Duncan Geere

New study reveals that profile pictures chosen by someone else work better.

A study of 399 people carried out in the weeks after Pokemon Go was released shows some interesting results about the game's player base.

Google's new AI doodlebot can turn scribbles into beautiful clip art, using a combination of image recognition, machine learning, and artistic flair.

It's possible to crack a four-digit pin within five guesses using internal phone sensors.

Irish materials scientists have fabricated transistors out of 2D nanomaterials for the first time.

All the major defence firms are developing prototypes of laser weapons for the US military.

AI researchers at the University of California Berkeley have developed a computer system that can take a painting and turn it into a photorealistic image.

North Carolina State researchers have created elastic fibers that can interface with electronic devices.

Optical engineers have discovered that diamonds can multiply laser power, dramatically increasing the output of a single beam.

A team of Swiss students has redesigned the wheelchair with the goal of giving people with disabilities greater independence.

For the first time, SpaceX has successfully launched a rocket, landed it, launched it again and landed it again.

A technique that integrates three existing methods could be used to make ever-smaller patterns on silicon.

By storing heat alongside compressed air, engineers may have designed the world's best energy storage system.

Nasa has developed a new stopwatch that'll time laser beams for measuring the height of the Earth's surface.

MIT engineers have 3D-printed a small device that responds to being poked by changing color

Engineers at the German Aerospace Center have constructed an enormous device for testing new ways of making hydrogen.

Engineers at Nasa's Space Technology Mission Directorate are developing light-speed communications systems.

Nasa engineers have developed a flat-pack 'microbot' that can go places other rovers can't.

Researchers have discovered that using a sat nav to get somewhere switches off parts of your brain used in navigation.

Italian computer scientists have developed a concept system that gets around the security issues of cloud computing.

A new model for predicting how much a satellite's battery will be used has been developed by computer scientists at Saarland University.

Engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a touchscreen sensor that works when folded, stretched or bent.

Google's AI subsidiary, DeepMind, has developed an artificial intelligence that solves new problems by applying previously-learnt skills.

Electrical engineers have gained new insight into how the Aurora Borealis works.

Bioengineers have found that wearable biosensors can detect physiological changes that indicate illness before symptoms appear.