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Google makes alpha bet on new company structure

It's a Googlution at the world's biggest hi-tech company as investors say goodbye to Google, and hello to Alphabet

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Solar Impulse grounded 9 months in Hawaii by battery damage

A solar-powered plane halfway through an attempt to circle the globe will be grounded in Hawaii for at least nine months because of battery damage

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Getting rail freight back on track in Europe

Transportation costs affect the price of any goods we buy, so reducing them could help our pockets. Road transportation is becoming more efficient

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Swiss test postal drones for future deliveries

The Swiss postal service has begun testing parcel deliveries by unmanned drones. Eventually for areas which are difficult to access such as

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Karlsruhe's GLOBALE art event begins a dazzling year

The near year-long GLOBALE art event celebrates art in the digital age. Organised in the south western Germany city of Karlsruhe, which is

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Movers, not shakers: cable-driven robots may lift European heavy industry

At a research facility near Montpellier in southern France, a mock-up of a heavy airplane wing is carefully manouevred across a test centre by

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Do you know: what's a cable robot?

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New hydrographic printing adds precise colour to 3D objects

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Get connected: how SMEs can fast track growth with the Enterprise Europe Network

The Enterprise Europe Network is described as the world’s biggest support network for SMEs. The network is made up of 600 support organisations

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9 things you should know about Apple Music

1.What is Apple Music? Unveiled at this year’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple Music is the company’s brand new and very own

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Apple unveils its own music streaming service

Apple throws its hat in the music streaming ring. By the end of June it will market Apple Music across 100 countries – free of charge for the first

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Root cause: making crop plants better at sourcing water and nutrients

Increasing a plant’s ability to locate and absorb water and nutrients through its roots could potentially lead to bigger and better crop yields. That

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Class dismissed: the hi-tech and teaching innovations changing traditional education

Technology and innovation are changing the world faster than ever before. But is education keeping pace with these rapid changes and equipping young

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Smarter living in Barcelona

Barcelona is encouraging innovation and development through the use of new technology, creating what it calls a smart city.

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Recharging without cables: the road ahead for electric cars

Electric vehicles are undoubtedly a form of transport with a future, but many technical challenges have to be overcome before they replace petrol and

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Do you know: what is an unplugged vehicule?

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Do you know: can graphene see through time?

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The walking robot set to help elderly people live an autonomous life

How can we help elderly people find their way around places which are new and completely unknown to them? At the Science Museum in Trento, northern

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Do you know: what's a robotic walker?

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Portuguese researchers discover the secret of Mind Control

Mind control is the stuff of pure science fiction, but today reading data from your brain has never been more accurate, and that opens the way to