The construction industry is currently facing two major challenges: the demand for sustainable infrastructure and…
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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.
Like biological fat reserves store energy in animals, a new rechargeable zinc battery integrates into…
A new tool to protect yourself against facial recognition software designed by University of Chicago…
Jonathan Boreyko, an associate professor in mechanical engineering, has developed an aircraft thermal management technology…
In a step closer to skyscrapers that serve as power sources, a team led by…
The human brain efficiently executes highly sophisticated tasks, such as image and speech recognition, with…
Although true “cyborgs” — part human, part robotic beings — are science fiction, researchers are…
Filter “paper” made from titanium oxide nanowires is capable of trapping pathogens and destroying them…
Rooftop radiative cooling system could provide lighting power when solar energy is unavailable. Researchers have…
New design overcomes long-standing LED efficiency problem — and can transform into a laser to…
Simple innovation expected to open multiple new avenues for quantum science. If we can harness…
Cooled graphene mimics effect of enormous magnetic fields that would benefit electronics. Graphene, an extremely…
For the first time, researchers in Germany sent perovskite and organic solar cells on a…
“The idea had been going around my head for about 15 years, but I never…
Algorithms created before the pandemic generally perform less accurately with digitally masked faces. Now that…
Bath scientists take an important step towards understanding the interaction between layers of atomically thin…
Australian and North American physicists display rigorous, scalable diagnostic tool. Noise is the main obstacle…
Light can sometimes play tricks on our eyes. If you look at a shiny surface,…