Penn engineers created crack-free “metallic wood” with titanium-level strength and lightweight porosity by redesigning its…
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Technology refers to the tools, systems, and methods developed through scientific knowledge to solve problems, enhance capabilities, and improve quality of life. It spans a broad range of fields—from computing and biotechnology to renewable energy and materials science—and evolves rapidly through research and innovation. Technology not only shapes how we communicate, work, and travel, but also plays a critical role in advancing science itself, enabling everything from high-powered telescopes to gene-editing tools. As new technologies emerge, they raise important questions about ethics, accessibility, and long-term impacts, making their development and deployment a central focus of scientific and societal discourse.
A new alternative seawater desalination membrane to produce drinking water. According to the World Health…
An efficient two-bit quantum logic gate has been out of reach, until now. Research from…
Beetle-inspired film cools surfaces without power, promising greener tech for buildings, electronics, and more. A…
At roughly the size of a fingertip, the integrated photonics chip delivers random number output…
Nanowire network trained to solve simple problem mimicking neural pathways. Scientists at the University of…
A new imaging technique shows lithium-ion behavior in real time, uncovering bottlenecks that could be…
Engineers develop inexpensive, scalable method to make metamaterials that manipulate microwave energy in ways conventional…
The new carbon-based material could be a basis for lighter, tougher alternatives to Kevlar and…
Extremely low-density graphene-based aerogel ‘meringue’ can improve passenger comfort and reduce noise up to 80%.…
Jacopo Buongiorno and others say factory-built microreactors trucked to usage sites could be a safe,…
Scientists develop an energy-efficient strategy to reversibly change ‘spin orientation’ or magnetization direction in magnetite…
A new radio-based imaging method developed by NIST enables real-time visualization through walls and smoke.…
Algorand uses a unique architecture developed by MIT Professor Silvio Micali to offer a decentralized,…
Engineers Create Seeds for Growing Near-Perfect 2D Perovskite Crystals Rice University engineers have created microscopic…
MIT researchers demonstrate a way to sharply reduce errors in two-qubit gates, a significant advance…
A new technique for measuring electric fields in semiconductors promises energy-saving, high-performance electronics critical to…
New passive water harvester collects fresh water even under full sun by cooling itself using…