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​​Carrying capacity and a little organization are a couple of essentials for travelers, and luggage startup Halton has taken aim at both with its new Commuter backpack that an be unfurled into a multi-compartment flat organizer with a single unzipping.

Bjarke Ingels Group has experience with floating architecture but its latest proposal is on a much larger scale than before. Working with non-profit Oceanix and MIT's Center for Ocean Engineering, the firm has unveiled an ambitious concept for a floating city with a population of up to 10,000.

Hydrazine rocket fuel is highly toxic, carcinogenic and unstable, making it incredibly dangerous to work with. Scientists at McGill believe their new alternative, based on metal-organic frameworks, will lead to cleaner, safer, more controllable rockets.

A library with a train track running through it and another with a design meant to maximize natural light inside feature in the 2019 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards. Whether you're a bookworm or not, the awards offer an opportunity to check out high-projects by some top-tier architects.

Back in 2014, ​Chinese auto maker BYD Auto revealed the world's largest battery electric vehicle, but has now been bested that with the launch of the K12A – a 27 meter (88.5 ft) pure electric bus capable of carrying up to 250 passengers.​

​Lubricating your bike's chain can be a messy and wasteful business, as excess oil drips off the chain and onto the ground. German startup The Outsider Team is out to do something about it, though, with its Flectr Lubri Disc.

Simpler and more affordable than a camper van or trailer, the Roofnest Sandpiper is a viable alternative, turning an Outback or 4Runner into a gear-hauling mini-RV. A roof-top tent with factory-mounted roof rails, the Sandpiper offers flexibility in carrying shelter and gear deep into the wild.

Bang & Olufsen has unveiled the Beovision Harmony. When the system is playing music, a television rests on the floor behind the system's audio unit. When it's time for onscreen entertainment, the fronts fan out and the TV rises from behind.

Sony is targeting creative pros like photographers and videographers with the introduction of two new external drives. Available as a high performance model and a standard compact flavor, the SSDs boast impressively fast read/write speeds, hardware encryption, and are impact-, water, and dust-proof.

In newly published research, researchers have uncovered evidence of how bacterial toxins stemming from poor oral hygiene can make their way into the brain and may well contribute to Alzheimer’s disease, and others like it. ​

A huge iceberg, roughly twice the size of New York City, is set to soon break off from the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica. With two large cracks due to meet within the next few months, a research station has already been relocated as scientists watch the rifting event enter its “final phase.”

A laconic statement co-signed by Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha could well be one of the most important news items of the year for the motorcycling world. The four biggest Japanese manufacturers have agreed to work together towards standardizing replaceable battery tech for electric motorcycles.