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Researchers are reporting mixed results from the first human trial investigating the effects of fecal transplantation in obese patients. Initial reports suggest the treatment failed to induce weight loss or changes in a key satiety hormone.

A new imaging technique designed to help surgeons identify the location of malignant brain tumors during surgery is showing promising early clinical trial results. The technique combines a near-infrared camera with a special imaging agent synthesized from an amino acid found in scorpion venom.

The pickup camper innovators at Leentu are moving away from pricy carbon fiber and on to more affordable aluminum. The Leentu Sunzal maintains a low weight but comes in well under the price of the Carbon Camper, providing a more economical way of turning a pickup into an adventure vessel.

Welsh tuning firm MS-RT has put its rally racing leanings to work on the Ford Transit Connect's inside and out, for a run of performance-inspired panel vans that are likely to turn a few heads.​

In the 1990s, the lab of Frances Arnold showed how we can turn evolution to our advantage by manipulating microbes into evolving in a certain way. Now Arnold's team is using the technique to develop new antibiotics.

Blue Origin has unveiled a multi-purpose lunar lander called Blue Moon and declares that it will be able to return astronauts to the Moon by 2024. At an invitation-only media event in Washington DC on Thursday, Blue Origin founder and CEO Jeff Bezos showed off a full-scale mock-up of the lander.

V-TEX has created a truly waterproof high-top shoe that is designed to look great and keep your feet warm.

Supercomputers will take a huge leap forward when the “exascale” era kicks off in 2021 with the launch of Aurora. But now it looks like that world-leading machine will be usurped before it’s even set up. The Frontier system has been announced, which will boast the power of over 1.5 exaflops.

At the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technology expo in Hannover yesterday, Elaphe presented the latest generation of its monster in-wheel electric hub motors, which can now smash out as much as 1,500 Nm and more than 110 kW per wheel.

A rare collection of props, costumes, and other materials from the science fiction classic Forbidden Planet will go on auction at Bonhams in Los Angeles this week. It's part of a larger collection of fantasy of general memorabilia from the estate of collector Wes Shank, who passed away in 2018.

​​These days, the capabilities of the humble shovel don't necessarily need to end with digging holes. The latest example comes from EST Gear and packs an impressive 18 tools into one, and can be taken apart and packed neatly into a pouch for easy carry into the wilderness.​

Earth Traveler is developing a different teardrop trailer, a skeletal archway made of lightweight composite. The range-topper will be carbon fiber, but the more interesting version will use a composite made of chicken feathers, for a trailer that's featherlight.