Utilizing the electric field effect, a new technology called “screening-engineered field-effect photovoltaics,” or SFPV, reduces…
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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.
With a 28-meter mirror and a mass of almost 600 tons, the H.E.S.S. II telescope…
With the hope of bringing explorers to nearby asteroids, Mars, and its moons, and to…
Scientists at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University are using DNA nanotechnology to make…
Taking a “greener” approach to methane production, scientists from Stanford and Pennsylvania State are raising…
A newly published study details how scientists at the Eindhoven University of Technology developed “magnetic…
Using a photoactive plastic that converts infrared light into an electrical current, scientists developed a…
A newly published study from a team of engineers describes a strategy for building self-thermoregulating…
Engineers at the Wyss Institute are working on a smart suit that helps improve physical…
Using tiny posts to guide the patterning of self-assembling polymer molecules, researchers at MIT developed…
By detaching a freestanding macroporous silicon film from the underlying bulk silicon and combining it…
Designed by scientists at the California Institute of Technology and at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory,…
In an effort to provide a sustainable system for waste treatment and energy production, scientists…
Scientists have taken a step forward on the path to engineering completely autonomous underwater vehicles…
With NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity set to land in early August, NASA is finalizing a…
Published in the journal Nature, a new study describes how scientists at Ohio State University…
Working on innovative approaches to firefighting, DARPA has been exploring technologies to manipulate and extinguish…
A newly published study from scientists at Rice University found patterns in the way that…