Venice has battled rising water levels since the fifth century. But today, the water seems to be winning. Several factors, both natural and man-made, cause Venice to flood about 100 times a year — usually from October until late winter — a phenomenon called the acqua alta.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday a monumental milestone in nuclear fusion research: a "net energy gain" was achieved for the first time in history by scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm called it "one of the most...

Biodegradable Products Fully Compostable - Made of Sugarcane Bagasse -Bagasse is a natural byproduct of sugarcane refinement and is the fiber that remains after sugarcane stalks are crushed to extract their juice. Sugarcane Bagasse pulp requires minimal processing and elemental chlorine free (ECF) b...

Disney Imagineering has created autonomous robot stunt doubles. The robot acrobats can flip through the air and stick a landing every time. The machines they’re creating are becoming more active and mobile in order to better represent the wildly physical nature of the characters they portray within

The World is Watching Cities, Now More than Ever. The US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord brought cities into the spotlight. Because cities and mayors are acting now, and we must be right beside them as they become necessary leaders in this vital cause. As the world moves forward from Paris,...

In the old days, doctors sliced you open to examine your body. But today, with the help of powerful body imaging technology, they can look at "slices" ofyour anatomy without a scalpel. Many body imaging devices follow a principle called tomography (the 'T' in CT, PET and SPECT systems), which take i...

The Rolling Stones is staging their first ever major exhibition at London’s prestigious Saatchi Gallery, opening to the public on 6 April 2016 until September, 2016. EXHIBITIONISM, delivered by DHL, will be the most comprehensive and immersive insight into a group described by critics as ‘The Great

This wild new motorcycle, invented by 19-year-old Ben J. Poss Gulak was presented at the 30th annual Motorcycle Convention in Toronto in March, 2011. Gulak continues to develop and commercialize his invention while studying engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The latest prototy...

In the premiere of our ReForm series, we explore the frontier of the 3D face- and body scanning technology used to create digital doubles for films, video games, and holograms. We meet some of the scanned humans, their avatars, and get to understand the challenges the Institute For Creative Technolo...

InSightec® is the pioneer and global leader in MR guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS) . InSightec developed ExAblate, a product which pioneers the use of MRgFUS, and provides a personalized non-invasive treatment that can replace invasive procedures and offer therapeutic alternatives to milli