Engineers at MIT have developed a new desktop 3D printer that performs up to 10…
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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.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has developed thermochromic windows capable…
The microscope is 1000 times more precise than current techniques, allowing the creation of wetting…
Phones, laptops, electric cars – batteries are everywhere. And to meet the expectations of today’s…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLTiv_XWHnOZoPT2VCxZJOF7Vg1VTNuGj4&v=SrqrGweKQAU JPL engineers put together a drone race to find which is faster – a…
Iron-air batteries promise a considerably higher energy density than present-day lithium-ion batteries. In addition, their…
New research focuses on the wings of the black butterfly (Pachliopta aristolochiae), which are covered…
Researchers use novel structures made with DNA scaffolds to create solar-powered materials that closely mimic…
By installing capacitors, MIT engineers reveal a new method for guaranteeing the stability of any…
Researchers have developed sensors that can be printed onto plant leaves and reveal when the…
Engineers at MIT have developed a new material that can be repeatedly stretched and flexed…
Harvard scientists have proposed a new way to use photons of light instead of silicon…
A new MIT computer system speeds computations involving “sparse tensors,” multidimensional data arrays that consist…
In a newly published paper, MIT researchers describe a new device for producing nanofiber meshes,…
A new smartphone app analyzes a car’s sounds and vibrations, letting you know if your…
By adding bits of irradiated plastic water bottles to concrete, MIT engineers take plastic out…
Researchers from MIT have designed a light-emitter and detector that can be integrated into silicon…
Researchers at Yale University demonstrate the use of fossilized diatoms (diatomaceous earth) to boost solar…