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Toyota's first autonomous drift. Photo courtesy of TOYOTA

Toyota and Stanford University unveiled a two-car autonomous drift

After seven years of research, TOYOTA Research Institute and engineering researchers at Stanford University announced a world first achievement in driving research: the autonomous drift of two cars working together in full coordination on a surface that simulates
Engineers from Stanford University have developed a computer based on water droplets that acts like a clock. [Courtesy: Stanford University]

A computer that works with water droplets

Aluminum battery that charges in a second. Screenshot, from a Stanford University video

A cheap aluminum battery that charges in a second

back pain. Illustration: shutterstock

Turn off the pain with a click

Dr. Jerome Bonnet, Stanford University

Biological transistors allow living cells to act as a computer

An illustration of what happens when an allergen hits a tissue. From Wikipedia

A new substance for allergy prevention

A form of coal stronger than a diamond. Photo: Stanford University

A new form of carbon similar to diamond

Stacey Bent, professor of chemical engineering, holds a quantum dot-based solar cell

A new method for making cheaper and more efficient solar cells

The robotic helicopter in action. Photo: Eugene Fraktin, Stanford University

A jump uphill

Coating a piece of semiconductor material with a thin layer of the metal cesium allows both light and heat to be used to generate electricity. Photo: Stanford University

An innovative process for converting solar energy

Among the research participants: Hirohito Nagasawa (left), Anders Nilsson (center) and Mike Toney (right). Photo by Kelen Tuttle

A new form of platinum and its use in fuel cells

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A robotic helicopter can learn to fly by watching its friends