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​For years now, people living in arid regions have acquired drinking water by using nets to capture the airborne water droplets that make up fog. Now, researchers from Virginia Tech have improved on the concept, creating a "fog harp" that increases the collection capacity by threefold.

To better understand public reactions to driverless cars, along with how these vehicles can broadcast their movements, Ford has done the logical thing and disguised a human driver as a car seat to fool passers by.

​​As anyone who has stocked shelves in a big-box retail store knows, there's a lot of squatting and heavy lifting involved – injuries can and do occur. That's why hardware chain Lowe's has collaborated with Virginia Tech to create a new lift-assist exoskeleton for use by its employees.

One month after the BP oil spill, the US government commissioned research to calculate the environmental cost of the disaster. The results are now in, with scientists placing a mighty price tag on damage to natural resources.

A criminal who knew what they were doing was wrong faces harsher penalties than someone who was acting recklessly, but it's hard to know where that line is. In a move that could help clear things up, neuroscientists have found that brain imaging techniques can tell the difference.

Roofs have long been the realm of solar panels, but soon, they might make their way indoors too. A Virginia Tech team is developing low-cost, flexible solar tiles that could be incorporated into curtains and wallpaper to capture both natural sunlight and artificial light.

​A new species of millipede has been discovered in a cave in California. Dubbed Illacme tobini, it's been studied from a single male specimen and boasts 414 legs, four penises, 200 poison glands that spray an unknown chemical, mysterious mouthparts and a body covered in hairs that secrete silk.

A new study closely examining the effects of climate change on Ethiopia's Blue Nile Basin has revealed projected increases in rainfall, which could spur greater crop yields and large-scale hydro-power projects in the region.​​​

The team at Project Wing, a drone delivery service started by Google, has been quietly toiling away in the shadows and is now looking to ramp things up, partnering with fast food chain Chipotle to deliver burritos to students at Virginia Tech in new trials starting this month. ​

Taking inspiration from the a water-gathering desert beetle, scientists have developed a patterned surface on which the spread of ice can be controlled and prevented. They claim the material could be scaled up and applied to aircraft parts, heat pump coils and car windshields. ​​

While just about everyone knows that bats locate prey in the dark using echolocation, one thing that many people may not realize is the fact that horseshoe bats are particularly good at it. With this in mind, engineers are now developing a sonar system that emulates the system used by those bats.

Researchers at Virginia Tech claim to have created a method to produce hydrogen fuel using a biological technique that is not only cheaper and faster than other methods, but also produces hydrogen of a much higher quality ... and all from the leftover stalks, cobs, and husks of corn.