Reuters Innovation

Record low sea ice in late 2023 led to breeding failures in one-fifth of Antarctica's emperor penguin colonies, scientists with the British Antarctic Survey said on Thursday. Lucy Ha has more.

Toyota has launched a public transport pilot with nine fully electric Hilux Revo pickup trucks in Thailand. "The battery EV Revo have been modified into song-taews for public transportation," Toyota Motor Thailand Executive Vice President Surapoom Udomwong said, referring to the pickup trucks that have been re-purposed for public transit.

Scientists are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to predict the potential medicinal properties of plants, by interrogating a new family tree of the world's flowering plants. Rachel Faber reports.

Engineers at Columbia University's Creative Machines Lab have developed Emo – a robot capable of mimicking human facial expressions – to “enhance the interactions between humans and robots.” Emma Jehle has more.

A new Ion bronchoscopy robot allows doctors to navigate the lungs with a virtual map produced from the CT scan and provides a real-time view as it navigates the breathing tubes of the lungs. Olivia Zollino explains how the technology could help produce safer and more accurate lung cancer diagnoses.

A new desalination plant in Iraq's Umm Qasr, Basra's governorate, aims to fight water scarcity for residents and agriculture.

Barcelona's Hospital del Mar and the Affinity Foundation launched a trial dog therapy program to improve the emotional well-being of ICU patients. “When they told me that some dogs could come, it was like wow,” said patient Joel Bueno. ICU doctor Lucia Picazo said that, for patients, "therapy like this helps them and takes a bit of stress off them."

Scuba diving groups and marine organizations in Thailand have been working to remove abandoned fishing gear, known locally as "ghost gear", from reefs through cleanup missions, but have a problem tracking its scale. Ilan Rubens reports.

UK-based Dexory has developed giant autonomous robots to patrol warehouses and use artificial intelligence (AI) to scan its surroundings. Ilan Rubens reports.

A storm hit the United Arab Emirates this week bringing record rainfall that flooded highways, inundated houses, gridlocked traffic and trapped people in their homes. Olivia Chan explains what we know about the reasons behind the record rainfall and subsequent flooding in the UAE.

Kenya's coral reef scientist Swaleh Aboud says that 60% of the corals his team observed off the Mombasa coast have bleached.

McLaren says they are now 3D printing more prototype parts for their Formula 1cars than engineering them, heralding a new era of sustainable rapid prototyping in a sport trying to get to net zero by 2030. Olivia Chan reports.

Huge stretches of coral reef around the world are turning a ghostly white this year amid record warm ocean temperatures. Alice Rizzo explains how global warming affects coral reefs and what the future might hold for these fragile underwater ecosystems.

Two German schoolboys found a bone that scientists say belonged to prehistoric elephants which lived outside Munich around 10 million years ago.

A major battery plant near Los Angeles will be among the largest in the world when it comes online later this year, promising to shore up California's power grid and help the state a meet ambitious climate goals. Lucy Ha has more.

A group of researchers from Switzerland are designing a robot ideally suited for a moon or asteroid where there isn't enough gravity to drive on the surface or enough atmosphere to fly.

It is the first of its kind, its developers say: a microrobot which can navigate in a cell network and stimulate individual cells in a targeted manner. The discovery has the potential for new treatment methods for patients battling cancer or other diseases, according to lead researcher Berna Ozkale Edelmann. Olivia Zollino has more.

Scientists are testing a quadrupedal robot, named Spirit, in the rugged terrain of Oregon's Mount Hood, simulating the extreme conditions of the Moon and Mars. Ilan Rubens reports.

An underwater drone is using AI to help survey the Great Barrier Reef as a widespread mass coral bleaching event unfolds across world's most extensive reef ecosystem. Vanesse Chan has more.

The world just experienced its warmest March on record, capping a 10-month streak in which every month set a new temperature record, the European Union's climate change monitoring service said. Ilan Rubens reports.

A UK start-up says its power-beaming technology could provide the cheap, reliable energy source the Earth needs by harvesting solar power in space, 24 hours a day. Olivia Zollino has more.

Along with taking in temples and cherry blossoms, Tokyo visitors can now join a curated pilgrimage of the city's more modern wonders: its public toilets.

A total solar eclipse will cross North America on April 8, offering millions a rare opportunity to see skies temporarily darken as the moon blots out the sun. Lucy Ha breaks down everything you need to know about the rare celestial event.

Over 50 "memory clinics" in Britain are set to begin trialing blood tests for Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia that could lead to earlier and faster diagnosis. Alice Rizzo has more.

Reindeer herder Nils Mathis Sara says he is planning to fight the construction of a 34-mile-long power line through Arctic Norway that would supply renewable power to Western Europe's largest liquified natural gas plant. He says it will infringe on his animals' pastureland, while proponents say the line could help reduce Norway's emissions. Angela Johnston has more.