Giant robots and 3D printers are building a futuristic house in Switzerland

Researchers from Zurich University plan to use giant robots and 3D printers to build “the first house in the world to be designed, planned and built using predominantly digital processes.”

This Solar Cell Can Harness Almost All of the Energy in the Solar Spectrum

This new solar cell prototype is capable of converting just under half of the available energy from sunlight into electrical power.

Physical activity inequality can explain obesity differences

Unwalkable cities, activity inequality, and obesity are a tricky blend.

Unabated climate change would reverse the development gains in Asia

Unabated climate change would bring devastating consequences to countries in Asia and the Pacific, which could severely affect their future growth, reverse current development gains, and degrade quality of life.

Scientists discovered one of the brightest galaxies known

Thanks to an amplified image produced by a gravitational lens, and the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS a team of scientists have discovered one of the brightest galaxies known.

This Squishy Artificial Heart is Amazing

Researchers in Europe have created a soft artificial heart that mimics the real one. The approach could revolutionize the way patients with heart disease are treated.

Quantum Mechanics Could Shake Up Our Understanding of Earth’s Magnetic Field

Scientists think that might be the case, and are looking for a source of extra energy that could generate the magnetic field they observe.

Epigenetics between the generations

Researchers show that the inherited epigenetic instructions contribute in regulating gene expression in the offspring. Another study proves that mother's epigenetic memory is essential for the development and survival of the new generation.

Eight planetary systems found hosting 20 super-Earth & Neptune-mass companions 

The 20 new worlds have been found around eight bright, Sun-like stars by the HARPS Echelle Spectograph instrument, mounted on the 3.6m telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile.

First images of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot reach Earth

Pictures of Jupiter's most powerful storm, have been transmitted to Earth, giving eager scientist close-up views of the 10,000-mile-wide anticyclone where winds have been howling for at least 187 years.

Scientists replay movie encoded in DNA

For the first time, a primitive movie has been encoded in, and then played back from, DNA in living cells.

Heart of an exploded star observed in 3D

The researchers have produced an intricate 3D rendering of newly formed molecules inside the supernova remnant using ALMA telescope.

NASA Images Show Gradual Separation of Massive New Antarctic Iceberg

This is the farthest back that the ice front has been in recorded history, and the scientists are going to be watching very carefully for signs that the rest of the shelf is becoming unstable.

" However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson - nothing is impossible "
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