A team of computer scientists have created an algorithm and a smartphone app that guides users to the perfect selfie.

Inspired by a dead sunflower, the founder of the robotics company Vincross modified his company's spider-like robot so that it could care for plants — moving to the sun and monitoring water levels. Calling the project "Sharing Human Technology with Plants," his goal was to test the limitations of nature.

Taking the form of a 7-Eleven Big Gulp cup, the Airwirl is actually a personal AC device that is small enough to fit in a cup holder and big enough to pack a punch of hot or cool air into your face, providing much-needed relief when temperatures reach certain extremes.

Researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) have demonstrated how solar cells made of living organisms can generate energy even with limited sunlight. Known as “biogenic” solar cells, these cells could offer an alternative to synthetic cells currently used in conventional solar panels

By developing the Cheetah 3 to get around without cameras, its engineers hope to create a robot that can “feel” its way through a room, no matter how dark an environment may be. In the real world, this ability could make the robot suited for reconnaissance and search and rescue missions.

Researchers have developed a smart bandage that's capable of monitoring a wound and delivering periodical drug treatments. It could someday help transform medical treatment, enabling a doctor to more closely monitor her patient’s condition, while more actively treating the condition.

Environmental scientists have new tools for monitoring the health of northern evergreens — and they are orbiting tens of thousands of miles above Earth.

We live in a society of cyborgs. This newfound technological power and vulnerability may need a whole new set of laws and regulations aimed at protecting individuals (their data and enhancements) in a society of heightened surveillance and digitization.

After capturing the Capital Gazette shooting suspect, authorities had trouble figuring out his identity. To determine who he was, Maryland police had to employ some very sophisticated tactics.

In a recent study by an international team, scientists demonstrated for the first time that the groundbreaking gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 can be successfully used on coral. The breakthrough suggests that CRISPR could offer a boost for conservationists trying to save these ancient animals.

Researchers are developing a unique system that can autonomously monitor schools of fish using sight and sound. Symbiosis is a system that uses optical and acoustic technologies to detect and identify entire schools, and could offer a noninvasive means of protecting environmental interests.

A team of researchers at Northeastern University have taken on the task of predicting debate “winners” by deconstructing their arguments, hoping to encourage more meaningful conversations. They’re concern isn’t with fancy rhetoric or theatrics but with sound reasoning and strong arguments.

In the wake of recent protests from Google and Microsoft workers, employees at Amazon are circulating a letter to CEO Jeff Bezos, urging the billionaire to stop selling facial recognition software to law enforcement and remove the big data firm Palantir from Amazon Web Services.

A innovative new technique could help make wetsuits more insulated. Developed by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the treatment technique entails stuffing a standard wetsuit into a pressure tank, which displaces its air pockets and pumps them full of gas.

Today at 3 p.m. EST, NASA will host a Facebook Live event to outline its mission, conduct a Q&A, and take participants on a virtual tour.

A study may offer a viable and less-invasive alternative to bypass surgery. Simply by swallowing a pill before each meal, patients who have type 2 diabetes may be able to coat their intestines with a thin layer of material, protecting them from blood sugar spikes that exacerbate the condition.

In a recent paper, researchers were able to show that a particular bacterium can encourage a rodent’s brain into a state that resists inflammation, potentially paving the way for a probiotic immunizations that would be able to treat stress-related mental disorders like PSTD and anxiety.

Developed by a team of MIT engineers, the system improves on the design of “fog harps,” devices that act as nets to capture water vapor. The researchers show how this system may allow plants to function more sustainably, by reusing the water themselves, or to help provide water to surrounding regions.

A new device developed might help make some of these treatments more seamless by delivering medication directly to the heart. Dubbed Therepi, the device includes a tube connected to an outside entry point, providing a sort of express lane from the abdomen to the internal organ.

Berkeley researchers demonstrated a unique approach to water harvesting that let them extract drinkable water from the air without the need for external energy. The proof-of-concept device could pave the way for cheaply supplying clean water to arid regions.

A motorless minisubmarine has been created by researchers from ETH Zurich and the California Institute of Technology. The 3D-printed vessel moves using a new propulsion concept designed for swimming robots, enabling it to briefly paddle without requiring electrical engine power.

Researchers from University of Basel, University Hospital Basel, and ETH Zurich have engineered an artificial bone marrow that overcomes the limitations of previous models. The new model offers the possibility to better understand how blood forms and how blood diseases can be treated.

The high-speed camera would enable researchers to capture video in unparalleled detail, enabling them to witness and study processes that were previously imperceptible. One of the noteworthy applications for the instrument is in exploring how light and sound can be used in innovative treatments.

Researchers have trained a deep learning algorithm to automatically identify, count, and characterize animals by reviewing images. The system used photographs captured from motion sensor camera traps, which unobtrusively snap pictures of the animals out in their natural habitat

A small community of 3D-printed concrete houses is coming to the city of Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Dubbed Project Milestone, the construction project will include five homes built sustainably and energy-efficiently using some of the latest techniques in 3D-printing technology.

In a new book called Re-Engineer Humanity, Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and Brett Frischmann, professor of law at Villanova University, argue that technology is causing humans to behave like mere machines.

Researchers have mixed stem cells, collagen and algae molecules to create a bio-ink, which they used to 3D-printed an artificial cornea. The research is currently just a proof-of-concept but lays the groundwork for future techniques to create low-cost, easy-to-produce bionic eyes.

Fifty-thousand workers are set to strike across Las Vegas. Among the Culinary Workers Union's demands are higher wages, better job security, and protections from automation. The workers, whose contracts are up on June 1, are employed by more than 30 of the city’s most well-known resorts.

The goal of VirtualHome is to help robots learn tasks by first experiencing them in a virtual system. In the current system, an avatar can perform 1,000 separate actions, broken down as subtasks, in eight different settings, including a living room, kitchen, and home office.

In a bid to develop a “smart cockpit," where pilots and plane become one, researchers have shown they can measure a pilot’s brain activity in real time. They hope to design advanced technologies and training plans to help pilots overcome stressful mid-flight situations.

In a new study, researchers at the University of Southern California created an artificial intelligence algorithm that scanned posts and correlated their content with impending violence. Such a tool could be used to better prepare for demonstrations that are prone to escalation.

A new study out of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California shows how EVs may also have an added benefit for consumers and society at large, bolstering the energy grid by providing mobile power storage.

A Swiss company called ecoRobotix recently unveiled its contribution to automated agriculture -- a robotic weeding machine. The four-wheeled robot doesn’t look like much more than a mobile table top, but the unassuming machine may reshape the way we approach agriculture.

By making mutations in 13 genes, scientists from the United States and China produced a strain of rice with 25-31 percent high yield. Without the aid of CRISPR the crop would’ve taken trial and error with millions of plants to reach a similar goal.

Car dealers in Scandinavia have something against electric vehicles. That’s the conclusion of an investigative study conducted by Nordic researchers, who visited car dealerships and found agents actively discouraging them from going electric.

People across Australia may soon be drinking purified water pulled straight out of thin air. The water will be supplied by an array of solar-powered devices developed by Zero Mass Water, an American company specializing in technology that extracts water from the atmosphere.

A team of undergraduates from Rice University have developed a robotic horse to offer therapies for patients with neurological and movement disorders. The robot, named Stewie, was developed to provide a cost-effective alternative to sessions with a living, breathing creature.

A team of computer scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed a self-driving system that’s designed to successfully navigate unpaved roads by using basic GPS data and sensors technology.