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Infrared: a new renewable energy source?

Infrared: a new renewable energy source?

Harvard physicists have proposed a device that might be used to capture energy from the earth's infrared emissions to outer space.

The inspiration for engineering

The inspiration for engineering

Graham Mackrell, managing director of Harmonic Drive, suggests what businesses might do to ameliorate the UK's skills shortage.

M2M, IoT and the cloud

M2M, IoT and the cloud

Will future M2M and IoT applications be processed entirely in the cloud? Robin Duke-Woolley questions this assumption.

Talking plants? Not necessarily science fiction

Talking plants? Not necessarily science fiction

Science moves a little closer to the fiction of the Avatar movie, by deciphering the meaning of plants’ electrical signals.

Why do birds fly in precise formations?

Why do birds fly in precise formations?

Watching geese flying in V-formation is always an uplifting experience. It turns out the aerodynamics behind it is equally uplifting.

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