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Researchers in Finland have been investigating investigating the link between viral infections and type 1 diabetes for over 25 years. They now believe they have targeted the particular virus group that can trigger the disease and will begin human clinical trials of a vaccine in 2018.

If you've ever been served a delicious dish, but were too shy to ask for the recipe, an MIT team may have the answer – an artificial intelligence system called Pic2Recipe that can predict the ingredients in a dish from an image, and even suggest recipes for similar dishes.

Conventional multicopter drones are excellent at hovering and VTOL, but they can't cover long distances as efficiently as fixed-wing aircraft. A team from the Singapore University of Technology and Design is trying to get the best of both worlds with the Transformable HOvering Rotorcraft (THOR).

Russian weapons manufacturer the Kalashnikov Group has revealed it has developed a set of fully-automated combat robots. The announcement rekindles the debate over how autonomous should we let our weapons get and should machine's be allowed to make life or death decisions.

With 430 hp from its supercharged engine, the limited edition Evora GT430 is the most powerful production car Lotus has ever made, but there's a lot more to it than just a power boost. Lotus has treated the car to a comprehensive makeover, resulting in a much more focused beast than the base Evora.​

Christopher Nolan's new film Dunkirk is a stunning achievement. Shot on IMAX 70mm film it's a compelling investment in an obsolete format but does it signal a return to this outdated medium or is it a fascinating anomaly?

It's not cheap, but this twin-unit router system floods a bigger area with a stronger, faster WiFi connection than anything else on the market. Netgear's Orbi system is super quick and easy to set up, and offers exceptional performance for homes with lots of high-bandwidth devices.

​Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has made his name by using cardboard and wood to craft low-cost disaster housing, and he will need to be at his enterprising and creative best as he tackles his next big project – to design thousands of new shelters in a major refugee settlement in Kenya.

Lenovo has been sharing some of its visions of the future at its annual Tech World Innovation summit in Shanghai. If the next generation AR, digital assistant​ and health monitoring concepts are any indication, the company is getting ready to move beyond its usual remit of laptops and smartphones​.

Elon Musk today claimed he has received verbal approval from the US government to build a high-speed transport link between New York and Washington, cutting travel time between the cities to just 29 minutes.

After sporadic testing, the F1 Strategy Group says the cockpit-style "halo" will be mandatory for season 2018. Designed to protect drivers from flying debris, the slim carbon structure was chosen ahead of the aerodynamic windshield tested by Sebastian Vettel last week.

Work has begun on the first Type 26 frigate for the Royal Navy. Today at BAE Systems' Glasgow shipyard, the British Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon pressed the button that started the cutting of the first steel for the City-class warship now named HMS Glasgow.