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Sur-Ron's Light Bee has created a bit of a sensation in the off-road e-bike market, and the Chinese company is working fast to follow up with a humble but practical electric motorcycle. The 10-kilowatt White Ghost will have self-levelling headlights, a 2-speed dual clutch auto and a 100 km range.

A collaboration between housing non-profit New Story and construction technology firm Icon aims to use 3D printing technology to house the homeless. While it's early days yet, they hope to produce low-cost 3D-printed homes in El Salvador by late 2019.

Red dwarf stars are of particular interest to astronomers hunting down distant worlds. The latest study of Kepler data has now identified 15 new exoplanets around red dwarfs, including a system of three “Super-Earths” – one of which appears to be orbiting within the host star’s habitable zone.

Graphene hogs all the headlines about two-dimensional materials, but it might just be the beginning. Researchers have now isolated a 2D form of the soft metal gallium, dubbed "gallenene," which could make for efficient, thin metal contacts in electronic devices.

​Chances are, you can't think of many uses for fish scales. Neither can the fisheries industry, which is why it disposes of great quantities of the things. According to scientists from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, however, such scales may be able to help heal wounds in humans.

​Regular readers of New Atlas may recall Maglock mountain bike pedals, which use magnets to keep the rider's feet secured to the pedals. Well, if a new Kickstarter campaign is successful, Maglock could be in for some competition, in the form of the Austrian-designed magped pedals.

Research has shown an approved anticancer drug restoring the social deficits associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The effect has only been demonstrated in animal models but this research could pave the way for a drug that helps restore social and communication skills in people with ASD.

​Kitty Hawk has revealed an all-electric, self-piloted air taxi in New Zealand. The company has been working on "an aircraft so personal it could weave the freedom of flight into our daily lives" since 2010. Cora is the result.​

Many of the tiny houses we've covered lately have been getting bigger and bigger, some approaching the dimensions of small apartments. The homes we're highlighting today buck this trend and are so small that only the most enthusiastic proponents of small living would ever choose to live in them.

The Geneva Motor Show has more than its fair share of heart rate-spiking 200+ mph hypercars. But it also has a number of vehicles for thrill-seekers of a different stripe, those who look to carry friends and gear into the great outdoors and explore trails, rivers, mountains and more.

​You may think that a sheet of plain paper is already pretty white, but scientists from the University of Cambridge have created an eco-friendly material that's reportedly 20 times whiter. In order to do so, they copied the scales of a Southeast Asian beetle.

MB Architecture harnessed its extensive experience with shipping container-based projects while designing a new media lab for Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Comprising four recycled containers, the prefabricated building was delivered in two parts and installed in just half a day.