New soft, responsive metamaterial holds potential for wide variety of societal benefits. Engineered, autonomous machines…
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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.
Electron holes could be the solution to operational speed/coherence trade-off. A new study indicates holes…
New Software Will Allow Creation of More Complex Devices Someday, scientists believe, tiny DNA-based robots…
U.S. fusion energy efforts gain momentum, with LLNL and NIF at the center of a…
Nanostructured material and a new cell design pave the way for the production of silicon…
Researchers have developed a semiconductor component that enables over 90% spin polarization at room temperature,…
Fusion reactors push material limits with extreme heat and radiation. Advances in steels and magnets…
New Paint Formulation Could Help Buildings Rely Less on Air Conditioning In an effort to…
Better optoelectronic devices could be realized using a high-quality film of cuprous iodide. A defect-free…
At MIT, Jessica Xu blends artistic vision with mechanical engineering to develop inclusive medical devices.…
KAIST’s new centrifugal multispinning technology enables fast, scalable production of polymer nanofibers, making it possible…
Clemson physicist joins forces with collaborators from China and Denmark to create hybrid compound. Thermoelectrics…
A new silicon nitride chip from EPFL achieves record-low optical loss, enhancing performance in photonic…
Spin waves could unlock the next generation of computer technology, a new component allows physicists…
An AI tool developed at the University of Gothenburg offers new opportunities for analyzing images…
It’s an example of how surprising properties can spontaneously emerge in complex materials – a…
Optimizing network communication accelerates training in large-scale machine-learning models. Inserting lightweight optimization code in high-speed…
NASA’s SABERS project is creating fire-safe solid-state batteries to power the next era of electric…