Researchers have developed a way to turn liquid cement into liquid metal, creating a cement semi-conductor.

Similar to fighter pilot helmets, the Live Map motorcycle helmet features a helmet-mounted display, eliminating the need for riders to look down at their phones or GPS devices.

Vodafone is to trial prototype phone-charging technology at the Isle of Wight festival this weekend. Developed by the University of Southampton's Electronics and Computer Science Department, the Power Pocket exploits the Seebeck effect, exploiting the difference in temperature between the human body and its surroundings to generate an electrical current which can be used to recharge a smartphone.

As architects continue to design taller and taller buildings, a certain limitation of elevators is going to become more of a problem – using traditional steel lifting cables, they can’t go farther than 500 meters (1,640 ft) in one vertical run. Any higher, and the weight of all the cable required is simply too much.

Point Source Power, the company responsible for the Voto, is looking to extend its product line with the Halo. Where the Voto is a fuel cell charger that works with an open fire, the Halo is a gas canister backpacking stove with built-in fuel cell charger and dual USB ports.

A new emergency response app places 911 operators virtually at the scene, allowing them to collect information and assist victims.

Not only are polystyrene fast food containers usually not recyclable, but they also take eons to break down in a landfill, can emit harmful compounds, and require petroleum to create.

Ophthalmology textbooks describe five layers of the human cornea. They’ll have to be rewritten, says University of Nottingham Professor Harminder Dua, who recently discovered a sixth layer.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has granted US$300,000 to help Vietnam implement a project o­n fighting bird flu and human influenza.

Police in central Hue City yesterday, May 22, seized more than 10,000 Ensure milk cans (237 ml) bearing fake labels at three houses in the city.