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The Polaris Ranger will be used in the finals DARPA Robotics Challenge - image courtesy of Polaris.

Robots to tackle disaster response in search for $2m prize

Virginia Tech professor Percival Zhang and recent doctoral graduate Joe Rollin. Image courtesy of Virginia Tech

Hydrogen breakthrough opens road for fuel cell vehicles

Sir Kostya Novoselov (left, one of two graphene Nobel laureates) demonstrating the graphene lightbulb developed by the University of Manchester to Chancellor George Osborne. Image courtesy of the University of Manchester

UK scientists launch first ever graphene light bulb

The Sesame Smart Lock featuring the app and wifi connector - image courtesy of Sesame

Sesame Smart Lock by Stanford entrepreneur is a big hit on Kickstarter

An invention by two George Mason University undergrads has ascertained that low frequency soundwaves can be sed to extinguish a fire - image courtesy of GMU

Pumping up the bass puts out fire

The latest autonomous drive Nissan Leaf test vehicle being readied for continued city testing outside the automaker’s research center in Silicon Valley - image courtesy of Nissan.

Autonomous cars still about 20 years away says new report

An image or the Ceres dward planet courtesy of NASA

NASA probe Dawn enters orbit of dwarf planet

John Thornton, CEO of team Astrobotic, with their Griffin Moon lander after their big milestone prizes win in the Google Lunar XPrize - image courtesy of Google.

Google Lunar XPrize: the new space race

Mitsubishi Electric develops ‘fingerprint-like’ security solution for IoT devices

Infrared Image Machine Tool

Intelligent monitoring technology aims to make industry more efficient

Decades of missed UK R&D spending could damage future growth