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An international team of scientists is one step closer to unlocking the molecular mechanisms at work in fat tissue, which could ultimately lead to treatments to effortlessly ‘switch on’ calorie burning. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Obesity , University of Cambridge , University of East Anglia , University of Pennsylvania , Brown fat , Fat cells , Protein , Diabetes

Ever wanted to throw together Cardi B, Michael Jackson, and Jay-Z to create the perfect party starter? Now you can, thanks to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Center for Music Technology, who’ve developed an app that makes a mashup of your favorite songs – no DJing experience required. Continue Reading Category: Music , Technology Tags: Digital music , Apps , DJ , Georgia Institute of Technology , Artificial Intelligence , Machine Learning

For over 100 years, scientists have agreed that discrete collections of brain cells fire off signals to other brain areas through a series of interconnected fibers. In a new study, researchers applied a mathematical model to brain activity and found that brain function may have more to do with shape than connectivity. Continue Reading Category: Biology , Science Tags: Brain , Structure , Mathematics , Monash University

George Bernard Shaw famously characterized fashion as "an induced epidemic," and the launch of Aston Martin’s new DB12 at a showbiz party on the Côte d'Azur this week was a masterclass in conjuring a mass outbreak of desire for the new "super tourer" ... all the while cultivating an already elite brand into an even more premium experience. Continue Reading Category: Automotive , Transport Tags: Aston Martin , Supercars

While many goods simply have to be kept frozen until use, some – such as certain vaccines – will break down even if they get warmed but remain frozen. An inexpensive new technology could alert people to the fact that this has happened. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: American Chemical Society , UC Riverside , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Temperature , Medication , Nanoparticles

Canadian company Work Louder thinks the humble keyboard can do a lot more than we've seen from it over the past six decades or so. The firm has loaded its Nomad keyboard with a widget-based screen and a crazy amount of customization thanks to a community-based approach. Continue Reading Category: Technology Tags: Keyboard , Bluetooth Keyboards , Consumer Electronics , Kickstarter

Foster + Partners has revealed plans for a new headquarters for clothing brand Bench. The office tower has been carefully designed to respond to the local climate and seismicity, while also minimizing its grid-based electricity usage. Continue Reading Category: Architecture , Lifestyle Tags: Building and Construction , Foster and Partners , Office , sustainable design

One of the major challenges with downsizing is that there's rarely enough space to invite guests over. Despite its size of just 24 ft (7.3 m) in length, the Buttercup tiny house addresses this issue with a compact-but-capable interior layout that seats six people and sleeps up to four at a squeeze. Continue Reading Category: Tiny Houses , Lifestyle Tags: Tiny Footprint , House , Home , Micro-House , Building and Construction

Though projectors can certainly be described as stylish, they can rarely (if ever) be seen as cute. But that's exactly what we have with a portable laser projector called Mimono, with its alien-minibot looks, bendable legs and soft outer body. Continue Reading Category: Home Entertainment , Technology Tags: Portable , Projectors , Kickstarter

Scientists have identified an ancient marsupial for the first time, whose special adaptations allowed it to walk great distances across the continent now known as Australia some 3.5 million years ago. For an animal that would have weighed more than a quarter of a tonne, that trekking talent was no mean feat. (Or feet, should we say?) Continue Reading Category: Biology , Science Tags: Paleontology , Historic , History , Flinders University , Fossils

Our gorgeous galaxy is once again the focus of an astrophotography collection. Travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has published its Milky Way Photographer of the Year gallery for 2023, including some astonishing shots of the starriest of night skies. Continue Reading Category: Photography , Technology Tags: Galaxy , Photo , Images , Astronomy , Stars , Photographers , Astrophotography

Bombardier says it's stepping up prototype testing on its blended-wing Ecojet project, aiming to use its lift-generating fuselage, low-drag wingspan and propulsion advances to heavily reduce fuel burn and cut emissions in half. Continue Reading Category: Aircraft , Transport Tags: Bombardier , Jets , blended wing

Surgery to remove brain tumors comes with risks, one being that it may cause damage to the surrounding brain tissues. Researchers have found that biomarkers found in the blood are a useful new tool for tracking damage on a cellular level, providing more detailed information than currently used techniques. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: Brain , Surgery , Tumor , MRI , University of Gothenburg

Saturn’s moon Enceladus is famous for its plumes that spray water into space. Now the James Webb Space Telescope has watched the biggest known plume so far, spanning thousands of miles, and studied how they feed a huge water “donut” around Saturn. Continue Reading Category: Space , Science Tags: Enceladus , Saturn , Water , James Webb Space Telescope , JWST , ESA

