Nanoengineers from UC San Diego have developed nanosponges that soak up a dangerous pore-forming toxin…
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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 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…
Using a laser sintering process and powdered metals, Solid Concepts manufactures the world’s first 3D-printed…
In an effort to improve retinal implant technology, researchers have developed a new method that…
A team of researchers from the Berkeley Lab have developed peptoid nanosheets that mimic the…
Researchers from the University of Sidney have developed a metamaterial lens that has ten times…
A newly published study from researchers at Brown University shows the ability of carefully designed…
Using porous silicon coated with graphene, material scientists at Vanderbilt University have developed the first…
Using a wafer consisting of tungsten encapsulated by silicon nitride, scientists have developed a disk…
A newly published study from scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory demonstrates a general strategy…
As “big data” from space missions continues to pour in, scientists and software engineers are…
Scientists at the Imperial College London have shown that the efficiency of solar panel designs…
Researchers are working to create a modular, artificial upper limb that will restore natural motor…
By adding modified, single-atom-thick graphene nanoribbons to thermoplastic polyurethane, researchers at Rice University have developed…
By combining a microbial fuel cell and a type of solar cell called a photoelectrochemical…