A team of scientists in China just took a big step toward developing technology that could one day restore vision to the blind. Researchers at Fudan University and the University of Science and Technology of China recently published a paper in the journal Nature Communications that outlines how they used artificial photoreceptors to restore vision …

A vaccine could one day protect men from developing prostate cancer, thanks to a breakthrough by UK scientists. As The Daily Mail reports, experts have designed a vaccine that boosts the immune system’s ability to track down and kill prostate cancer cells as soon as they start to appear in the body. The research is at a …

A production version of the world’s first ‘real’ flying car has been unveiled at a motor show in Geneva. The £440,000 ($600,000) Personal Air and Land Vehicle (Pal-V) Liberty can hit 112mph (180kph) on the roads and in the sky, according to Dutch firm Pal-V International. The twin-engine craft, which looks like a hybrid between …

Scientists have revealed footage of the incredible moment bursts of plasma erupted from the sun earlier this month. After the flares- which are larger than the size of Earth – the magnetic field lines appeared as beautiful well-defined coils. Solar flares are the most energetic events in our solar system and can have a major …

Experts are warning that an eight-ton Chinese space laboratory that has a deteriorating orbit path will likely crash into Europe in early April—but there’s a bit of disagreement on exactly when and, indeed, where. Tiangong-1 is a satellite laboratory that contains large amounts of hydrazine, which is a toxic and flammable chemical that can wreak …