The bond between humans and dogs has existed for thousands of years. Often, the decision to get a Rottweiler over a Chihuahua is made based on personality. A new study has found that while the breed is an important factor, a dog’s personality is determined by a complex interaction between genetics and environment. Continue Reading Category: Pets , Lifestyle Tags: Dogs , Personality , Genetics , Environment , University of Helsinki

Recovery from a heart attack is most often focused on lifestyle changes to support and protect cardiovascular health. But researchers out of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have sounded another alarm, finding that people who had suffered a heart attack experienced a more rapid decline of brain health in the years that followed than those who were heart-healthy. And they’re not exactly sure what's driving it. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: John Hopkins University , Heart attack , Heart Disease , Heart Failure , Memory , Brain , Dementia , Age-Related , Aging

Japanese company PowerX is moving ahead with its strange plan to build a "mobile power station" in the form of a 140-meter (460-ft) electric "battery tanker," which will carry 241 megawatt-hours of renewable energy across the sea over short distances. Continue Reading Category: Energy , Science Tags: Shipping , shipping containers , Ships , Japan , Batteries , Electric Boats , Clean Energy

A few years ago, Scottish woman Jo Cameron was found to be a medical marvel who felt next to no pain, fear or anxiety, and had faster wound healing, thanks to a specific gene mutation. Now, scientists have studied in more detail to figure out how this works, in the hopes of unlocking future drug targets. Continue Reading Category: Biology , Science Tags: Pain , Genetics , Depression , Pain Relief , Healing , Oxford University , University College London

We know how diet can affect general health, but what effect does it have on sleep specifically? A new study has found that what we eat can directly affect our sleep quality. Continue Reading Category: Health & Wellbeing , Lifestyle Tags: Sleep , Sleeping , Diet , Uppsala University

In a world first, the United States, Britain, and Australia have carried out an exercise at Salisbury Plain, England under the AUKUS agreement to field test drones equipped with jointly developed autonomy and artificial intelligence systems capable of not only detecting and tracking military targets, but that are also able to retrain themselves in flight in the face of mission changes. Continue Reading Category: Military , Technology Tags: Australia , British , drones , Artificial Intelligence

British automaker Caterham Cars is well known for its Caterham Seven sports car, which is closely based on the classic Lotus Seven. Now, however – in a not-so-traditional twist – the company has announced its plan to make an experimental electric version of the car. Continue Reading Category: Automotive , Transport Tags: Caterham , Sports Cars , Electric Vehicles

It goes without saying that drum kits take up a lot of space, and are very noisy. The Aerodrums 2 system, however, allows drummers to practice in silence using just a camera module, foot markers, and a special set of drum sticks – no actual drums are involved. Continue Reading Category: Music , Technology Tags: Drums , Kickstarter

For the past year, Uber-backed Serve Robotics' wheeled robots have been delivering takeout food and groceries to customers in the Los Angeles area. The company has now announced that up to 2,000 of the bots are set to enter use with Uber Eats in other North American cities. Continue Reading Category: Robotics , Technology Tags: Food , Uber , Autonomous , Delivery robots

Oregon-based e-mobility company Arcimoto has launched a versatile version of its electric three-wheeler that we first covered in 2015. The cargo-hauling MUV has been designed to "handle whatever task you throw its way." Continue Reading Category: Urban Transport , Transport Tags: Electric Vehicles , Three-Wheeler , Modular

We were pretty impressed by the smartwatch experience offered by Mobvoi when the original TicWatch Pro launched in 2018, and now the company has moved into a new generation with its "most powerful TicWatch to date." Continue Reading Category: Wearables , Technology Tags: Mobvoi , Smartwatch

When Meatloaf sang “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad” in 1977, we’re all but certain he was not doing the math on the potential of planets in the galaxy having the right conditions to harbor life. Because new findings suggest that two out of three are actually bad, unless you’re in search of uninhabitable baked planets with boiling oceans. Continue Reading Category: Space , Science Tags: Exoplanet , University of Florida , Astronomy , Kepler Mission , Gaia , Space exploration , Orbit

If you've ever dreamed of owning a private island paradise, now could be your chance. The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has joined forces with high-end clothing firm Vollebak to design a self-sufficient off-the-grid island getaway near Nova Scotia, Canada, that will be going up for auction to the highest bidder. Continue Reading Category: Architecture , Lifestyle Tags: Building and Construction , Bjarke Ingels Group , Off-grid , sustainable design , vollebak

