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Scientists are looking at ways to reduce the methane emissions from cows by altering their diets. The latest development in the area comes from scientists in Mexico, who have found that supplementing cow food with leaves of tropical plants can cause a sharp decline in their gaseous output. ​

​Heart failure is a multi-billion-dollar problem with no readily available solution in sight. Could a soft-robotic implant that mimics the natural motion of the heart bring us closer to one?​

Nissan recently stated that the next version of its all-electric Leaf will feature an autonomous driving mode. Already, a prototype Autonomous Drive Leaf has been tested in Japan. It has now been announced that next month, such a car will be hitting the streets of London.

The follow-up to one of the most unique wearables to date, Thync Relax is a more consumer-friendly take on the original's brain-zapping, mood-shifting focus. But what was lost in the process?

A new cardboard drone being funded by DARPA won't concern itself with the need to return to its sender, with the ability to deliver vital goods and disappear soon after the job is done. ​

Resembling something that looks more like an Apple store than a traditional doctor's office, Forward proposes an entirely different approach to healthcare, with unlimited access to the clinic's medical resources through a single monthly membership fee.

Our luscious locks have plenty to offer the development of tough new materials. Such ventures have just become a little more enlightened, with scientists studying the secrets of human hair observing some of the key mechanisms that give it such strength and durability.

Although smartphones may be getting thinner all the time, their cameras still present a bit of a problem. Scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute, however, have developed a flat camera that's just 2 mm thick … and it has 135 tiny lenses instead of one "big" one.

Until activated by motion​, the Lumes wall panel from Australia's ENESS looks pretty standard. But once brought to life, an integrated LED array can display images and relatively complex animations. The first real-world application of the Lumes panel is at Cabrini Hospital in Malvern, Victoria.

Scientists have unearthed a new bird species from fossils in the Canadian Arctic dating back about 90 million years, making them the oldest records of avian species found so far north and suggesting an intense warming event occurred during the late Cretaceous period.

Looking back over the year, 2016 seen a whole lot of weird and wonderful developments in the motorcycle world. Well, some of them just weird. Here are our favorite bikes from around the world that pushed the envelope in 2016.

Griff Aviation recently announced an aircraft that sits somewhere between delivery drone and helicopter. The Norwegian company's Griff 300 weighs 75 kg (165 lb) on its own, and can reportedly lift a payload of up to 225 kg (496 lb).​