Innovations

Samsung to update software over ‘red screen’ smartphone

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Electronics giant Samsung will this week offer an unusually early software update for its newly released…

Virtual training for dentists

(Reuters) -- A Japanese dental equipment manufacturer has developed a prototype mixed reality (MR) dental treatment simulation system. J. Morita…

Bubble-like water bottle you can eat

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Small transparent spheres filled with natural or flavored water could help provide a solution to London's…

Toyota launches robot to keep elderly mobile

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Toyota Motor Corporation unveiled Welwalk WW-1000 on Wednesday (April 12) , a robot designed to assist…

Pollution in deep Pacific devastating earth – UK study

MARIANA TRENCHES, Pacific Ocean (Reuters) -- A study of the Pacific Ocean's Mariana and Kermadec trenches has found man-made pollutants…

Japan scientist eyes energy burst from ‘typhoon turbine’

by Harumi OZAWA Agence France-Presse JAPAN (AFP) -- Most people look for a place to hide when a typhoon is…

Weaning off oil, Scottish islands eye renewable future

Strong winds and stormy seas have helped turn the Shetland Islands in the North Atlantic into a European renewable energy…

Oil-soaking sponge could help clean up serious spills

(Reuters) -- The Oleo Sponge can soak up oil in water super quick. It could one day help clean up…

Desert X exhibition reflects earth, sky, state of world

by Veronique DUPONT LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- A house clad in mirrors pops out of the California desert.…

Scientists spin artificial spider silk

(Reuters) -- A team of Swedish researchers from the University of Agricultural Sciences and the Karolinska Institute has discovered a…

Antarctic penguin numbers double previous estimates: scientists

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Almost six million Adelie penguins are living in East Antarctica, more than double the number previously thought,…

Chimney mounted anti-pollution device for Poles

GLIWICE, Poland (Reuters) -- Engineers from the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice are testing a cost-effective electrostatic precipitator for…

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