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Image by Ivan Walsh via Flickr Can China–and the World–Afford 2 Billion Cars? China could have one billion cars by mid-century–but what kind of vehicles will they be? SHENYANG—Rows of new white minibuses marshal at the entrance to Brilliance Auto‘s sprawling complex on the outskirts of this industrial city of 4.2 million people in northeastern China.

Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are creating a new approach to reconstruct 3-D full-color holographic images by using just one layer of nanoscale metallic film. This work has a huge potential to change our daily lives by equipping our cell phones with 3-D floating displays and printing 3-D security marking onto credit

There are many applications of PCMs in diverse fields (medical, botanical, sports). Researchers at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid UPM have patented gypsum boards able to store thermal energy that can reduce up to 40% of energy consumption of a building. The boards, that are combined with passive strategies (sunlight, natural airing), can reduce energy

A National Institutes of Health-funded study led by a team at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University has shown that an influenza vaccine can produce robust immune responses and be administered safely with an experimental patch of dissolving microneedles. The method is an alternative to needle-and-syringe immunization; with further development, it could eliminate

Clones of robotic insects to be mass-produced by the sheet A new technique inspired by elegant pop-up books and origami will soon allow clones of robotic insects to be mass-produced by the sheet. Devised by engineers at Harvard, the ingenious layering and folding process enables the rapid fabrication of not just microrobots, but a broad

Researchers at the CRANN nanoscience institute at Trinity College Dublin have discovered a new clean energy material that will increase the adoption of hydrogen as a fuel in energy-efficient transport. Hydrogen has been described as the ultimate clean energy source and, potentially, a real alternative to fossil fuels. It is seen as very attractive as

When surveillance cameras began popping up in the 1970s and ’80s, they were welcomed as a crime-fighting tool, then as a way to monitor traffic congestion, factory floors and even baby cribs. Later, they were adopted for darker purposes, as authoritarian governments like China’s used them to prevent challenges to power by keeping tabs on

The iPhone has a ton of built-in features, but one feature it doesn’t have is a 3D camera – until now.   Snapily3D is an iPhone app that allows you to capture 3D pictures and video with the camera on your iPhone. The app is compatible with the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and