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A new tower in Shanghai, China, is to boast a reflective, cloud-like façade sitting atop staggered, landscaped terraces reminiscent of a rocky hillside. The features will demarcate the building's retail and office sections, with the façade helping to regulate its internal temperature.

​If you want longer-lasting plastic foams, the answer may lie in your skin, hair and eyes. All of those body parts get their color from a pigment known as melanin, also found in other animals. Now, scientists have determined that even a small amount of added melanin makes polyurethane much stronger.

Scientists used a new imaging technique based on 3D modeling technology to uncover the fate of Britain's Beagle 2 lander. According to the team, the unmanned probe didn't crash, but landed successfully and became operational.

A sweet custom Audi R8 made a head-scratching cameo in the recent Final Fantasy XV movie - and now, Audi has brought it back into real life. The R8 Star of Lucis is a one-off custom supercar that one lucky buyer, chosen by lottery, gets to drive away.

Researchers at the University of California San Diego claim to have created the world's first microelectronic device that has no semiconductors, instead employing low-power laser optical control to increase its conductivity by more than 1,000 percent.

The VW Golf has been a benchmark hatch since its launch in 1974​, but the seventh-generation model is up against increasingly tough competition from the likes of Ford and Renault. So VW has given the Golf a refresh, with a new touch-heavy interior and a prettier face.

While bridges typically get people from A to B, the Lucky Knot bridge over the Dragon King Harbour River in the New Lake District of Changsha, China, draws more heavily on the alphabet. It comprises three undulating, intertwined steel walkways with access at each of the points where they land.

Lexus has shown that it can design more than just cars, with the unveiling of a new single-seat spacecraft​. The SkyJet is designed specifically for pursuit and shares features with the upcoming Lexus LC coupe. Sadly, it will only be available in a fictional world and not for another 700 years.​

In North Virginia, Aurora Flight Sciences announced that it's integrating the company's Tactical Autonomous Aerial Logistics System on a UH-1H helicopter as part of a program to produce a "platform agnostic" system that can be used on almost any VTOL aircraft to make it pilot optional.

Porsche might have received criticism when it released the first-generation Panamera, but the release of the second-generation model have refined the formula. The (now) very pretty Panamera has been treated to two new models: an entry level V6 and a new range-topping, long-wheelbase Executive.

It's not drone technology that's stopping you from being able to get a burger or a book flown into your back yard by drone – it's aviation law. But this extraordinary piece of technology might just give UAVs the sense-and-avoid ability they need to satisfy the FAA and open up the skies.

Nikon has announced the new mid-range D5600 DSLR. A follow-up to the D5500, the new APS-C shooter is a modest upgrade which adds features including Nikon’s constant SnapBridge connectivity and a number of user interface tweaks.