From human-powered mass transit to space elevators . . . Public transport systems offer many advantages over the personal alternatives when it comes to getting large numbers of people from A to B in style [...]

A single cargo ship can deliver as many as 300,000 “Exo” base housing units capable of providing shelter to over a million refugees. In a world where millions of people are forced from their houses [...]

For many of us, mosquitoes are an irritating pest that can ruin any number of outdoor activities. For many others, however, they are also spreaders of malaria – a disease which infected approximately 216 million [...]

Where Willow Glass differs from Gorilla Glass, however, is its unusual thinness and flexibility   Corning announced details of a major new glass design at the eighth annual Display Week in Boston, a trade event [...]

Much cheaper and easier to operate than the best magnetometers available today   Two years ago, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the U.S. developed a tiny magnetic sensor that [...]

The chemical chip provides new opportunities to control and regulate the signal paths of cells in the human body.   While the silicon chips found in the electronic devices that we rely on every day [...]

Questions remain about the long term effects of nanoparticles on our bodies   Nanomedicine is a hugely promising field, but while remarkable new treatments and diagnostic tests are being developed, questions remain about the long [...]

The pilot system they have built generates enough electricity to power the average American home   A new, small-scale solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system developed at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory [...]

The current design of the Lindbergh aircraft shows a wingspan greater than 100 feet   Eighty five years ago, Charles Lindbergh became the first pilot to successfully fly from New York to Paris non-stop, claiming [...]

3D printers using the established “kiosk” model that’s been so successful for digital photo printing   3D printing is starting to surf a wave that could take it from a specialist manufacturing process to household [...]

“Solar Floating Resort”   Italian industrial designer Michele Puzzolante has come up with a conceptual floating luxury hotel suite he claims could be entirely self-powering thanks to the dye-sensitized solar cells which would be integrated [...]

The main aim is to distribute these to people in the developing world   Anyone who currently wears glasses or contact lenses will have likely consulted an optometrist to determine their prescription … that is, [...]