Incredible AI app can ‘repaint’ photos to look like it was composed by famous artists
Prisma, a Russian-made photo app, allows users to customize their images by feeding photos through an AI that "repaints" them in the style of great artists.
Looks like a drone, flies like a drone, sees the world like an insect
A Swiss physics student has developed an autonomous drone capable of flying around obstacles thanks to a vision algorithm that's modeled off insect eyes.
NASA finalizes next Mars rover, inching closer to 2020 launch
The rover will help NASA investigate Martian surface rocks for signs of prior life, collect samples, and store them for recovery by future missions.
Swarm intelligence reveals little faith in either Clinton or Trump as president
The swarm intelligence has spoken loud and clear, expressing practically the same negative sentiment for both cHillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
1,300 distant galaxies and black holes appear in telescopic super-image of space
The chief scientist of the Square Kilometer Array of telescopes in South Africa said a new image is “far better than we could have expected.”
New nanoscale MRI machine breaks multiple world records
The Olympics are a few weeks away, but researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands are already smashing world records with a new NMR microscope.
An electronic face ‘tattoo’ can biometrically map your mood swings
When worn on the face, the electrodes of this biometric "tattoo" can record variations in muscle activity to identify expressions and even monitor emotions.
Yale engineers think our future homes should be designed with microbes in mind
If a healthy home is a happy home, then a happy home might need to be bit dirty, according to an essay published last week in Trends in Microbiology.
NASA’s Juno sends back the first image from within Jupiter’s orbit
It’s been a five-year journey for Juno from Earth to Jupiter, and the spacecraft has just returned an image from within the gas giant’s orbit.
The Moon photobombed NASA’s images of Earth … again
While a NASA camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite was trying to observe the Earth's atmosphere, the Moon interrupted for a moment.
Your next job interview might be conducted by an AI
In an attempt to streamline hiring, a millennial-focused HR company called FirstJob, has launched an AI recruiting assistant named Mya.
Origin of ice on the Moon may be explained by this dwarf planet's 'darkest secret'
Fresh interest has emerged in Ceres following the discovery of permanently shadowed craters that contain the dwarf planet’s 'darkest secret.'
A Brooklyn-based startup wants to grow your next leather jacket in a lab
In an animal-free process, Modern Meadow designs, grows, and binds collagen to form a network of fibers that can be assembled into leather.
MIT researchers are designing programmable RNA vaccines to combat diseases
Two MIT researchers have teamed up to program RNA to create disease-specific proteins and customize nanomaterials that were big enough to carry the RNA.
Suzuki takes its expertise to the Moon in seeking the Google Lunar Xprize
Through the partnership, Suzuki will provide technical support to help develop Hakuto’s lunar rover to compete for the Google Lunar XPRIZE.
Only on Mars! Why the odd dunes spotted by Curiosity can’t occur on Earth
Close-up observations from NASA’s Curiosity rover have revealed a unique kind of wind-sculpted sand ripples on the Red Planet.
Belgian researchers sniff out nerve gas and pesticides with an electronic nose
A team of scientists have developed a so-called electronic nose to help sniff out extremely low concentrations of chemicals like pesticides and nerve gas.
This 4th of July, watch sparklers doing their thing in super-slow motion
The American Chemical Society have created an explainer video that shows sparklers in slow-motion and details the chemical reaction behind their display.
Juno just entered Jupiter’s magnetosphere, and the sounds it captured are amazing
Juno has just left the realm of the solar wind and entered the domain of Jupiter’s magnetosphere.
Robocup hopes robots can beat professional soccer players by 2050
The Messis, Ronaldos, and Neymars of the world may have competition from robots in a few years – at least that’s the goal of Robocup.
The FDA approved this ‘stomach pump’ implant, and doctors aren’t happy about it
The FDA-approved AspireAssist weight-loss device allows obese patients to pump food from their stomach, through a tube, and out their belly.
Self-assembling nanomachines may help detect disease
A team of geneticists from Iowa State University, have developed nanomachines which may be able to diagnose diseases in samples of blood.
Crowdfunded great white shark expedition prepares to set off
Ocearch, a nonprofit organization that supports expeditions to tag and track great white sharks, just completed a Kickstarter campaign, raising $154,702.
Good luck trying to counterfeit one of these nano-watermarked Swiss watches
Nanoga has developed an innovative watermark intended to help watchmakers distinguish their devices from counterfeits using only an ultraviolet flashlight.
One of these poems was written by an AI — can you guess which one?
The PoetiX challenge asked programmers to create software that can write a sonnet based on a noun or noun phrase prompt.
Will future buildings be built from artificial bone and eggshell?
We need to find a less energy-intensive way to process concrete and steel, or we need to develop new buildings materials that are more energy efficient.