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$1700 will get you 16 lenses, 52 megapixels, and a lot of clever computing in a box the size of a smart phone

You wouldn't want to try this with any other drone

New report shows that the foreign-born account for an increasing share of a growing science and engineering workforce

Anodes built from mushrooms could make batteries greener

An Israeli team is the first to show a launch contract, officially extending the race to 2017

Worst-case scenarios could involve blackouts, meltdowns

The ITU is sorting through likely approaches to the next-generation mobile standard

Researchers discover a way to create a circuit that changes over time and now are looking for an application

The defense agency announces funding for 7 projects under its new ElectRx program

Physicists showed that subatomic particles oscillate between types, a blow to the Standard Model

Spiders use silk tethers to help them make controlled jumps, and now robots do too

The new transistor consumes 90 percent less power than conventional devices

One infected vehicle could turn a car dealership into a center for spreading malware to customers

Potential for 100 gigabit per second downloads

New tools reveal details of the relationship between a ceramics’ molecular structure and its capacitance

Arizona’s largest utility is withdrawing a proposed increase for rooftop solar users amidst accusations of improper dealings with state regulators

The new 1,000-qubit machine installed at Google's Quantum AI Lab spends most of its power on keeping cool

Nanomaterial responds to the proximity of a finger in milliseconds rather than seconds

A look back at Hollywood’s love affair with the Red Planet

Some of the best robot videos from one of the best robot conferences

Will qubits cohabit with silicon-based electronics in the future?

The author of the adapted novel discusses the science behind his plot twists

Microscopic welding lets transistor contacts shrink along with the rest of the device

More details on Honda's secretive humanoid project

Mechanical engineer Clifton Roozeboom thinks physics students spend too much time fussing with complicated measurement tools instead of learning

This 1964 ad attests to the enduring lure of the final frontier

With no sensors, motors, or actuators, hot feet are all this robot needs to walk

While conversion efficiencies are still low, a few tweaks could make the first optical rectenna ready for commercial use in photovoltaics

A machine classification system can identify harmful website links on Twitter within seconds of being clicked

Magnetic stripe technology retires today after nearly 50 years on the job, but the chip card may just be a temporary replacement

Nearly 10,000 visitors saw Bloodhound's guts. It's engineers tell us there's still a bit more testing to do

If it can push a spacecraft, engineers are trying to harness it to fly through space

More than a century after the first Mars movie, we finally have a really good one

Watch Andy Weir, author of the adapted novel, discuss the science behind his plot twists

Software engineer turned sci-fi author talks about his hit book and seeing it adapted to the big screen

Engineers fashion ways to survive on Mars

Compact gyroscopes could help astronauts live and work in space

When Fashion Is a Matter of Life or Death

Without any hardware modifications, the Harvard RoboBee learns to land in the water and go for a swim

Google Science Fair finalists create biofuels and a substitute for carbon nanotubes out of chicken feathers

Don't hold your breath waiting for VW to clean up its diesels. Do hold your breath while crossing the street

A safety study finds European cars do better in frontal and side crashes while U.S. cars withstand rollovers better

Portable detectors could be used to determine drug chirality in hospitals and in the field

A $20 million Carbon XPrize funded by big fossil fuel producers and users sets a 4-1/2 year challenge to turn carbon dioxide into value-added products. Could there be more value in reducing emissions at the source?

Maturing tech shows that diesel exhaust in the real world is far higher than what carmakers advertise

The world's most crowded public space could use smart design, technology, and crowd management to prevent disasters, says expert