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Laser-based imaging technology now in development will provide the ability to see around corners; applications include autonomous vehicles, aerial surveillance and even search-and-rescue operations.

A look at one of the many innovations that play a key role in the practice of modern dentistry -- the dental implant.

A new hybrid energy storage device uses aqueous electrolytes instead of flammable organic solvents, so it is both environmentally friendly and safe.

With a 385 ft. (117 m) wingspan and six of the same engines used on Boeing 747-400s, the mammoth carrier aircraft developed by Stratolaunch is designed to carry up to three Pegasus XL rockets to high altitudes before releasing them to boost satellite payloads into orbit.

Flight testing for solid-state high-energy laser systems designed to mount on aircraft, including fighter jets and combat helicopters, will ramp up into the early 2020s.

Some benefits of GMOs: crops with improved herbicide tolerance (soybeans) or insect resistance (corn), increased growth rates in Coho salmon and possible hepatitis B vaccine derived from GMO tobacco.

Next week — on March 5 — Tokyo will become the first city in the world to have a taxi service with autonomous driving vehicles. Today, Nissan, together with the telecommunications company DeNA, announced the passenger transport service called Easy Ride, which offers the possibility of accessing rental vehicles that do not need drivers to transport their passengers.

Master Bond UV22DC80-1 is a one-part nanosilica-filled system for bonding, sealing and coating.

A new printing technique may be the next innovation in cancer research and development of new drugs to fight disease.

Bigelow Aerospace’s space stations launch in a compact configuration, expand to their full size in orbit, and offer a greater ratio of living space to launch mass compared to traditional aluminum designs. Their sale and operation will be managed by new subsidiary Bigelow Space Operations.

How to measure constriction strength of a Burmese python using Omega's pressure transducers.

Last spring French president Emmanuel Macron inaugurated Station F, the world’s largest startup campus. A 1920 railway depot, located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, known as La Halle Freyssinet, was transformed into a campus to host more than 1,000 startups in a space greater than 34,000 square meters (over 365,000 square feet).

The single-use, disposable devices suport hypothermic oxygenated perfusion preservation and transport of donor hearts.

Using food waste as a potential filler for natural rubber may make it suitable for electronic sealants and sensors.

Unlike conventional palladium-driven catalytic processes, a new pseudo-homogeneous catalysis method is fast, efficient and consumes nontoxic solvents.

Monitoring changes in the infrasound character produced by open-vent volcanoes can signal a rise in lava lake level and eruption activity.

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will monitor over 200,000 of the brightest, nearby stars. Scientists expect to discover over 2,000 exoplanet candidates, around 300 of which will be Earth-sized or super-Earth-sized.