Lab researchers boost truck fuel efficiency through improved aerodynamics
Lawrence Livermore and Navistar researchers created SuperTruck I with aerodynamic enhancements, achieving a 124 percent improvement in fuel ...
Researchers create self-sustaining bacteria-fuelled power cell
A micro-scale self-sustaining microbial fuel cell, developed by researchers at Binghamton University, is said to have generated power for 13 days through interactions between two types of bacteria.
An algorithm that knows when you'll get bored with your favourite mobile game
The model predicts when a user will leave a specific mobile game. Credit: Silicon Studio Researchers from the Tokyo-based company Silicon S ...
ABC News says three of its Twitter accounts were hacked
ABC News says three of its Twitter accounts were hacked Thursday morning and sent out profanity-filled tweets to its millions of followers. ...
Research work on peregrine falcons inspires future aircraft technologies
Credit: BAE Systems Scientists at BAE Systems and City, University of London have revealed how research work on how falcons fly is inspirin ...
Scientists switch on 'artificial sun' in German lab
In this March 21, 2017 photo engineer Volkmar Dohmen stands in front of xenon short-arc lamps in the DLR German national aeronautics and spa ...
Microchip launches direct online sales service
Microchip has launched a web based service in which it will sell parts directly to customers. According to the company, the site – called microchipDIRECT – includes features available for the first ti
Renesas joins LoRa plans wireless MCUs ‘within a year’
Renesas Electronics has joined the LoRa Alliance as a sponsor member. According to the company, the move will enable it to contribute to the standardisation and promotion of LoRaWAN.
Salvage of South Korea's Sewol ferry: the facts
Salvage experts are working around the clock to lift the sunken Sewol ferry off the coast of South Korea, in a complex operation expected to ...
'Smart' leg mobility device could provide hands-free comfortable effective alternative to conventional crutches
Brett Adams, a graduate of Purdue’s School of Mechanical Engineering, tests the Clutch Crutch, a hands-free, comfortable and potentially mor ...
Secretive billionaire reveals how he toppled Apple in China
Duan Yongping is convinced Tim Cook didn't have a clue who he was when they first met a couple years ago. The Apple boss probably does now. ...
AT&T Verizon join Google ad boycott
AT&T and Verizon on Wednesday joined global firms pulling ads from Google, saying they did not want their brands associated with inappro ...
T-Mobile moves the needle in its research lab to compete with larger rivals
For a couple of minutes in a small, nondescript T-Mobile US conference room, the future of wireless is here. ...
The 'time machine' that replicates three years of weather in three days
Berkeley Lab roofing material aging process (diagram courtesy Berkeley Lab Heat Island Group) Climate change is wreaking havoc on the envir ...
Faster cellular signals could mean slower Wi-Fi
Credit: CC0 Public Domain You may soon see faster connections on your cellular service. But your Wi-Fi connection may pay the price. ...
CEO of Silicon Valley networking firm looks to future
At least on the surface, networking products aren't the most exciting tech gadgets. But they're what make the internet - and all the devices ...
Machine learning lets scientists reverse-engineer cellular control networks
In vivo validation of the computationally-discovered, partially converted tadpole phenotype. Credit: Daniel Lobo, Maria Lobikin, Michael Lev ...
Spreading rumors on Twitter and mistaking retweets for truth
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers A new study of the believability of information received via Twitter and the intention to pass o ...
Researchers create self-sustaining bacteria-fueled power cell
Binghamton University Electrical and Computer Science Assistant Professor Seokheun Choi is one of the co-authors of 'Self-sustaining, solar- ...
Google Maps already tracks you; now other people can too
In this Nov. 12, 2015, file photo, a man walks past a building on the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. Google is enabling users of its ...
AP Interview: Emirates defends security as laptop ban looms
Emirates airline President Tim Clark listens to a question during an interview overlooking Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab ...
New machine learning technique provides translational results
Credit: Berkeley Biomedical Data Science Center A team of scientists at Berkeley Lab has developed an unsupervised multi-scale machine lear ...
When deep learning mistakes a coffee maker for a cobra
Credit: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Is this your sister?" That's the kind of question asked by image-recognition systems, ...
Senior's published research could enhance water treatment processes
Jenna Bishop, a senior majoring in environmental systems engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS), experimented with d ...
China's Geely opens UK plant for electric London taxis
The iconic London cab goes electric with a new factory able to build 20,000 clean taxis a year Chinese carmaker Geely, owner of the London ...
People afraid of robots much more likely to fear losing their jobs suffer anxiety
"Technophobes"—people who fear robots, artificial intelligence and new technology that they don't understand—are much more likely ...
