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| AIRCRAFT |
| DARPA's unmanned X-Plane packs electric fans aplenty for vertical take-off and landing |
 | With wings that look like a flying set of cupboards, DARPA's VTOL X-Plane design is a hybrid of fixed-wing and rotary wing technologies designed to create a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft that boasts greater range and speed capabilities. read more |
| TINY HOUSES |
| Have Life Pod, will travel |
 | Michael R Weekes wanted to see how much home he could fit onto a small trailer and pull with a standard car. The answer turned out to be the Life Pod tiny home. read more |
| DRONES |
| Shoulder-mounted SkyWall launcher takes aim at illegal drones |
 | British engineering firm OpenWorks​' approach to dealing with rogue drones illegally entering sensitive airspace takes the form of a shoulder-mounted launcher that captures errant aircraft in a net from up to 100 m (330 ft) away.​ read more |
| HEALTH & WELLBEING |
| Fruit and veg intake shown to have long-lasting benefits in cutting breast cancer risk |
 | A large-scale study carried out by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, which followed thousands of women for several years, has found a strong correlation between a high-fiber diet during adolescence and young adulthood and a reduced risk of developing breast cancer later in life. read more |
| MOBILE TECHNOLOGY |
| Samsung Galaxy S7 edge vs. iPhone 6s Plus |
 | In the old days, the iPhone vs. Galaxy question involved one flagship phone from each company. Now that both Apple and Samsung have flagships in multiple sizes, lets compare the features and specs of their latest phablets. read more |
| MATERIALS |
| Carbon nanotubes shown to protect metals against radiation damage |
 | ​An international team of scientists led by MIT hhasave discovered that adding small amounts of carbon nanotubes to metals makes them much more resistant to radiation damage. read more |
| AIRCRAFT |
| Boeing creates self-cleaning, germ-zapping lavatory for airliners |
 | Boeing has created a self-cleaning airliner lavatory that uses non-touch technology and far ultraviolet light that kills 99.99 percent of germs in three seconds.​ read more |
| AUTOMOTIVE |
| Audi decrees death to lag with electrically turbocharged SQ7 |
 | Audi thinks it has solved the turbo lag problem with its new SQ7, which packs an electric compressor in with two traditional turbochargers to make pesky lag history. read more |
| SPACE |
| SES-9 mission launch successful, but Falcon 9 landing less so |
 | After successfully delivering a satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit, SpaceX attempted to land its Falcon 9 booster​ on a seabarge in the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has now confirmed in a tweet that the landing attempt was unsuccessful. read more |
| MATERIALS |
| Stretchy squid-inspired skin glows in different colors |
 | Besides having tentacles, squid and octopi are also both known for their color-changing skin. Well, soft-bodied robots may soon also share that attribute, thanks to research being carried out at Cornell University. read more |
| 3D PRINTING |
| 3D-printed custom orthosis helps disabled man get a grip |
 | Researchers from Poland's Wroclaw University of Technology have used 3D printing to create a hand-worn orthosis built specifically for one particular patient. read more |
| HEALTH & WELLBEING |
| Existing drugs used to tackle dangerous new viruses |
 | A team of researchers in the UK has found that a group of drugs currently used to treat conditions such as depression might also prove an effective means of combating emerging viruses. read more |
| SPACE |
| Astronomers identify trick to root out false-positives in the search for life |
 | A new study hopes to cut down on false positive readings in the search for ET. It highlights two scenarios in which the detection of oxygen (O2) in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet would not represent the presence of extraterrestrial life.​ read more |
| ARCHITECTURE |
| Serpentine skyscraper proposed by Russian billionaire |
 | Russian billionaire businessman and hobbyist architect Vasily Klyukin has a penchant for designing outlandish concepts. His latest proposal doesn't disappoint in the peculiarity stakes – it's a cobra-shaped skyscraper.​ read more |
| SPACE |
| New Horizons reveals methane snow-capped mountains on Pluto |
 | Studying images and data captured by the spacecraft during its July flyby, the New Horizons team has discovered a series of snow-capped mountains residing in one of the Pluto's more recognizable features. read more |
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