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Biologists have successfully bred genetically engineered mosquitoes that can't carry malaria

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Let there be light! Researchers design LED lamp powered by plants

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Diamond nanothreads to join graphene as the world’s next wonder material

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The first 3D-printed revolver fires 8 shots, just add a roofing nail and elastic

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Rice University chemists harness light to power fast, single-molecule submarine

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NASA developing satellite network for real-time wildfire tracking

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Bosch’s new weed-murdering robot could eliminate the need for herbicides

Startup Deepfield Robotics is working with German technology company Bosch to develop the ultimate farm hand -- a robot that can weed and monitor crops.
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Forget batteries, Canada plans to store energy in giant underwater balloons

Canada's Hydrostor has developed a creative energy storage solution using balloons that costs half as much as batteries and lasts twice as long.
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3DR Solo drone will soon alert you when you fly into restricted airspace

To make its drones even safer to fly, 3DR is working with AirMap to add real-time restricted airspace information to its Solo drone software.
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ToyLabs makes STEM fun with its DIY, solar-powered airplane

Let your kids build, launch and fly with the new Volta Flyer, a solar toy airplane designed by educational toy maker ToyLabs.
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ESA ready to begin year-long relativity experiment using salvaged satellites

The European Space Agency is prepping its Galileo satellites for a year-long test of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.
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Graphene discovery opens the doors to night-vision cars and infrared gesture detection

Infrared night vision may be coming to your car, your laptop, and even your smartphone thanks to graphene, a flexible, single-atom-thin carbon material.
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Sustainable seafood startup creating lab-engineered shrimp for mass consumption

Sustainable seafood startup New Wave is working on a lab-engineered shrimp and shark fin substitute that'll grace the plates of foodies everywhere.

Japan guns for the moon with proposed 2019 lunar landing

Japanese officials revealed plans to land an unmanned vehicle on the moon in 2019, making it the fourth country in the world to soft land on the moon.
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Creative makers recreate the flaming sword of Fallout 4

Inspired by the debut of Fallout 4, community editor Caleb Kraft of Make Magazine went to great lengths to recreate the shishkebab flaming sword.
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Silver Fast superyacht exudes luxury as it sails across the sea

With its lavish living quarters and sleek aluminum hull, the Silver Fast super yacht is one of the most gorgeous yachts in the water and one of the fastest.
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This wearable device uses active noise cancellation to dampen the sound of snoring

Rather than treating breathing issues, the Silent Partner quiets snoring noise using active noise cancelation technology.
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Robotic rock group raises funds to build lead vocalist, record album

With a drummer, guitarist and bassist, Compressorhead is looking to construct a lead vocalist and is turning to Kickstarter to fund the building of their front man.
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Ultra low-power processors designed by Microsoft may revolutionize wildlife research

Biologists and Microsoft collaborated on an automatic scent dispenser that supplies wildlife survey sites with enough attractant to last the entire winter.
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Graphene used to create self-folding origami-like paper

A team of researchers from China created a new graphene oxide-based paper that self-folds into a box and slithers around like an autonomous origami robot.
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Healthy neurologist pays for brain electrode implant in controversial self experiment

Neurologist Phil Kennedy kickstarted his struggling brain research by implanting electrodes into his own brain in a controversial self experiment.
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New sun-absorbing nanoparticle spray boosts tomato plant yields by over 80 percent

Scientists from Washington University in St. Louis have developed a method to boost the nutritional value of tomatoes using titanium and zinc nanoparticles.
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Watch this Australian guy fly his jetpack around the Statue of Liberty

Australian businessman and jetpack co-inventor David Mayman showcased the new JB-9 jetpack, achieving a world's first by flying to the Statue of Liberty.
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Boston drone maker releases surveillance UAV that can fly forever

Boston startup CyPhy Works created a new surveillance drone that can fly forever using a tether that continuously supplies the drone with power.
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World’s first use of gene editing in leukemia saves life of infant girl

An infant with 'incurable' leukemia was the first person to be successfully treated using the experimental technique of gene editing.
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After 19 years of construction, the world’s largest fusion reactor goes online this month

Scientists from Germany's Max Planck Institute are awaiting regulatory approval to turn on the world's largest stellarator nuclear fusion plant this month.
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Meet VIPIR, a robotic pair of eyes for satellite repairs

NASA is developing VIPIR, a remote-controlled, camera-laden robotic repair system that will service satellites and other spacecraft in distant orbits.
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NASA just released this awesome 4K video of thermonuclear activity on the sun

NASA just released this awesome 4K video of the sun that shows the celestial body at a level of detail that will blow your mind.
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Forget drones — Starship Technologies wants to deliver goods with six-wheeled robots

Former Skype co-founders are jumping on the delivery bandwagon with a fleet of terrestrial robots equipped to carry packages to customers in the last mile.
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How the first road-worthy 3D-printed car is made at Local Motors

Arizona-based Local Motors turned to its crowdsourcing roots for its latest project -- a road-worthy, 3D-printed car that can be built in 44 hours for $53K.
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New obstacle avoidance tech lets this drone zip through a thicket at top speed

Powered by an obstacle detection system, an autonomous drone created at MIT can fly at speeds up to 30MPH through an uncharted, tree-filled terrain.
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Scotland has plans to build the world’s biggest floating wind farm

Scotland this week announced it was building the world's largest floating offshore wind farm. A five turbine facility that could power up to 20,000 homes.
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UK building the world’s largest offshore wind farm

Danish state-owned company Dong Energy A/S is planning to set a new world record for the largest offshore wind farm with its new Walney project in the U.K.
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China has plans to build a particle collider that’s over triple the size of CERN’s LHC

China is preparing to build a super-sized particle collider to study Higgs boson particles that'll dwarf the existing Large Hadron Collider at Cern.