Video games encourage Indigenous cultural expression
Indigenous games like ‘Honour Water’ can teach Indigenous values and ceremonial practices. Credit: Honour Water/Elizabeth LaPensée, CC ...
'Mean blind spot' leaves organisations vulnerable to cyber attack
Cyber attacks are becoming more frequent. Credit: University of Portsmouth New research has identified a 'mean blind spot', which leaves or ...
Quadruped robot exhibits spontaneous changes in step with speed
A The quadruped robot, Oscillex 3. B Reproduced changes in step (gait transition phenomenon). (Top) Change in the parameter related to speed ...
Arrow Electronics unveils FPGA IoT Maker Board
Global distributor, Arrow Electronics, is making available a FPGA IoT Maker Board designed for end-to-end application development and which has been optimised for cost.
'Lab-on-a-glove' could bring nerve-agent detection to a wearer's fingertips
Credit: American Chemical Society There's a reason why farmers wear protective gear when applying organophosphate pesticides. The substance ...
Not my laptop! Airline passengers hit the device doldrums
In this Jan. 15, 2015, file photo, a new Qatar Airways Airbus A350 approaches the gate at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany. As the indignit ...
Needy expat workers get new phones as Singapore moves to scrap 2G
A Singapore migrant welfare group has started distributing 3G-enabled mobile phones to cash-strapped foreign workers days before the city-st ...
China's Alibaba to set up logistics hub in Malaysia
Alibaba founder Jack Ma speaks during the launch of Malaysia's 'digital free trade zone' in Kuala Lumpur on March 22, 2017, with his Chinese ...
Researchers adapt a DIY robotics kit to automate biology experiments
Elementary and secondary school students who later want to become scientists and engineers often get hands-on inspiration by using off-the-s ...
Researchers discover new form of GeSe say it’s promising
A team from Princeton University has discovered a new form of germanium selenium (GeSe). Called beta-GeSe, the compound has a ring type structure similar to graphene and, in its monolayer form, could
Q&A: A look at the electronics ban on some flights
In this May 4, 2014 file photo, an Etihad Airways plane prepares to land at the Abu Dhabi airport in the United Arab Emirates. A U.S. offici ...
Florida eco-friendly town opens for business
The interior of a model home at Florida's eco-friendly community of Babcock Ranch, which includes a solar farm and the latest in energy effi ...
Apple cuts prices on lower-end iPads releases red iPhones
This photo provided by Apple shows the family of iPads, from left, the iPad mini 4, the new iPad, the 9.7-inch iPad Pro and the 12.9-inch on ...
New security measure could cause travelers to reroute trips
In this May 21, 2016, file photo, an EgyptAir plane flies past minarets of a mosque as it approaches Cairo International Airport, in Cairo, ...
Wells Fargo: All ATMs will take phone codes not just cards
In this Sept. 21, 2016, file photo, a customer uses a Wells Fargo bank ATM in New York. On Tuesday, March 21, 2017, Wells Fargo announced pl ...
No new threat led to airline laptop limits officials say
This is a July 29, 2002 file photo of a laptop is used on a plane . Britain's government Tuesday March 21, 2017 banned electronic devices in ...
US UK bar laptop carry-ons from Mideast N. Africa flights (Update)
This May 8, 2014 file photo shows Emirates passenger planes at Dubai airport in United Arab Emirates. The U.S. government is temporarily bar ...
Apple cuts prices on lower-end iPads releases red iPhones (Update)
Apple is cutting prices on two iPad models and introducing red iPhones, but the company held back on updating its higher-end iPad Pro tablet ...
New brain-inspired cybersecurity system detects 'bad apples' 100 times faster
Sandia National Laboratories' Roger Suppona, left, and John Naegle, center, and Lewis Rhodes Labs CEO David Follett examine their Neuromorph ...
Supreme Court sympathetic to Microsoft in Xbox owners' suit (Update)
In this Nov. 22, 2005 file photo, an XBox 360 is purchased in New York. The Supreme Court suggested Tuesday, March 21, 2017, that it is symp ...
Twitter suspends more accounts linked to 'terrorism'
Twitter said Tuesday it suspended 376,890 accounts in the second half of 2016 for "promotion of terrorism," an increase of 60 perc ...
Amazon invests in Costa Rica as tiny nation carves out profitable niche in world economy
In the 19th century, the customs house here brimmed with the imported wares that first helped this tiny Spanish-speaking nation become part ...
France to probe Fiat for emissions cheating
Fiat Chrysler is one of the world's top 10 carmakers French investigating magistrates will open a probe into carmaker Fiat Chrysler for sus ...
