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Image via Wikipedia Audi is sending a robotic version of its TTS sports car to navigate to the top of Pikes Peak only guided by computers and GPS In September a driverless Audi TTS will speed to the top of Colorado’s Pikes Peak at just under 100 kilometers per hour—that’s right, no driver. It is

Bio-electricity from plants could produce as much as 3.2 Watt per square metre of plant growth An unexpected source of new, clean energy has been found: the Plant-Microbial Fuel Cell that can generate electricity from the natural interaction between living plant roots and soil bacteria. The technique already works on a small scale and will

Teleporting people through space, as is done in Star Trek, is impossible by the laws of physics. Teleporting information is another matter, however, thanks to the extraordinary world of quantum mechanics. Researchers at TU Delft’s Kavli Institute of Nanoscience have succeeded in deterministically transferring the information contained in a quantum bit – the quantum analogue

In a potential game changer for the health care industry, a new cell phone app and lab kit now allow a smartphone to identify bacteria from patients anywhere in the world. With the new app, doctors will be able to diagnose diseases and prescribe the appropriate antibiotic within a one-hour office visit, meaning faster recovery

Life has always played by its own set of molecular rules. From the biochemistry behind the first cells, evolution has constructed wonders like hard bone, rough bark and plant enzymes that harvest light to make food. But our tools for manipulating life — to treat disease, repair damaged tissue and replace lost limbs — come

Tokyo-based Tonchidot, legendary TechCrunch50 finalistand maker of the popular Sekai Camera augmented reality service, has released a new (free) app for iPhone and Android. But DOMO (Japanese for “nice to meet you” or “thank you”) isn’t an update or variation of Sekai Camera but another (ingenious) way to “augment” reality. DOMO is being offered as a “pre-social” app, which makes use

In broadest view yet of world’s low oxygen, scientists reveal dangers and solutions In the past 50 years, the amount of water in the open ocean with zero oxygen has gone up more than fourfold. In coastal water bodies, including estuaries and seas, low-oxygen sites have increased more than 10-fold since 1950. Scientists expect oxygen

Sandia method cheaper, greener and cuts competition for fertilizer Nitrogen and phosphate nutrients are among the biggest costs in cultivating algae for biofuels. Sandia molecular biologists Todd Lane and Ryan Davis have shown they can recycle about two-thirds of those critical nutrients, and aim to raise the recycling rate to close to 100 percent. Recycling

Bill Gates predicts that, “It’s very clear that five years from now, on the web, for free…you will be able to find the greatest lectures in the world.”   Higher education is becoming cheaper and more accessible. With an internet connection users can watch TED lectures or look up academic papers. Now Udemy.com, a website