Former White Supremacists are Helping Others to Renounce Their Extremism

Life After Hate is a nonprofit that employs former neo-Nazis and white supremacists to help others renounce their extremism and hateful lifestyles.

Germany is electrifying part of the autobahn to cut freight emissions

Siemens and the Germany state of Hesse teamed up to create a 6-mile stretch of eHighway on the autobahn.

South Korea is building a $10 billion integrated agriculture city in Egypt

South Korea will oversee the construction of an integrated agriculture city in Egypt which will feature 50,000 smart greenhouses in addition to desalination and solar power plants.

US renewable energy growth helped prevent thousands of deaths

An increase in renewable energy use and tighter regulation have helped prevent up to 12,700 deaths in US over a nine-year period, new research has revealed.

SpaceX is launching a supercomputer to the International Space Station

For the year-long experiment, astronauts will install the computer inside a rack in the Destiny module of the space station.

Australia will be home to world's largest single-tower solar thermal power plant

A project planned for super sunny South Australia will be the world's largest single solar thermal tower power plant when it's completed in 2020.

Superconductivity research reveals potential new state of matter

A potential new state of matter is being reported with research showing that among superconducting materials in high magnetic fields, the phenomenon of electronic symmetry breaking is common.

Researchers 3-D print first truly microfluidic 'lab on a chip" devices

Researchers at BYU are the first to 3-D print a viable microfluidic device small enough to be effective at a scale much less than 100 micrometers.

Exotic quantum states made from light

Physicists create optical 'wells' for a super-photon for the first time.

How Humans Will Connect with the Internet of Things

Our relationship with computation will be much more intimate as we enter the age of wearables.

Google's Waymo patents 'soft' self-driving cars

Google's Waymo has patented a technology that will make its self-driving cars soft on the outside if it comes across a situation where there is a possibility of an accident with a human.

TRAPPIST-1 Planetary System Translated Directly Into Music

A numerical simulation of TRAPPIST-1 is used to play a piano note every time a planet passes in front of the star and a drum every time a faster inner planet overtakes its outer neighbor.

Nasa's Cassini spacecraft to begin final journey around Saturn

Nasa’s Cassini spacecraft is set to commence its final five orbits around Saturn, marking the final phase of its exploration mission of the planet.

New handheld spectral analyzer uses power of smartphone to detect disease

Researchers have developed technology that enables a smartphone to perform lab-grade medical diagnostic tests that typically require large, expensive instruments.