Seabin wants to clean the world's oceans and has a novel solution to do it. The team has created a floating garbage can that automatically collects rubbish,
It's difficult to conceptualize the half-million pieces of junk surrounding the Earth, but this 60-second animation brings it all home in a powerful way.
Researchers from the Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland do the impossible -- they can peer around a corner and track an object in real time.
Inspired by the highly maneuverable swimming of the sea lion, mechanical engineer Megan Leftwich 3D printed a silicone version of the mammal's flippers.
Colorado State University chemist Eugene Chen did the impossible by creating a polymer from a monomer thought to be non-polymerizable by most scientists.
One of the world's largest initiatives to generate power using human waste is taking place in Washington DC at the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant.