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Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have cooled a mechanical object to a temperature lower than previously thought possible, below the so-called "quantum limit."The NIST theory and experiments, described inNature, showed that a microscopic mechanical drum—a vibrating aluminum membrane—could be cooled to less than one-fifth of a single quantum, or packet of energy, lower than ordinarily predicted by ...

Here’s how to build a whirligig: Thread a loop of twine through two holes in a button. Grab the loop ends, then rhythmically pull. As the twine coils and uncoils, the button spins at a dizzying speed.Inspired by a toy, Stanford bioengineers have developed an inexpensive, human-powered blood centrifuge that will enable precise diagnosis and treatment of diseases like malaria, African sleeping sickness and tuberculosis in the poor, off-the-gr...

Registration has opened for those wishing to attend Advantest’s VOICE 2017 Developer Conference being held in Palm Springs, California, on May 16-17 and Shanghai, China on May 26. Both conferences will feature the theme "Measure the Connected World and Everything in It” as VOICE kicks off its second decade.

Following on from Apple’s removal of the 3.5mm headphone socket in its latest iPhone, the market for wireless earphones looks set to grow in 2017. Many models were exhibited at CES 2017 and among the nearly 4,000 exhibitors vying for attention was Manchester-based start-up Mymanu.

All eyes are on Las Vegas this week as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017 kicked off on 3rdJanuary. While global industry professionals and consumers await the unveiling of great technological innovations, Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Technology Association that organises the event has commented that the UK government has done little to encourage technology start-ups.

A European project,optiTruck,focusing on reducing the impact of Heavy-Duty Vehicles (HDV) on greenhouse gas emission kicked off its activities in September 2016.

The future of autonomous driving is “made-in-Europe”. The European Agency for the global navigation satellite systems (GSA) has kicked-off ESCAPE, a three year and €5.4m project to exploit the services offered by Galileo, the European satellite navigation system, in the field of the automated driving.

To produce drugs sustainably and cheaply, anywhere you want. Whether in the middle of the jungle or even on Mars. A 'mini-factory' whereby sunlight can be captured to make chemical products. Inspired by the art of nature where leaves are able to collect enough sunlight to produce food, chemical engineers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) have presented such a scenario. They describe their prototype reactor - consciously shaped as a lea...

A supersonic car expected to smash the land speed record has returned to 3M’s Atherstone facility for a final paint job, which will be more than just cosmetic.

As driverless cars merge into our transportation system in the coming years, some researchers believe autonomous vehicles may save fuel by trailing each other in large platoons. Like birds and fighter jets flying in formation, or bikers and race car drivers drafting in packs, vehicles experience less aerodynamic drag when they drive close together.But assembling a vehicle platoon to deliver packages between distribution centers, or to transport p...