Solar start-up company Ampuse has teamed up with NREL and ORNL to reduce the cost…
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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.
New software for creating advanced 3D characters like those seen in blockbuster films will allow…
DARPA’s newest “Cheetah” robot set a new land speed record for legged robots when it…
Electron ptychography is set to revolutionize the electron microscope. By doing away with the lens,…
Improvements in polymer solar cell technology continue as a new report documents the highest independently…
Researchers from Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) developed a bio-inspired robotic fish to…
Researchers at Cornell University are designing robots that can autonomously traverse and manipulate a 3-D…
Researchers continue to search for ways to filter out the CO2 generated by coal-burning power…
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a “smart outlet” that includes four receptacles, each…
All-optical routers managing Internet traffic would be much more energy efficient than what we have…
Researchers at MIT developed a MEMS device that enables 3-D sensing on a single chip…
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are focusing on the development of biomaterials and peripheral nerves…
Researchers studying the iridescent properties of butterfly wings think that this could help engineers develop…
Researchers at Drexel University are planning to print robotic dinosaurs that have been cast from…
Engineers at UCLA have developed a cost-effective cell-phone attachment that can detect the presence of…
Researchers at Rice University have created a nano-infused oil that uses a very tiny amount…
Researchers at University of Leeds have developed biosensor technology that could form the basis of…
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and MIT have designed a compact cell sorter that…