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Around 18 months have passed since Zaha Hadid died suddenly, but the company she founded seems as busy as ever. Shortly after completing KAPSARC in Saudi Arabia, construction work has just begun on a new tower in Mexico City called the Bora Residential Tower.

​For farmers, the earlier they know that their crops need water, the better – they can't just wait until the plants are visibly wilting. With this in mind, MIT scientists led by Prof. Michael Strano have developed a new type of sensor that's printed directly onto a plant's leaf.

After launching the first public highway trials in Sweden last year, Siemens has now taken its "eHighway of the Future" concept to the US. A mile-long stretch of road in California has had an overhead catenary system installed, to power the electric drives of three hybrid freight haulers.

​Cleaning the toilet is one of those jobs that nobody likes. Wouldn't it be better if toilets could just, you know … clean themselves? Well, the creators of the SpinX are claiming that their device will allow your toilet to do just that.

​Toyota has unveiled an assistive robot test bed that builds on previous work undertaken by its Partner Robot wing. A human operator controls movement remotely in real time, with the T-HR3 busting moves like performing Tai Chi and building Lego-like structures with precision.​

Cinnamaldehyde is an essential oil that not only gives cinnamon its distinct flavor, but has also been shown to protect mice against obesity. Now, scientists have gained a better understanding of how it does so, and how it could help keep humans from getting fat, too.

​London's Tate Modern and HTC have collaborated on a VR project aimed at enhancing the visitor experience at the most comprehensive Modigliani exhibition ever to be held in the UK. Visitors can put on a Vive headset and get a taste of what life was like for the artist in early 20th century Paris.​

​Cosmic rays are raining down over Earth every day, but you’d never know unless you had the right tools. Those tools mostly take the form of bulky, expensive lab equipment, but thanks to an MIT team, you can now build your own detector for US$100 – small enough to take on a plane or the subway.​

Plants aren't likely to be eavesdropping on our conversations anytime soon, but they could be gathering different types of intelligence if a new DARPA program bears fruit. The agency is pursuing research into genetically modifying plants to turn them into self-sustaining surveillance sensors.

Long before custom-built motorcycles flourished as a market trend, many brands employed one-off designs as promotional platforms for their products. In the DCR-017’s case, DNA Filters takes it one innovative step further by designing the whole project around its main produce, the air filter.

​It was a couple of years ago that Alpine Labs introduced Pulse. Now, the company has successfully crowdfunded a follow-up device, known as Spark. It allows users to remotely control their camera not only via their phone, but also in two other ways.

China's Terrence Zhang has won the 2017 Architectural Photography Awards (aka Arcaid Awards) at the World Architecture Festival for his stunning shot of an empty swimming pool in the New Campus of Tianjin University, China. The photo came first in a strong shortlist comprising 20 photographs.