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​​Cancer cells are a hungry bunch, calling on relatively huge amounts of energy to feed their demanding metabolisms. New research out of the University of Basel describes a drug cocktail that shuts down this process, leaving the cancer cells to wither and die instead.​

​Modal Electronics launched an interesting monophonic synthesizer two years ago called the CRAFTsynth, followed by a polyphonic synth earlier this year. Now the company has gone monophonic again for the CRAFTsynth 2.0 wavetable synthesizer.​

The 90s were a truly great era for basketball and for motorcycling, so a German shoe shop has decided to combine two absolute 90s legends – Michael Jordan and the Ducati 916 – into a custom bike to celebrate the launch of the latest Air Jordan sneakers.

​Countertop craft beer systems are not new, Seattle's PicoBrew has been offering devices of all shapes and sizes for a number of years. Now LG has decided to join the party with an automated machine called the HomeBrew, which will make its debut at CES 2019 in Las Vegas next month.​

Mother of pearl is the coating found on the outside of pearls, and the inside of certain mollusc’s shells. It's one of nature's hardest, stiffest, most stable materials – and scientists have now figured out how to make an artificial version of it, which can be "tuned" for different applications.

The winner of this year’s National Geographic Photo Contest is a breathtaking image of thousands of Volkswagen cars, recalled after the recent emissions scandal. The winning photograph, selected from almost 10,000 entries is just one of several incredible images awarded in this strong competition.

​TV, phone and white goods giant LG also has its own line of lightweight portable computers. With CES 2019 just around the corner, the company is adding two new flavors to its range of gram laptops – a 17 inch model and a 14 inch 2-in-1 convertible.​

The US Air Force's next strategic heavy bomber has passed a critical design review. On November 28 to 30, the US Defense Department carried out a multi-disciplined technical evaluation of the proposed B-21 Raider and has determined that significant progress has been made on the project.

Toys today include robots, drones and AR, and if you’re lucky you can trick the kids into learning some useful skills along the way. New Atlas rounds up the best tech toys of 2018, which could make for some great last-minute gift ideas for the young’un in your life.

Our drones are pretty handy, but nature’s drones – bees – are far more efficient. Rather than building our own from scratch, researchers at the University of Washington have created tiny suites of sensors that bees can wear like backpacks, to help gather data from their environment.

Venturi Automobiles has made a name for itself blazing electric-vehicle trails over hot salt and hot race track, but it's about to crank down the temperature. It has revealed its all-electric Antarctica polar exploration vehicle and is preparing to bring it down to the world's loneliest continent.

​In 1993, Doom changed everything. It wasn't the first first-person shooter, but it was a seminal moment for the genre. Now, 25 years on, John Romero has announced Sigil, a free update to the original game with nine new single-player and nine new multiplayer levels.