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In February, a crowdfunding campaign is set to launch for a novel product claimed to extend the shelf life of fresh fruit by up to 14 days.

The new turbine offers 30% higher annual energy production relative to its predecessor.

A European initiative seeks to build a 100 km superconducting proton accelerator ring with an energy of up to 100 trillion electron volts.

Lee Plug expansion plugs seal fluid passages without the use of O-rings, threads or sealants.

Max Siedentopf, a 27-year-old German-Namibian artist, has created an art installation that will be around for the rest of time, or at least until the elements get to it.

The newly automated system will more than triple the number of plutonium pellets produced at ORNL each week from 80 to 275.

See four examples from the latest research on drone shape-changing abilities that enable unmanned aerial vehicles to slip into areas they would otherwise be unable to enter.

Chemical catalysis technology is harnessed to achieve autonomous movement and reconfiguration of the sheet in a reactant-filled fluid.

DroneGun Tactical provides a safe countermeasure against a wide range of drone models and safely manages drone payloads, including dangerous ones like explosives, with no damage to the drone or environment.

Gravity towers, pumped hydro, lithium-ion batteries and other alternatives are competing for hundreds of billions of dollars that will be spent on new energy storage capacity in the coming decades.

Commercial drones are beginning to receive praise from numerous industries as costs associated with inspection can be greatly reduced through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a savings potential that is extremely attractive to the oil and gas industry.

Astronaut William Anders might not have taken the iconic Earthrise image had the stars not lined up, figuratively speaking.

The mechanical design uses passive movement but was able to mimic different piano styles.

By introducing biological principles of self-organization to swarm robotics, researchers have found it possible to get hundreds of coin-size robots to work together based only on local communication and movement – and without an underlying master plan.