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Engineers at Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL) in Tennessee have brought us one step closer to electric vehicles that charge themselves without any tedious plugging and unplugging. The researchers recently expanded a laboratory proof-of-concept wireless charging system to the real world using a modified Hyundai Kona EV. The wireless charging …

If meat-eating humans already tend to be on the fence about lab-cultivated meats, this one’s sure to complicate their feelings even further. An Australian startup has produced what it says is the world’s first woolly mammoth meatball by combining mammoth DNA sequences with existing species’ stem cells. The startup is …

Using data from the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument onboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft, researchers have produced a new infrared map of the Jupiter’s moon Ganymede, combining data from three flybys, including its latest approach on July 20, 2021. This annotated map of Ganymede depicts the areas of the icy …

Wireless charging was all the rage in smartphones a few years ago, but most device makers have backed off on the technology. Many phones simply charge super-fast via a cable now. The wireless charging fatigue is due in part to the range limitation of the technology. True wireless power is still …

An international team of researchers from Australia, China and the United States has shown for the first time that RNA interference is active in the response of human cells to some important viruses, including influenza A virus. The research is published in the journal Nature Microbiology. This image illustrates the …

A telecommunications giant is creating 500 new customer service jobs across England and Wales. BT said the new roles would be based at its contact centres in Swansea, Warrington, Doncaster and Accrington. In January the conglomerate announced 1,000 new posts promising more of its consumer customer calls to be dealt …

Image copyright Getty Images Poverty among people who are working has risen despite a recovery in the UK economy, a study has suggested. High rental housing costs mean an estimated 3.8 million workers – one in eight – are in poverty, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). It said …

HTC has today announced the creation of a new business in the form of Vive Studios, which has been created to build first party virtual reality games and experiences for the HTC Vive virtual reality headset. To date the HTC Vive has sold over 140,000 units as of late October …