Stories by Edd Gent

A proposal plans to study how to build a giant spacecraft

The need for specially designed engines to run biodiesel is holding back the technology

Mass-producing the required organic LED (OLED) displays is complicated, but the benefits are considerable

Mini drones sporting horsehair coated in a sticky gel could one day take the pressure off declining bee populations

Knitting and weaving artificial muscles could help create soft exoskeletons that people with disabilities could wear under their clothes to help them walk, according to new research

A new AI system generates short videos that are similar to how humans can visually imagine how a scene will evolve

EQ-Radio analyzes the signal reflected off a subject's body to monitor both breathing and heartbeat

A lack of data and guidelines is leaving consumers in the dark about virtual reality's potential negative side effects for kids

The so-called memristor's resistance relies on how much charge has already passed through it 

AI algorithms used with MRI brain scans help distinguish between patients with Alzheimer's and two early forms of dementia that can be precursors to the memory-robbing disease

The company's latest mobile operating system update signals growing awareness of the potential negative health effect of using smartphones and tablets at night