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Last week Nvidia unveiled the Quadro RTX series of GPUs for professionals and with a focus on ray tracing. With Gamescom kicking off in Cologne, Germany today, the company has now announced the gaming-focused versions, the GeForce RTX series, with an eye towards that same rendering technique.

​There’s little doubt that the neatly packaged nature of a certain Swedish furniture-maker’s products are a big reason for its success, and lately we’re seeing how flatpack kits have a certain allure for those looking for alternative housing solutions. Here are five of our favorites.

​Despite being great space-savers, All-in-One computers have been getting bigger and bigger over the years. Shuttle's new P20U bucks that trend and shrinks the touch display down to tablet size for a machine that's being aimed primarily at point-of-sale applications rather than tiny student digs.​

Scientists from Rice University, Texas, have identified a parasitic plant that preys on both trees and the wasps that use them as a nursery for their young. The team hope that their discovery could one day aid scientists in controlling agricultural pests, and maybe even help target cancer cells.

​​Tucked away in the wooded hillside near Mexico’s Valle de Bravo, a unique new tripod-shaped home has taken shape. Topped by a green roof with magnificent valley views, the Casa de la Roca goes to some lengths to blend in its natural environment.

Scotrenewables Tidal Power has announced that its SR2000 floating tidal stream turbine prototype has managed to generate more than 3 GWh of renewable electricity during its first year of continuous operation.

US fighter pilots are having trouble breathing and NASA has been asked to look into it. Over the next few months, test pilots will spend 160 flight hours carrying out a series of exercises to help find out why aircrews have been affected in recent years by hypoxia and determine ways to address it.

Harley-Davidson might be thinking big, loose and crazy for its 2020 range, but it's saved a bit of candy for 2019 as well. In particular, the new FXDR 114 Softail power cruiser with its long, low dragster looks and big, fat Milwaukee Eight motor.

A new study is suggesting that normal age-related cognitive decline is caused not by neuronal cell death but actually a reduction in the plasticity of certain neurons.​ In mouse experiments the study revealed that this process could be reversed using a common antidepressant.

Quantum entanglement is an eerie concept that Einstein himself had trouble accepting, and yet it’s been experimentally demonstrated. To find out whether there are other variables, a new experiment provides the strongest evidence so far of quantum entanglement or a 12-billion year “conspiracy."

As well as its high-end custom tiny houses and more affordable Signature Series, Tiny Heirloom also designs tiny houses for businesses. Its latest model, dubbed the Kentucky Donut Shop, fits both a home and a bakery business into a compact towable dwelling.

​In developing nations, unscrupulous companies routinely produce counterfeit or diluted antibiotics. Unfortunately, those same countries often lack the expensive lab equipment needed to detect fakes. There could be hope, however, in the form of a simple new paper device.