Norton has made good on its threat to turn its slinky V4SV superbike into a cafe racer – without neutering its rorty 1200cc V4 engine. The new V4CR carries an absolutely brutal price tag, but a bike this pretty might just get away with it. Continue Reading Category: Motorcycles , Transport Tags: Norton Motorcycle , Naked bike , Luxury

Perovskite is quickly gaining on silicon in the solar cell field, but it has one major drawback – durability. Now, a new treatment has been shown to keep perovskite solar cells working at 99% of their efficiency after 1,000 hours of use. Continue Reading Category: Energy , Science Tags: Materials , Coating , Perovskite , Solar Cell , Electricity , Efficiency

Once again, technology has been inspired by nature. After examining how centipedes traverse rough terrain, researchers created a multi-legged robot that mimics their curved, side-to-side movement, providing greater stability and maneuverability. Continue Reading Category: Robotics , Technology Tags: Robot , Biomimetic , Osaka University

Dutch-based tech company SenseGlove has announced the upcoming release of Nova 2, the second generation of its innovative haptic force-feedback glove and is claimed to be the first of its type with palm feedback. Continue Reading Category: Virtual Reality , Technology Tags: Virtual Reality , Haptic , Gloves

We don’t have to be told a diet rich in fruit and vegetables is good for our health; it may be one of the few areas of science generally not up for debate, even if our adherence to the advice varies greatly. Continue Reading Category: Health & Wellbeing , Lifestyle Tags: Columbia University , Brigham and Women’s Hospital , Vegetables , Nutrition , Brain , Memory , Age-Related , Diet

While AI systems amaze and alarm the world in equal measure, they’re about to get even more powerful. Nvidia has announced a new class of supercomputer that will train the next generation of AI models, and put us all out of work far faster. Continue Reading Category: Computers , Technology Tags: NVIDIA , Supercomputer , Artificial Intelligence , GPU , Open AI , GPT , Microsoft , Meta (company)

Researchers have confirmed what Indigenous Australians have long known: native plants have great healing properties. A study has found that two plants show great potential for healing wounds quickly and efficiently. The finding paves the way for introducing more plant-based treatments into healthcare. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: Plants , Wound , Healing

When ESA's Juventas CubeSat lands on Dimorphos in 2026 to assess the aftermath of last year's spectacular collisions with NASA's DART spacecraft, its GRAvimeter for small Solar System bodies (GRASS) instrument will directly measure the asteroid's gravitational pull, which is a millionth that of the Earth. Continue Reading Category: Space , Science Tags: NASA , ESA , hera , Asteroid

Perhaps you like the idea of using a drone to take aerial selfies, but you don't want to buy a big, expensive, complex quadcopter. That's where ZeroZero Robotics' Hover Camera drone comes in, and the latest version – the X1 – is claimed to be easier than ever to use. Continue Reading Category: Drones , Technology Tags: Camera drone , Quadcopter , Folding , Indiegogo

While it's very important for some people to monitor their blood pressure, individuals living in remote or impoverished regions may not have access to an arm-cuff-equipped clinic. A simple and inexpensive new device could help, as it works with the patient's own smartphone. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: UC San Diego , Blood Pressure , Smartphone diagnostics

High-profile Dutch firm MVRDV recently completed work on its energy-efficient Matrix One laboratory and office building in Amsterdam. The project showcases a forward-thinking design philosophy that focuses on flexibility, and features a demountable structural system which allows over 90% of its building materials to be reused once it's no longer required. Continue Reading Category: Architecture , Lifestyle Tags: MVRDV , Amsterdam , Building and Construction , Office , sustainable design

Scientists have identified the oldest known Homo sapiens footprints. Found in South Africa, the tracks have been dated to over 150,000 years ago. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: History , Human , Fossils , South Africa , anthropology

Researchers have developed a self-administered smartphone app to screen for neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment by analyzing speech patterns. With subtle speech disturbances being an early indicator of these conditions, this may be an easy way to obtain a diagnosis quicker. Continue Reading Category: Health & Wellbeing , Lifestyle Tags: Alzheimer's Disease , Speech , Machine Learning , University of Tsukuba

Age-related hearing loss impacts one in three adults between the ages of 64 and 75 in the US, and around half of these numbers are down to genes. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: Hearing Impaired , Hearing , Genetics , Aging , Age-Related , gene therapy

Sadly, this is not a rollercoaster for horses. And despite its dystopian hover-chariot looks, it's actually designed to be a kinder and safer way to prepare young horses for the often-damaging shock of beginning a race training program. Continue Reading Category: Sports , Lifestyle Tags: Horse-riding , Racing , Training aid , Animals