For the last 60 years, the US Navy has launched fighters from carrier decks using steam catapults. While that made for some atmospheric Top Gun shots, the jerky motion adds wear-and-tear to aircraft and pilots alike.

Just as nuclear, solar and wind energy all needed government money to get off the ground, marine energy will need subsidies, with public funding augmenting private investment.

In an iconic scene in the movie "Terminator 2," the robotic villain T-1000 rises fully formed from a puddle of metallic goo. The newest innovation in 3D printing looks pretty similar, and that's no mistake: Its creators were inspired by that very scene. The company Carbon3D came out of two years of stealth mode Monday night with a simultaneous TED Talk and Science paper publication. Their new tech, which they say could be used in industrial applications within the next year...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency that their scientists have successfully transmitted 1.8 kilowatts of power wirelessly to a receiver 170 feet away. The distance isn’t large but it is a small proof of concept that will be essential if the agency’s Space Solar Power Systems (SSPS) program is ever going to be a reality.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has installed and commissioned the highest peak power laser diode arrays in the world, representing total peak power of 3.2 megawatts (MW).

A lithium-ion battery that stores twice as much energy is a step closer to commercialization thanks to a deal with the U.K. home appliance company Dyson. The startup Sakti3 announced today that it has signed a joint development agreement with Dyson, which makes vacuum cleaners and other appliances, to incorporate its batteries into new products. The companies didn’t say when those products will be available, but one could be a cordless vacuum cleaner. Dyson also announced a $15 million...

QuaDror: A structural support system. New. Simple. Versatile. QuaDror is a patented new space truss geometry that unfolds manifold design initiatives and can adapt to various conditions and configurations.

NASA successfully live-fired the new booster for its Space Launcher System today. It's the largest, most powerful booster ever built, putting one hell of a scorch mark into the desert. And yes, there's a video.

The world's largest solid rocket motor roared to life in Utah, but rather than lifting off the ground, the booster, laying on its side, was restrained in place as data was collected to qualify it for NASA's Space Launch System.

The seemingly unremarkable aluminum can is actually a marvel of modern manufacturing. It is, in fact, a glorious thing.

Can you explain why a golf ball has dimples? If dimples reduce drag, why don't we see this surface feature on other aerodynamic shapes like airplane wings?

On a workbench illuminated by slats of low winter sun sits a small glass jar containing a dark grey powdery substance. It doesn’t look much—like ground-up pencil lead—but this is the first time I’ve actually seen a form of graphene. Back in 2010, graphene sprung into the public eye when two UK-based scientists won the Nobel Prize for their work on the two-dimensional material.

Read it and check out the detailed and artistically designed infographic to demystify the functioning of a car engine.

This time lapse video shows the complete assembly of an Airbus A380 in under three minutes

Imagine a source of electrical power that uses water for fuel, produces byproducts that are totally safe and releases no air pollution. Then imagine that once it's up and running, it'll be so portable that an entire power plant could fit into the cargo hold of an airplane. Now, imagine that it'll be running in prototype form in five years and operating commercially in ten. It sounds like science fiction, but it's not. However, it is being built by a group of scientists and engineers..

The world's fastest car is starting to look like the real thing. Bloodhound will be shipped to South Africa to try to better the current world land speed record (763mph; 1228km/h).

During the past 20 years, Vermont's Hubbardton Forge has created a brand of American-made steel lighting fixtures that have become industry mainstays.

Six tidal lagoons in Wales, Somerset and Cumbria expected to generate 8% of the UK's electricity

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, the company that wants to move the revolutionary transit system out of Elon Musk’s brain into the real world, plans to start construction on an actual hyperloop next year. OK, it will only run five miles around central California, and it won’t come anywhere close to the 800 mph Musk promised, but it’s a start.

France's most recognisable landmark, the iron Eiffel Tower erected in 1889, has seen its iconic frame festooned with many different decorations and objects over the years for various celebrations. Its latest addition is a little more subtle -- and maybe a little more in keeping with the tower's original purpose as a monument to human ingenuity and artistry. As part of a major renovation and upgrade to the tower's first floor, the Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel will be adding...