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New advance could also lead to chips that can smell, taste

Startup piggybacks on social media to make learning-to-code girl-friendly

New analytical approaches turn low-amplitude seismic data into insights about this world and others

The U.S. version of 007's Q branch hopes IBM can take the next big step toward universal quantum computing

Adding some small twists to chemical vapor deposition makes a hexagonal boron nitride that could make the perfect substrate for graphene

Study for the SAT, learn another language, or sound like a cowboy when you send text messages

When self-driving cars become street legal, a world full of old cars will become ripe for retrofitting

Being programmable through headphones could keep Canny relevant for decades

Stalker and K-MAX talk to air traffic control to safely operate while detecting and dousing fires

Among the challenges: competing with Facebook and Google, and figuring out how to integrate commercial technology into space programs

Laser light and special sensors let a camera see around a corner with centimeter precision

One cable to rule them all, and it’ll be optical in 2016

Researchers continue to refine the process for producing laser-induced graphene that promises big changes in energy storage

This group of geriatric engineers probably can’t stop global warming—but maybe they can cool down a few hot spots

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Will sodium replace lithium as the material of choice for rechargeable batteries?

Can more R&D dollars deliver a clean energy future faster?

The size and refrative index of transparent nanoparticles offer unique light scattering abilities

Bee cognition gives hints of how radios could talk on the fly

No robots were harmed (much) during this research

Erik DeBenedictis from Sandia National Labs envisions several technologies that can unlock exascale supercomputing

The UTC decision has been put off until 2023, but changes might happen fast at that point

Its electricity and propulsion section have arrived for stress testing

As far as StarCraft goes, humans aren't doomed (yet)

Metal wires made invisible with nanostructures could increase silicon solar cell efficiency by over 20 percent

Laser eyes designed for robot bees could help driverless cars see

Redox flow lithium battery could store energy from wind and solar

Voyomotive's plug-in device is the latest to promise drivers more control over their cars through their smartphones

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Our annual roundup of who has the most valuable high-tech patent portfolios

Use an Arduino and a Raspberry Pi to track your water use in real time

Watch over your usage with an Arduino and a Raspberry Pi

Surprise! It's Cyber Monday, and Amazon has a flashy but useless delivery drone announcement

Self-driving cars will be the opening act at the 2016-17 season

Scientists in Japan zap seeds with cold plasma device to shorten harvest

Wealth and poverty maps from mobile phone metadata could guide economic policy

Hit Victrola records made owning music fashionable

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By prioritizing the dynamic parts of a scene, machines can capture images more efficiently

Two San Francisco startup incubators, two companies from Estonia, and two low-cost approaches to one idea: connecting existing window shades to the Internet

The digital currency is at the center of linguistic, as well as financial, innovation

The new technique could help scan for cancer, stroke, heart disease

We take a close look at the FAA Task Force recommendations for mandatory drone registration

How to use single electrons for probing magnetic fields

The open-source movement hits the airwaves

The holidays are just around the corner, and it’s a good time to pause and reflect—about what new robots to get

Self-assembly process offers promising approach to producing nanowires at a lower cost

At stake is not only adherence to the law but the way software is integrated into the total package

Nuclear authorities are convinced that two idled Belgian reactors can operate safely despite thousands of flaws in their pressure vessels. Independent experts concur

The cold-cathode traveling-wave tube, an ultracompact, ultraefficient source of RF waves, may finally be within reach