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As part of the quest to come up with a room temperature superconductor, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have developed new record high-temperature superconductor – and it smells like rotten eggs.

Earlier this month, Australian architect Brad Swartz won the 2015 Houses Awards for Best Apartment or Unit for a 27-square meter (290-sq ft) apartment in Darlinghurst, Sydney. Gizmag interviewed Swartz about this clever tiny home design and his love for working with tiny spaces.

The high performance Tesla Model S P85D takes the already-impressive P85 and adds another motor, turning it into an all-wheel drive, all-electric, supercar baiting rocketship. We spent a week behind the wheel to see how the premier e-motoring experience translates into the daily drive.​

Open Bionics, with support from Disney Accelerator, transforms prostheses that kids would rather hide into those that Iron Man or Frozen's Elsa would wear. The company says that for kids it transforms being different into being cool.

Sticky hands resulting from melted ice cream could become a thing of the past thanks to scientists in Scotland who have discovered a naturally-occurring protein that can be added to ice cream to make it melt more slowly.

The US Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has given the green light to start construction of the world's largest digital camera. With a resolution of 3.2-gigapixels, the new camera is at the LSST now under construction atop Cerro Pachón in Chile.

Bulgarian architect Hristina Hristova wanted to be able to take her young family on vacation without staying in hotel resorts or buying an expensive and immovable holiday home. A plan was hatched to build the Koleliba: a coined term which she translates as "tiny house with wheels."

New Atlas' Mike Hanlon recently spent several nights in the villages of the remote hill tribes of northern Laos. The villages are entirely self-sustaining, generate their own electricity, and life has changed very little in thousands of years.

UK-based Kahn Design is best-known for its striking alterations to existing vehicles. The company's latest project, however, is being designed and built from the scratch – it's a retro-inspired racer, code-named the Speed 7.

The S-Class Cabriolet joins long wheelbase, short wheelbase, coupe and super luxurious Maybach versions of Mercedes' flagship in the lineup, backed by the bold claim that it is the world's most luxurious convertible.

If you've ever used tick medicine on your dog, then you're probably aware of how toxic the stuff is. Well, it's used on cows too. Fortunately, however, scientists have developed a new type of tick treatment for cattle that is reportedly much less toxic than what's currently used.

There's a trick campers use, where they shine a flashlight down into a water bottle to create a lantern. Well, Italian cycling goods manufacturer Elite uses that same principle in its new Candea bottle/bike light.