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WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Scientists have demonstrated that an impossible space drive that doesn’t need fuel and that defies physics might actually work, if…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By building a vertically integrated company that has control of it’s supply chain and product R&D Musk can realise efficiencies…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Superconductors that could operate at room temperature would transform the healthcare, energy, technology and transportation industries.   For the first…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The new SolarCity Gigafactory will boost supply of solar products, helping to reduce their cost, which in turn should accelerate…

Wanted: A machine that can tell the difference between Tuna and Turtles Conservationists are increasingly turning to technology to help them protect Earth’s valuable bounty…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Smile. You won’t find these faces in the shops looking for deals…   Creating new algorithms that identify our friends…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There will always be questions about the viability and impact of releasing genetically modified organisms into our environment but with…

What type of tree is that anyway? Cornell is creating a catalogue for Nature Engineers from Caltech have developed a method that uses data from…

Icelands geothermal project could lead to similar projects in the US that could power the whole continent Iceland, already a juggernaut in the world of…

Australia trials search and rescue drones to help protect people – and sharks Although the chance of dying from a shark attack in your lifetime…

Synthetic biology opens the door for custom designed humans whose only parents are a computer Scientists can already produce viable artificial human eggs and sperm but…

Discovery paves the way for new breakthroughs in materials, molecular science, semiconductors and much more A team of scientists from Complutense University have managed to bypass…