Numerous metals and alloys would be ideal for specific nanoscale applications — from solar energy…
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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.
MicroRNAs, the tiny bits of genetic material that regulate gene expression, play a significant -…
Researchers at MIT, Draper, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have designed an ingestible capsule that…
MIT engineers have come up with a conceptual design for a system to store renewable…
The thinnest flake, just one atom thick, has provided scientists at Yale and the Brookhaven…
A new approach to controlling magnetism in a microchip could open the doors to memory,…
Filtering and treating water, both for human consumption and to clean industrial and municipal wastewater,…
New battery design could greatly extend the shelf life of single-use metal-air batteries for electric…
The powerhouse that will help NASA’s Orion spacecraft venture beyond the Moon is stateside. The…
Researchers at EPFL’s Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering have developed a photocatalytic system based…
If extraterrestrial intelligence exists somewhere in our galaxy, a new MIT study proposes that laser…
Researchers have taught an artificial intelligence program used to recognize faces on Facebook to identify…
When it comes to energy production, there’s no such thing as a free lunch, unfortunately.…
A material designed by MIT chemical engineers can react with carbon dioxide from the air,…
Novel design could help shed excess heat in next-generation fusion power plants. A class exercise…
The research team of Prof. Massimiliano Esposito of the University of Luxembourg studied the thermodynamics…
A new auto-commentary published in SLAS Technology looks at how an emerging area of artificial…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuAY5Y_INYQ Developed in the lab of Yale’s Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, NASA-inspired robotic skins enable users to…