Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini is now official

Samsung is on a roll with its flagship Galaxy smartphone series. The Galaxy S4 launched just a few short months ago and rumors about an impending Mini version of the handset have never abated.

Mighty Eagle prototype lander gets tested

The Mighty Eagle, NASA's robotic prototype lander managed out of the space agency's Marshall Space Flight Center, recently completed a test series to monitor its systems functionality after coming out of winter storage.

Mitsubishi goes for the EV racing win

So near, and yet so far. That’s probably how the crew over at Mitsubishi felt when the team placed second in the Electric Vehicle category at the 2012 Pikes PeakInternational Hill Climb (PPIHC).

Android tablets poised to overtake Apple

​Apple has thus far maintained its tablet lead by delivering a quality experience at a premium price.

Report: Forest and soil carbon do not offset fossil fuel emissions

Leading world climate change experts have thrown cold water on the idea that planting trees can offset carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels.

Scientists develop a high-efficiency zinc-air battery

Stanford University scientists have developed an advanced zinc-air battery with higher catalytic activity and durability than similar batteries made with costly platinum and iridium catalysts.

Hubble spots a swirl of star formation

The beautiful, glittering swirl picture belowed is named, rather un-poetically, J125013.50+073441.5.

Will Twitter become less interactive?

Popular social media site Twitter may eventually resemble a broadcast medium like television or radio, with users reading messages written by celebrities and corporations rather than writing their own "tweet" messages of up to 140 characters.

Retrofitting ancient computers for network glory

Do you have an ancient Commodore 64, Apple, Amiga or PC lying around your basement, garage or attic? Ever thought about hooking up that old silicon to your home network and the Internet rather than an a BBS (Wildcat or Renegade, your choice) of yore?

MediaTek's ARM tablet chip goes quad-core

Media Tek is perhaps best known for its budget ARM processors (single and dual-core) that power a wide range of smartphones and tablets.

Scientists find possible answer to an ancient enigma

The widespread disappearance of stromatolites, the earliest visible manifestation of life on Earth, may have been driven by single-celled organisms called foraminifera.

This ARM-powered Aithon board runs Chibios/RT

The Aithon - which is targeted at motor and robotics applications - is powered by an STM32 Cortex M4 MCU and runs Chibios/RT, an open source RTOS (real time operating system).

Drawing working circuits with electrically-conductive paint

Not so long ago we brought you word of the 3Doodler, a 3D printing pen that allows you to draw simple structures into thin-air.

Inching towards supergreen hydrogen fuel

Lawrence Livermore scientists have discovered and demonstrated a new technique to remove and store atmospheric carbon dioxide while generating carbon-negative hydrogen and producing alkalinity, which can be used to offset ocean acidification.

Report: Carbon nanotubes can grow on anything

What may be the ultimate heat sink is only possible because of yet another astounding capability of graphene. The one-atom-thick form of carbon can act as a go-between that allows vertically aligned carbon nanotubes to grow on nearly anything.

Hovertrax is an auto-balancing, electric vehicle with gyro technology

There are those times when walking a long distance can be overrated. Public transportation options exist, and you can always take your personal vehicle, but what about if you want to try and get to your destination in a more unique way?

ISS crew expands to 6 after Soyuz flight

NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano joined their Expedition 36 crewmates when the hatches between their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft and the International Space Station opened at 12:14 a.m. EDT Wednesday.

Video: These galaxies are fed by funnels of fuel

Computer simulations of galaxies growing over billions of years have revealed a likely scenario for how they feed: a cosmic version of swirly straws.

Pearltrees Asimov goes live

Pearltrees can best be described as a visual and collaborative library that allows users to easily curate and keep track of their favorite subjects.

3D printing = food in space?

NASA and a Texas company are exploring the possibility of using a "3D printer" on deep space missions in a way where the "D" would stand for dining.