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Random pallets are no match for Kinema Systems' clever robot

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Discovery impacts applications including remotely controlling nanodevices and direct conversion of heat to electrical power in photovoltaics

People could stick to diets better if they could just tell an app what they ate using natural language. We’re getting there

Glass nanoparticles embedded in graphene give lithium-ion batteries better capacity

This laser distance sensor works outside and is upgradeable with your smartphone

Surviving atmospheric reentry was once the biggest problem in aerospace

Scientists make a giant leap toward a Keurig machine for medicine

Developers have high hopes that health apps can revolutionize treatment; so far, the evidence is patchy

Libraries move to curating digital rather than physical collections

A silicon MEMS device that accurately measures gravity could make geophysical surveys easier, cheaper, and safer

Safety still comes first

What will result from rearranging the country's transmission network, allowing new suppliers in, and adding new economic incentives?

Take that, Tesla

A racer for the street

Lighter, faster, and more frugal

With a UK Parliament inquiry looming, an urgent defense of the NGI from a Nobel Laureate could turn public perception

This adorable little robot is as versatile as a bird or an insect

Fill ’er up— with hydrogen

Two registries have claimed the Internet domain, leaving it stuck in limbo. The court battle begins next week

No more natural breathing

Timing, cost, and the right license made all the difference

Bells and semiautonomous whistles

Fast lap to the future

Engineers are trying to squeeze outsize AI into mobile systems

A new "rocket science" for the blood detects proteins we didn't even know were there

Just don’t call it a DeLorean

Mishaps and a court-imposed reactor shutdown have left the country's energy goals in doubt

Key works from the late AI titan’s favorite sci-fi authors

London’s new $21 billion underground rail network is a hotbed of innovation—built with lots of mud, concrete, and sweat

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The financier warns foreign investors that familiar business models might not work

Novel nanostructure combines plasmonics and toplogicial insulators for a boost in light absorption

With carbon markets and subsidies in doubt, nuclear is no longer affordable

Its inventors say it could work for other neurotransmitters, too.

New speech recognition technology can distinguish sounds that look the same on lips, making lip reading easier for machines

If wrinkling graphene once is interesting, what happens when you do it repeatedly?

The U.K.’s Alton Towers, which opens its Galactica ride this week, is one of more than a dozen amusement parks that are giving old rides new life with VR

The engineer’s life disproves the myth that only scientists make discoveries

If you had all the amazing robots Google has, what would you do? Here’s what some leading roboticists say

New kinds of detectors look back to the beginning of the universe

The OTTO 100 can bring 100 kilos of whatever you want, wherever you want it

Helium-ion microscopy could directly write circuitry on a 2-D material without multi-step lithographic processes

Your Fitbit can tell how many calories you’re burning, but no gadget so far can tell you how many you’re taking in

An artificial egg packed with sensors could help save endangered birds

The former CEO and management guru comes to the end of what he thought of as a random walk through life

A gesture-controlled system could allow surgeons to swipe through medical images without dirtying their hands