By coating a DVD disc with a film of graphite oxide that is then laser…
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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.
The first ever electrons with tunable properties were observed at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.…
Using an algorithm that infers body position and the shapes of the subjects’ hands, MIT…
Using “two-photon lithography,” scientists at the Vienna University of Technology developed a high-precision 3D printer…
A team of scientists at MIT have developed a new light source from a fiber…
Based on computer simulations, new research shows that a new metamaterial design is able to…
By using the power of carbon nanotubes, scientists have almost tripled the speed of prototype…
As manufacturers continue to increase their chip performance by increasing the number of cores they…
By using a mathematical procedure developed by a team of engineers at MIT, new software…
Solar start-up company Ampuse has teamed up with NREL and ORNL to reduce the cost…
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…