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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

Simple production method also creates a moisture-resistant barrier on water-sensitive perovskites

The country has slipped off the list of the 500 most powerful machines

A specialty processor diagnoses critically ill infants in record time

Energy could be stored as heat, hydrogen

A new jetpack, stabilized with high-­tech gyroscopes, could help astronauts navigate low-gravity environments

A new study shows that improved aircraft designs and air traffic management could slash aviation emissions

An investigation into dynamic random-access memory chip failure reveals surprising hardware vulnerabilities

Will a failed launch allow these navigation satellites to do some fundamental physics?

New graphene production could enable electronics over large and flexible substrates

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The first demonstration of growing electronic wires inside plants could change the meaning of green energy

Pocket refrigerators, whirling heat sinks, and more

Ohio calls itself "first in flight," perhaps California should adopt as its motto "a day late and a dollar short"

​There's no better opportunity to ask, What could possibly go wrong?

A light-powered motor pushes around a molecule-size submarine

You can find any fact (but many are false) and any site—except those that have gone missing

Gadgets use colored light to try to change behavior

Robotics labs at MIT and Northeastern will both get their very own "superhero robot" on loan

Face time promotes empathy, curiosity, and learning

Physicists pin their hopes on new magnets and fast lasers

Energous founder and CTO Michael Leabman answers (most of) our questions about their wireless charging technology

University of Tehran researchers unveiled yesterday the latest generation of their adult-sized humanoid

The only moving parts are the propellers

Iron pyrite-based quantum dots enable Li-ion batteries to charge in seconds over repeated cycles

This expert on ultrahigh-voltage systems has intimate access to the world’s most powerful places

If you think STEM education needs to happen in preschool, this would be the way to do it

Finland issues first permit for long-term nuclear waste repository

Tomorrow’s megavolt transmission lines need breakers that can withstand titanic forces

More crickets needed

Driverless cars for the Tokyo Olympics are part of a plan to boost the economy

Higher-resolution, lower-cost circuit and component analysis from ultrashort laser pulses

New Cherenkov telescope for astrophysics could image Mt. Etna's innards

Robotic hands-free luggage, door-to door-delivery bots, and more

The TOP500 ranking shows little change in the world's fastest supercomputers

The world is probably ready for a temperature adjustable, precise, coffee pot that learns. But is it ready for a desktop edible insect farm?

MoS2 would filter 70 percent more water than graphene, because of its peculiar chemistry

Squishy optoelectronics should make longer-lasting implants

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Gene Amdahl, who died yesterday, started companies because “people’s needs aren’t all technical”

Really, those are serious problems.

An electrically driven shockwave can push the salt out of brackish water; uses much less energy than other methods

Protection from UV radiation could be the recipe for nanowires making it into a wide range of electronic products

Vanderbilt researchers launch open-source platform for make-your-own ingestible capsule robots

Discovery could lead to more robust quantum computers

Latest launches from hardware accelerators go beyond measurement of health and fitness to intervention

The ultrasound phone-charging company has backed off some awe-inducing claims as the cold reality of physics sets in

Your Vizio smart TV tracks viewing habits by default so that advertisers can target you elsewhere

UBTECH Robotics has big plans for this small and affordable robot