Scientists have developed a new, inexpensive material that has the potential to convert 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.
Using genetically engineered yeast cells and ordinary table sugar, engineers from the Cockrell School of…
A new system designed by researchers at UNC and NC State converts the sun’s energy…
A team of researchers has created the world’s fastest thin-film organic transistor, operating at more…
By heating molybdenum and selenium in a vacuum chamber until they evaporated, a team of…
SEAS engineers have developed a metal-free flow battery, which relies on the electrochemistry of naturally…
Researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a biosensor that can detect very small…
By modifying the molecular structure of a polymer used in solar cells, an international team…
Researchers at the University of Twente have developed a new superconducting cable system that is…
Researchers from UNIST have developed a method for mass producing boron/nitrogen co-doped graphene nanoplatelets, opening…
In a newly published study, researchers from Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory detail the surprise discovery that…
By placing microscopic materials between two sheets of graphene, researchers have discovered a new technique…
New research from the Argonne National Laboratory and King Abdulaziz University details new composite materials…
Nanoengineers from UC San Diego have developed nanosponges that soak up a dangerous pore-forming toxin…
Using self-healing silicon microparticles, scientists have developed the first battery electrode that heals itself. Researchers…
By metabolically engineering a “knock-down” of fat-reducing enzymes called lipases, UC San Diego researchers have…
Using perovskite crystals fabricated with a combination of potassium niobate and barium nickel niobate, a…
By working to improve perovskite cell efficiency, scientists at Oxford University are creating simpler and…