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Before it can be truly useful, wireless charging technology needs to transmit power across a room. Energous is developing technology that can do just that, and now the FCC has granted approval for the WattUp Mid Field transmitter, which can charge devices from several feet away.

Clean and plentiful, hydrogen is a promising fuel source, but there are a few problems in the path to mainstream use. South Korean scientists have now developed a new system for producing hydrogen from water, which that they say overcomes some of these issues and produces the gas more efficiently.

Drone manufacturer Quaternium is claiming a new milestone, after flying its HYBRiX.20 fuel-electric quadcopter for four hours and forty minutes in what it describes as a world record flight for a self-powered multicopter. ​

New animal species are constantly turning up in the deep oceans, thick jungles, or even dusty museum store rooms. Here’s our favorite new additions to the Tree of Life in 2017, as well as a couple of “Lazarus” creatures that were believed extinct but rediscovered this year.

​If you're lost or injured in the wilderness, there's a good chance that there won't be cellular coverage where you are – that means you can't just phone for help. Your smartphone may still get you found, however, thanks to a new app designed at Spain's Universidad de Alicante.

This is the story of how a group of determined researchers spent 35 years battling a system hell-bent on keeping a drug with proven medical benefits out of the hands of the public. Rick Doblin’s long, strange MDMA trip.

​Traditionally when a small tumor is discovered in the kidney an invasive biopsy is needed to determine if it is malignant or benign. Researchers have developed a breakthrough new method that uses current MRI technology to accurately identify the aggressiveness of a tumor without a biopsy

Drones have put powerful new tools in the hands of photographers, and the results are only getting more spectacular. One of the best places to track the progress is dedicated drone photography platform Dronestagram. Here are its best snaps of 2017.​

It may look like the latest SUV, but the first vehicle from automotive startup Byton is more an SIV, a "Smart Intuitive Vehicle." Hopefully that acronym and description experience quick deaths while the startup's vision for smart, connected mobility lives on and evolves into reality.

​A team of Japanese roboticists has built a new “human mimetic humanoid” that anatomically resembles the musculoskeletal intricacy of a human boy. Called Kengoro, the robot demonstrated its human-like abilities by completing a series of exercises including push-ups and sit-ups.

Samsung's C-Lab is heading to CES next week to show off a wireless speaker designed to offer the private listening benefits of earphones without the long-haul discomfort. The S-Ray speakers work by beaming sound directly to music lovers in a way that won't disturb others around them.

​Typically, when conservationists are trying to restore dying coral reefs, they do so by manually fastening fragments of live coral to the existing reef. Thanks to new technology developed by SECORE International, however, reef restoration may soon be as easy as sowing seeds in a garden.