers from MIT have developed an ingestible sensor that can monitor heart and respiratory rates...from inside your body.

New Tricorder-Like Tech Lets Us Detect Tumours Without Touching the Skin
Science & Energy

New Tricorder-Like Tech Lets Us Detect Tumours Without Touching the Skin

Finding cancer may have just gotten easier.

A Humanoid Robot Just Recovered Treasures From A 17th Century Shipwreck
Robotics

A Humanoid Robot Just Recovered Treasures From A 17th Century Shipwreck

Scientists recovered treasure from King Louis XIV's wrecked ship...using a humanoid robot.

Meet Valkyrie—NASA’s Humanoid Robot for Future Space Missions
NASA

Meet Valkyrie—NASA’s Humanoid Robot for Future Space Missions

It could one day replace human astronauts on missions.

Touchjet Turns Any Surface Into a Supersized Touchscreen
Future Society

Touchjet Turns Any Surface Into a Supersized Touchscreen

Now, any surface can become a ginormous touchscreen tablet.

See A Flawless, Gyro-Stabilized Video of Saab’s Remarkable New Jet Fighter
Future Society

See A Flawless, Gyro-Stabilized Video of Saab’s Remarkable New Jet Fighter

Saab's new promotional video of its jet fighter is nothing short of pure awesomeness.

Google and Ford Just Formed A Lobby Group for Driverless Cars
Google

Google and Ford Just Formed A Lobby Group for Driverless Cars

Major car makers and tech companies have formed a coalition to tackle regulations on self-driving cars.

Britain’s New Offshore Wind Farm Is Set to Be the World’s Largest
Wind

Britain’s New Offshore Wind Farm Is Set to Be the World’s Largest

The world's largest offshore wind farm is to be built in the UK, delivering power to nearly half a million homes by 2018.

HTC Vive Is Investing $100 Million in Virtual Reality Startups
Investing

HTC Vive Is Investing $100 Million in Virtual Reality Startups

HTC wants you!…to make games for their Vive virtual reality platform.

Singapore May Become The City Of The Future…And An Orwellian Nightmare
Future Society

Singapore May Become The City Of The Future…And An Orwellian Nightmare

Sensors are going to be placed around Singapore that will monitor everything in the city…absolutely everything.

Microsoft’s Testing DNA Storage: 1,000,000,000 TB in 1 Gram
Science & Energy

Microsoft’s Testing DNA Storage: 1,000,000,000 TB in 1 Gram

We could soon be storing all our data in within tiny vials of synthetic DNA

University of Florida Holds First Drone Race Using Mind Control
Drones

University of Florida Holds First Drone Race Using Mind Control

We are getting closer and closer to truly harnessing the power of the mind.

A Levitating Sled Just Set a New World Speed Record
Future Society

A Levitating Sled Just Set a New World Speed Record

The maglev rocket-propelled sled traveled near the speed of sound.

This Bendable Smartphone Has A Screen Made of Graphene
Graphene

This Bendable Smartphone Has A Screen Made of Graphene

And it is a touchscreen.

Physicists Force Water Molecules Into a Strange New State of Matter
Physics

Physicists Force Water Molecules Into a Strange New State of Matter

Physicists have come up with a brand new state of water.

Scientists Discover That Slime Mold Is Capable of Learning
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover That Slime Mold Is Capable of Learning

For the first time, scientists have found that slime mold is capable of learning.