Modeled after an earthworm, Meshworm is a soft autonomous robot that moves via peristalsis, crawling…
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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.
A new study from scientists at Brown University details how they achieved the best-ever transparency…
Diamond is one of the toughest, naturally occurring materials found on Earth. Now, the Z…
In an effort to improve image-processing software, a team of researchers developed a new programming…
Scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have created the world’s first solid-state receiver…
Using an initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) process, a team of scientists at MIT has…
By applying a technology called SLIPS (slippery-liquid-infused porous surfaces) to solid surfaces, a team of…
Working to advanced rotor technologies for U.S. offshore wind power generation, Sandia scientists are searching…
Utilizing the electric field effect, a new technology called “screening-engineered field-effect photovoltaics,” or SFPV, reduces…
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…