ARM launches microarchitecture to address AI
Looking to meet increasing demand for artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomous systems and virtual reality, ARM has unveiled DynamIQ, a new microarchitecture which it says will be the fou
Updated iPad with a price cut
Apple is updating its iPad Air, now just called iPad, and shaving $70 off the price. ...
Spinning sail technology is poised to bring back wind-powered ships
Credit: Norsepower Over 200 years after steamships first began crossing the ocean, wind power is finding its way back into seafaring. Globa ...
A revival in rammed-earth construction
Detail of the Rauch House completed in 2008 in Austria. Credit: Beat Bühller Through an exhibition and two semester-long courses, EPFL ...
The rise of self-driving cars
The finalized prototype of Google self-driving car. Once the stuff of science fiction, self-driving cars may soon be cruising our nation's ...
Working towards super-efficient ultra-thin silicon solar cells
Proposed crystalline silicon solar cell architecture developed by Ames Laboratory researchers Prathap Pathi, Akshit Peer and Rana Biswas. D ...
New study calls for U.S. solar policy reform
Solarkraftwerk Waldpolenz, the first Solar 40-MW CdTe PV Array installed by JUWI Group in Brandis, Germany. Credit: JUWI Group The rapidly ...
Funding to build molecular biocomputers
A five-year, €6.1million EU Horizon 2020 project aims to build a new type of powerful computer based on biomolecules.
Google opens 'shortcuts' to information tools on phones
Google wants to make it easier for you to find answers and recommendations on smartphones without having to think about what to ask its sear ...
Silicon photonics transceiver runs at 896Gbit/s says imec
Nanoelectronics research institute imec has developed a silicon photonics transceiver which, it claims can operate at data rates of up to 896Gbit/s. The device – said to occupy only a few square milli
Taxi-hailing app Grab hits the road in Myanmar
There are currently around 430,000 registered cars in Myanmar, according to automotive consulting firm Solidiance Ride-hailing firm Grab la ...
The world's most efficient and environment-friendly solar cells
Bengt Svensson and co-workers are currently producing the solar cells of the future out of nano-materials, which will capture sunlight in bo ...
US bars electronic carry-ons from Mideast N. Africa flights
In this Jan. 7, 2016 file photo, a laptop is seen in Las Vegas. Royal Jordanian Airlines is advising passengers that laptops, iPads, cameras ...
No electronics on some US-bound jets from Mideast Africa (Update 3)
In this Jan. 7, 2016 file photo, a laptop is seen in Las Vegas. Royal Jordanian Airlines is advising passengers that laptops, iPads, cameras ...
Face recognition flushes out China's toilet paper crooks
The paper dispensers have reduced waste by 70 percent since they were brought to Temple of Heaven over the weekend, according to the firm be ...
Better policy needed to protect privacy of smart TV viewers
Credit: Universiteit van Amsterdam (UVA) Dutch and European policymakers should do more to protect media users' privacy instead of leaving ...
Engineering team develops novel nanofibre solution for clean fresh air
Assistant Professor Tan Swee Ching (left), Mr Sai Kishore Ravi (right) and their team from the National University of Singapore's Faculty of ...
TMD material forms semiconducting nanowires
A material that, when heated to 450°C, transforms from a 2D sheet into an array of 1D nanowires has been discovered by a team from the University of Texas, Dallas.
Researchers develop biometric app for smartphone security
Credit: National Research Nuclear University Scientists from the Institute of Cyber Intelligence Systems at the National Research Nuclear U ...
Material can generate electricity through heat difference
The discovery of a new material by University of Utah engineers could one day enable jewellery and body heat to generate enough electricity to power a body sensor, or enable a cooking pan to charge a
Google affiliate offers tools to safeguard elections
In this Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, file photo, electronic screens post prices of Alphabet stock at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. An organiza ...
Robonaut—perception in space
Credit: Texas A&M University In order to remain safe, robots are commonly used to reach what human hands cannot. Often a robot is used ...
Ban aimed at electronics in cabins of some US-bound flights (Update)
In this Jan. 7, 2016 file photo, a laptop is seen in Las Vegas. Royal Jordanian Airlines is advising passengers that laptops, iPads, cameras ...
YouTube reverses some restrictions on gay-themed content
In this Oct. 21, 2015, file photo, Robert Kyncl, YouTube Chief Business Officer, speaks as YouTube unveils "YouTube Red," a new su ...
Some electronics to be banned on some US-bound flights
The U.S. government is barring passengers on Royal Jordanian Airlines flights from bringing laptops, iPads, cameras and other electronics in ...
