Developed by engineers at the Wyss Institute, a new biomimetic strategy delivers life-saving nanotherapeutics directly…
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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.
Next month at the ACM SIGACT-SIGOPS Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, a team of…
With physical barriers limiting further increases in semiconductor electronic efficiency, scientists at the University of…
A step beyond transparent display, soap bubble displays are actually something possible. Ultrasonic vibrations shot…
Using a bilayer of platinum and VOx for the anode, Harvard scientists have demonstrated a…
Using computer simulations, engineers at MIT have developed a new graphene-based desalination system that uses…
By using spray-painted layers, each representing the components in a traditional battery, researchers at Rice…
By turning chitosan into beads and impregnating them with nanoparticles of titanium dioxide and aluminum…
Designed by researchers at MIT and freely available on a number of different websites, the…
Scientists have developed “acoustic tweezers” that use sound waves to control items regardless of their…
Using a “nanoscale sandwich” design with an ultra-thin active layer, scientists at NC State University…
Using nitrogen-enriched iron-carbon nanorods as a catalyst, engineers have demonstrated the same level of efficiency…
A newly published paper from Rice University researchers details facts and figures about “closed-edge graphene…
By using selenium nanoparticles to coat polycarbonate, Brown University scientists were able to reduce the…
Using carbon nanotubes and C60, scientists at MIT developed the first all-carbon photovoltaic cell, a…
A new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory suggests that renewable electricity generation from…
Developed by computer scientists, Aeolus is a new programming system that could help prevent inadvertent…
By producing consistent images that can compensate for body motions and by providing a way…