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Icing can bring down aircraft, snap power lines, and cause a surprising amount of structural damage. However, scientists at the University of Houston have come up with a surprising solution – and it involves magnets.

​​We’ve played a lot of video games in our time, but Objects In Space is the first we’ve had to start one with a key. With huge panels of LEDs, buttons and switches, the game deliberately slows down the pace of space dogfights and tasks the player with micromanaging their ship’s systems.

Ford's EcoBoost engines return small-engine fuel efficiency with big-engine power outputs. Now, the smallest EcoBoost engine is getting smaller – albeit for brief periods of time – thanks to cylinder deactivation.

Researchers have developed tiny, glowing crystals that can both detect and trap toxic heavy metals at the same time. Similar research has been done on structures to either detect or remove such nasty substances, but this appears to be the first capable of doing both.

Virgin has launched a new TV and entertainment service to UK consumers through its Virgin Media arm. Virgin TV comprises a set-top box, a mobile app for anywhere-viewing, an HD tablet for viewing around the home, a kids app for TV, games and books and a new store for movies and box sets.

With the ever-present potential for crashes, collisions and rough landings, multicopter drones need to be built solid. It was with this in mind that a PhD candidate at Nanyang Technological University recently 3D-printed a working quadcopter, adding in its electronics as it was being printed.

​​If a couple is having difficulty conceiving a child, it's important that the man get a motility test done. The problem is, a lot of guys feel awkward about going to a clinic and "providing a sample" on-site. That's where the smartphone-based YO system comes in.

​​After stroke patients finish their programs at rehabilitation clinics, it's important to know how they progress at home. That's why a student at the University of Twente developed a sensor-laden suit that transmits data to therapists via the internet.​

HandEnergy is a new hybrid generator created to offer on-demand power from the palm of just one hand. It is designed to produce electricity at wall socket speeds through gentle wrist rotations.

In this episode of our ongoing Modern Relics video series we look at the cult of the Laserdisc, the first optical video disc to hit the market and a format that developed a rabid, albeit small, collective of followers throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

Volvo unveiled the chassis for what it's calling the largest bus in the world at the FetransRio exhibition in Rio de Janeiro last week​. Destined for service in South America, the Gran Artic 300 will have room for 300 passengers inside its bendy bi-articulating body when it reaches production.

Lenovo's Phab 2 Pro is billed as "the world's first Tango-enabled smartphone." But after just one look at this massive device, it's hard to imagine anyone using it as a phone. It raises the question – what is Tango? Is it worth it?