Using a bilayer of platinum and VOx for the anode, Harvard scientists have demonstrated a…
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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 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…
New research from scientists at Rice University shows that when voltage is applied to a…
By designing a way to chemically attach genetically manipulated luciferase enzymes directly to the surface…
A team of scientists at Stanford University are working to improve energy efficiency in computer…
A team of engineers has developed a glucose fuel cell fabricated from silicon and consisting…