An illustration of the Ixion module, an upper stage left in orbit and refitted as a space station module, being attached to the ISS. Credit: NanoRacks HOUSTON — A five-month study supported by NASA ...

There’s more to deep-space missions than merely launching astronauts into outer space and saying “good luck!” The eventual goal necessitates a long-term plan for deep-space habitation; a place where ...

Ocean energy company Global OTEC unveiled the OTEC Power Module concept, a system that employs ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) technology to provide clean power for remote offshore platforms ...

Tesla has done amazing work in terms of revolutionizing the automotive industry and, because of it, it remains a huge source of inspiration, both for other carmakers and designers. This is a very good ...

A new airplane design created by Swiss scientists could end airport gridlock forever. The idea, from Switzerland’s Federal Polytechnic Institute, calls for airplanes to have separate, interchangeable ...

If you want a faster desktop computer, you can swap out the CPU or even motherboard for a newer, faster model. But if you want a faster tablet, you pretty much have to go buy a new tablet. But what if ...