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Researchers at the University of Utah have developed a new thermoelectric material that doesn’t use the toxic chemicals common in others, but is still efficient and affordable enough for use in everyday products, meaning the day a phone can be charged by a cooking pot may not be far away.

Carbon fiber balances weight and strength like few other materials, and modern manufacturing processes are making it more affordable than ever. Ford and Magna have now used carbon fiber to develop subframes, cutting weight and complexity in the process.

In the near future, fluorescent graphene quantum dots could crop up in clothes, cosmetics, consumer electronics and even cancer treatments. New Atlas spoke to Moti Gross, the CEO of Dotz Nano, a company that's developing new ways for these tiny, glowing, one-atom-thick dots to be made and used.​

​​NASA already has robots exploring the surface of Mars, but there are plenty of places these roaming science laboratories cannot go. One day a pint-sized rover may help fill in the blanks, with the space agency developing a flat-packed, shape-shifting two-wheeler that can handle rough terrain.

​Innovative Swedish company Wheelys is opening up the world’s first app-controlled, staff-free convenience store in Shanghai. Accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the prototype store is designed to make it cheaper and easier for small businesses to get into the retail game.

Art has always been fundamentally intertwined with technology. New techniques and materials have constantly allowed artists to innovate and create new types of works. In this instalment of our ongoing digital art investigation we examine the weird, boundary-pushing world of internet art.

​The US Army has mounted a weapon-grade Army laser on a combat vehicle for the first time. Earlier this month, the USASMDC/ARSTRAT fielded a Stryker assault vehicle armed with a 5-kW laser as part of the JIDO UAS Hard-Kill Challenge at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

There's plenty of gear to spend your rupees on in Hyrule, but it can be hard to find the rupees you need, particularly early on in the game. Here's our guide to making cash quickly.​

The Galaxy Tab S3, the latest Android-running tablet from Samsung, can be equipped as a capable laptop stand-in. How does it look next to the Microsoft Surface Pro 4, one of the leading Windows-running 2-in-1s? Here's how their specs and features compare.

​Why buy an e-bike, when you can just replace your regular bike's front wheel with one that has an electric motor? That's the thinking behind recent products such as the Omni Wheel and Electron Wheel. UrbanX has now also thrown its hat in the ring, with its lightweight Eco and Booster wheels.

​If you're a regular reader of New Atlas, then you know that scientists enjoy putting things on chips. Now, a team of MIT researchers has gone outside the human body in its chip enthusiasm and put an entire tree on a chip, sort of. The development could lead to improved hydraulics in tiny robots.

The Photography Show is the largest photography event in the UK, with 30,000 photo-fans attending it annually to see what camera and accessory manufacturers have got to offer. We recently toured the halls of the Birmingham-based event to take a look, so read on to see what took our fancy.