Samsung voice-assistant Bixby to debut with new phone
Samsung, whose booth at this year's Mobile World Congress is shown here, is unveiling a new personal assistant 'Bixby' that will challenge r ...
Russian pleads guilty to charge related to Citadel malware
A Russian man accused of helping develop and distribute malicious software designed to steal personal financial information pleaded guilty M ...
Hacked websites on the rise: Google
Google, which inserts security warnings when it detects hacked sites, said most of those warned can clean up their pages Google painted a b ...
Leadership change at Comcast cable as CEO Smit changes role
In this July 23, 2015, file photo, a man walks past the Comcast Building in New York. Comcast says Dave Watson will become CEO of its cable ...
Google sorry for adverts alongside extremist content
Matt Brittin, president of Google's Europe, Middle East and Africa division, apologised to partners and advertisers whose adverts appeared a ...
Wi-Fi on wheels: Google helps students get online on the go
For some rural American school children, tech giant Google is stepping in to help ensure they can get online to do their homework during the ...
Leadership change at Comcast cable as CEO Smit changes roll
In this July 23, 2015, file photo, a man walks past the Comcast Building in New York. Comcast says Dave Watson will become CEO of its cable ...
Using virtual reality to catch a real ball
Credit: Disney Research Disney Research scientists have found innovative ways to enhance virtual experiences involving interactions with ph ...
Twitter and emergency retweets in times of disaster
Twitter and other social media tools are commonly used around the world. Now, many government and not-for-profit organizations have a presen ...
Improved bandwidth for disordered antennas
A research group from Korea’s Institute of Basic Science has devised a disordered arrangement for antennas, which is said to minimise redundancy and to enable each antenna to function independently. A
Impact of wobbly bridges and skyscrapers on human health tested in government-funded research center
The impact of vibrations from very tall buildings and wobbly bridges and floors on people's health and wellbeing is to be researched in a ne ...
Power partners: Sandia draws industry into quest for cheaper cleaner electricity
Sandia National Laboratories principal investigator Darryn Fleming is surrounded by the workings of the labs' 1 megawatt thermal supercritic ...
Connector specification developed for on board optical modules
Following a collaborative industry effort, the Consortium for On-Board Optics (COBO) has chosen the electrical connector for a forthcoming standard which, it says, will define the key component for mo
Where's the line? Theme parks aiming to eliminate them
This undated photo made available by Universal Orlando Resort, shows the new "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon" ride in ...
French emissions probe clears Opel; others accused of fraud
In this dec. 4, 2009 file picture, flags with the Opel logo are seen in front of the Opel headquarter in Ruesselsheim, central Germany. Slog ...
Researchers show that enzyme function inhibits battery ageing
Stefan Freunberger, beneficiary of an ERC Grant at TU Graz, investigates ageing processes in non-aqueous batteries. Credit: © Lunghamme ...
Liquid storage of solar energy – more effective than ever before
When the molecule is hit by the sun it changes shape and stores the energy for later use. Credit: Ella Marushchenko Researchers at Chalmers ...
Using Big Data to analyse images and video better than the human brain
Training neural network for object recognition (a car with front lights) in action. Credit: Uni Research Computing Improving traffic safety ...
New transportation safety technology for preventing accidents due to falling asleep at the wheel
Through advanced research & development for about ten years at the University of Liège (ULg) in Belgium under the leadership of Pro ...
Water filter from wood offers portable eco-friendly purification in emergencies
The purified water is compared with its original source, as well as a reference sample from the tap. Credit: KTH Royal Institute of Technolo ...
IoTSF names new chair expands board
The Internet of Things Security Foundation has expanded its Executive Steering Board and appointed Professor Paul Dorey as its new chair. Meanwhile, Dr Stephen Pattison – ARM’s VP of public affairs –
Open ecosystem for smart assistance systems
Credit: Fraunhofer-Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation IAO Under the banner of "d!conomy - no limits," CeBIT 201 ...
Leadership chage at Comcast cable as CEO Smit changes role
In this July 23, 2015, file photo, a man walks past the Comcast Building in New York. Comcast says Dave Watson will become CEO of its cable ...
Intel unveils 3D XPoint based SSDs
Intel has launched the first product based on 3D XPoint, the memory technology developed in association with Micron. Called the Optane SSD DC P4800X Series, the solid state drives (SSDs) are said to h
Wi-Fi network based on infrared rays
A infrared based wireless network has been devised by researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology who claim it resolves problems of congested Wi-Fi networks.
Vodafone's Indian telecom unit merges with local company
British telecom company Vodafone's Indian unit on Monday announced a merger with Idea Cellular, a local company, creating India's largest te ...