Three proof-of-concept prototypes seek to make contactless ‘acoustic tweezer’ technology available to a wide array…
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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.
Color-changing array of silk microneedles could help stem outbreaks and avoid food waste. MIT engineers…
Scientists in Delft have developed a technique for selectively separating microparticles in a liquid on…
A hand-held video game console allowing indefinite gameplay might be a parent’s worst nightmare. But…
Modern technology affects different workers in different ways. In some white-collar jobs — designer, engineer…
Extremely energy-efficient artificial intelligence is now closer to reality after a study by UCL researchers…
A test firing of Europe’s Helicon Plasma Thruster, developed with ESA by SENER in Spain. This…
The emergence of artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques is changing the world dramatically with…
Florida State University researchers have developed a new material that could be used to make…
Quantum bits, or qubits, can hold quantum information much longer now thanks to efforts by…
NASA-funded research recently reported in an American Chemical Society journal. Electrifying research by Clemson University…
New research demonstrates how the use of molecules in quantum computing leads to fewer errors.…
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have designed and additively manufactured a…
For years, researchers have aimed to learn more about a group of metal oxides that…
Mechanical engineering researchers gain biological insights that could enhance robotics. By examining how fruit flies…
In 1959, former Cornell physicist Richard Feynman delivered his famous lecture “There’s Plenty of Room…
Prototype device electronically replicates the way human skin senses pain. Researchers have developed electronic artificial…
Method to further understanding of the quantum state space. In 2019, Google claimed it was…