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Researchers at North Carolina State University have created and eco-friendly super absorbent foam they say could revolutionise efforts to purify drinking water in developing countries and disaster-stricken areas.
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Protesting taxi drivers clash with riot police outside the transport ministry after government talks fail.
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Israeli student designs a low-cost solution for shoe addicts.
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Chinese basketball player Yao Ming announces his retirement from the NBA.
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Scientists in the UK have discovered the molecule that causes pain in sunburn and say further research could lead to treatments for other inflammatory conditions like arthritis and cystitis.
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A travelling puppet theatre charms Lithuanian children as the horse-drawn show brings stories alive on a pop-up stage.
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A Taiwanese textile company is using waste coffee grounds to make an environmentally friendly fabric that dries fast and controls odours.
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After six months living a carbon-lean life in a specially built house in Stockholm, the Lindell family has returned home to reflect on the lessons learned...
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A new Twitter record for highest amount of tweets posted per second has been set during the climax of the Women’s football World Cup.
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A robotic mouth may not seem like a must-have accessory for your robotic workforce but Japanese researchers say that future human-robot communications may well depend on such devices. The mouth was just one of many robotic innovations on display at this year's Robotech expo in Tokyo.
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Scientists from Munich's Technical University will be joining the world's major car manufacturers at the Frankfurt Auto Show later this year, with an electric vehicle they have designed and built themselves.
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Liquid Robotics has launched remote controlled robots, called Wave Gliders, which traverse across oceans and collect oceanographic data.
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More than one million websites closed down in China last year, a state-run think tank has said.
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A social media game with Arab super heroes at its heart has been launched on Facebook.
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Lady Gaga's official YouTube channel has been suspended by the video sharing website.
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Researchers from Japan's Ministry of Defense have developed an unmanned aerial vehicle with a difference.
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A bottled liter of water with a few teaspoons of bleach is proving to be a successful recipe for shanty dwellers in light-deprived slums of the Philippines.
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An Israeli company hopes to revolutionize the green solutions market with solar windows that combine electricity production, energy reduction and transparent design.
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Fujitsu demonstrated a next generation cholesteric LCD color digital paper module at the International Digital Publishing Expo.
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BMW recently highlighted an electric scooter, currently still in the concept phase, targeted at green-leaning commuters.
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