Materials

When it comes to futuristic technology buildings are one of the most impressive mediums of displaying this type of technology. Today we're checking out a new bionic material that allows buildings to open and close like flowers that bloom. Flectofin is a material based upon the Bird of Paradise flower. The material has been around for approximately a year and just received the first ever Gips-Schüle Research Prize.

The army is looking into using a new high-tech weapon to combat roadside bombs and IED's -- paintball guns.

What's the most effective weapon against a horde of mindless, brain-craving zombies? A flamethrower, obviously.

Because of the epic flooding in Thailand right now, hard drive shortages are about to hit the US. Some retailers have already begun raising their prices.

What do you do with 50 tons of waste plastic? Well, if you're an ambitious Welsh company, you recycle it into a 90 foot bridge.

Twenty quadrillion miles away, scientists have discovered a diamond orbiting a star that's only fifteen miles across, but more massive than our sun. This star is spinning over 100 times per second, and the gigantic diamond orbiting around it is around the size of the planet Jupiter.

Chemists at the University of California have discovered a way to modify ordinary cotton fabric so that it breaks down bacteria and toxins (like pesticide residue) when exposed to light.

A group of Japanese Scientists has won the lg Nobel Prize for developing a smoke alarm that emits the pungent smell of wasabi.

This kid's parents are pretty awesome. With over a thousand popsicle sticks and some help from the laws of physics, they created an incredible exploding wave on their kitchen floor.

Researchers at the University of Dallas have created an "invisibility cloak" with carbon nanotubes, by using the science behind a mirage.