DIY auroras: how to make your own space weather By Duncan Geere published 18 May 17 Declassified data suggests high-altitude nuclear detonations can trigger magnetic storms.
First came self-lacing trainers – now it's auto-fitting surgical gowns By Duncan Geere published 17 May 17 Japanese researchers have developed a surgical gown that automatically adjusts to the right size.
How to turn the Moon into an interplanetary petrol station By Duncan Geere published 16 May 17 A team of students have come up with a plan to dramatically increase the amount of stuff rockets can carry to Mars.
This robot bird will scare real birds away from airports By Duncan Geere published 15 May 17 Roboticists at the University of Twente have developed a lifelike "robird" that will be deployed at Edmonton International Airport
Your personality is your best defence against losing your job to a robot By Duncan Geere published 10 May 17 Psychologists at the University of Houston are figuring out the impact of different personality traits when it comes to the changing nature of work
A capsule robot just took its maiden voyage - through a pig's colon By Duncan Geere published 9 May 17 Biomedical engineers have developed a tiny, autonomous capsule that can perform a colonoscopy from within.
This smartwatch prototype will move on your wrist so you can never ignore it By Duncan Geere published 8 May 17 Researchers at Dartmouth College and the University of Waterloo have developed a prototype watch face that moves in five different directions.
The first soft synthetic retina works just like a camera By Duncan Geere published 5 May 17 Chemists at Oxford University have developed a soft-tissue retina that could bring hope to the visually impaired
This prosthetic hand has a built-in eye for added accuracy By Duncan Geere published 4 May 17 Biomedical engineers at Newcastle University have developed a prosthetic hand that's fitted with a camera to make it easier to pick things up.
This new battery concept could give electric cars a 1000km range By Duncan Geere published 3 May 17 Engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems have developed a new way of arranging batteries that lets many more be crammed into the same space.
This paleontologist is building interactive 3D dinosaur holograms By Duncan Geere published 2 May 17 Letting people see, touch, and play with virtual dinosaurs.
Nasa's Cassini probe is preparing to plunge between Saturn and its rings By Duncan Geere published 26 April 17 Engineers at Nasa are readying the Cassini probe for its most daring mission yet.
A lamb foetus grew in this artificial womb for four weeks By Duncan Geere published 26 April 17 Extremely premature lambs have been kept alive for weeks in a fluid-filled plastic bag
This newly-discovered ant species is named after Radiohead By Duncan Geere published 25 April 17 Sericomyrmex radioheadi was found in the Venezuelan Amazon and farms fungus for food.
5G will make robot cars safer in bad weather By Duncan Geere published 24 April 17 Finnish researchers are building systems that use 5G network technology to reduce traffic accidents.
Who'll be first to Mars? By Duncan Geere published 23 April 17 At some point in the coming decades we'll put boots on Mars – but who'll make it to the red planet first?
Astronomers have announced the most likely places to hunt for alien life By Duncan Geere published 21 April 17 The Breakthrough Listen initiative has released the preliminary results of its first year hunting the skies for extraterrestrial signals.
This electronic cheetah-bot can help us develop more efficient robots By Duncan Geere published 20 April 17 PhD student Geert Folkertsma at the University of Twente has built a robotic cheetah that he hopes can help optimise the robots of the future
Heat, not electricity, could power computers of the future By Duncan Geere last updated 3 December 21 Instead of fighting heat in computing it could be embraced as an alternative energy source.
Want the perfect profile picture? Then ask someone else to choose it By Duncan Geere published 18 April 17 New study reveals that profile pictures chosen by someone else work better.
Pokemon Go players are happier, friendlier and more active than average By Duncan Geere published 13 April 17 A study of 399 people carried out in the weeks after Pokemon Go was released shows some interesting results about the game's player base.
How Google's AutoDraw works By Duncan Geere published 12 April 17 Google's new AI doodlebot can turn scribbles into beautiful clip art, using a combination of image recognition, machine learning, and artistic flair.
Scientists find a way to crack your phone's password using just the accelerometer By Duncan Geere published 11 April 17 It's possible to crack a four-digit pin within five guesses using internal phone sensors.
The latest dumb thing to get smart tech: milk cartons By Duncan Geere published 10 April 17 Irish materials scientists have fabricated transistors out of 2D nanomaterials for the first time.
Laser weapons are fast becoming a reality - they just need to be shrunk first By Duncan Geere published 10 April 17 All the major defence firms are developing prototypes of laser weapons for the US military.