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Environment Apr 23, 2018

Can desert cities such as Tucson and Phoenix make water sources sustainable?

Can a place where water is hard to come by and heat is hard to escape sustain a growing population?

Telecom Apr 20, 2018

Airbus, Bill Gates and others back video imaging satellite venture

Airbus, Bill Gates and Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son have joined to back a spinoff from Bellevue, Wash.-based Intellectual Ventures that aims to launch a constellation of imaging satellites "that will deliver real-time, ...

Space Exploration Apr 12, 2018

Top tomatoes thanks to Mars missions

Next time you eat a tomato or sweet pepper, take a closer look, because there's a good chance that its healthy appearance is thanks to one of former US President Barack Obama's speeches and ESA research for sending people ...

Other Apr 5, 2018

How smart is your city?

The proportion of the world's population that lives in cities is growing quickly. This means that we need to develop strategies for infrastructure, water supply, habitation, and climate adaptation, in all cities around the ...

Energy & Green Tech Feb 26, 2018

Clever coating opens door to smart windows

Researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne Australia have developed a new ultra-thin coating that responds to heat and cold, opening the door to "smart windows".

Nanomaterials Feb 5, 2018

Researchers blaze new ground in wireless energy generation for future electronic gadgets

Researchers from Clemson's Nanomaterials Institute (CNI) are one step closer to wirelessly powering the world using triboelectricity - a green energy source.

Materials Science Jan 22, 2018

Scientists discover material ideal for smart photovoltaic windows

Smart windows that are transparent when it's dark or cool but automatically darken when the sun is too bright are increasingly popular energy-saving devices. But imagine that when the window is darkened, it simultaneously ...

Energy & Green Tech Jan 16, 2018

Magnetic liquids improve energy efficiency of buildings

Climate protection and the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions have been on top of global development agendas. Accordingly, research and development projects have been conducted on national and international levels, which ...

Engineering Jan 15, 2018

First method to detect illicit drone filming developed

The first technique to detect a drone camera illicitly capturing video is revealed in a new study published by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Weizmann Institute of Science cyber security researchers. The study ...

Business Jan 10, 2018

Behind the smart gadgets, Amazon and Google are waging war

The flash of the CES technology show in Las Vegas is all about robots, drones and smart gadgets. But its subtext is all about Google versus Amazon.

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