New research from engineers at MIT details how two-dimensional carbon “paper” can form stretchable supercapacitors…
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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.
Currently under construction and on track to become operational early next decade, the Giant Magellan…
Technology adapted from NASA’s Mars rover program is being used to develop a hand-held device…
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and MIT have developed a new drug-delivery capsule coated with…
Engineers at MIT have developed a two-dimensional metallic dielectric photonic crystal that has the ability…
Using approximately 10,000 times less gold than in previous studies, researchers from Western University improve…
Engineers from MIT have developed a football-size robot that can provide added port protection by…
Using a gene-editing system that can disable any target gene, MIT engineers have shown that…
Using carbon nanotubes, researchers at Rice University and Texas Children’s Hospital have created heart-defect patches…
MIT engineers have developed an improved liquid battery system that could enable renewable energy sources…
By replacing silicon with phase-change materials, new research shows that computers could be capable of…
A team of scientists from the California NanoSystems Institute is using liquid inks to create…
A newly published study details how researchers at Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at…
Using a water-based solution, researchers at the University of Missouri have created a long-lasting and…
By combining several proven technologies that are already widely used in wireless data transmission, engineers…
Wyss Institute has won a DARPA grant to further develop their lightweight Soft Exosuit. The…
A newly published study details how “digital metamaterials” could help bring invisible cloaks closer to…
MIT researchers have developed a new algorithm that allows their electric powered robotic cheetah to…