IEEE Spectrum

With $200-million overhaul complete, scientists are looking for ripples in the fabric of space-time

Silicon for the smarts, but stomach acid for the power

U.S. regulators may fine Volkswagen billions of dollars after discovering software designed to cheat official emissions testing

Show's first episode points out the pitfalls of a boys-only tech world

Computer models are becoming more attuned to human fear during crowd evacuations

If carbyne can be synthesized in bulk, its unusual properties could be a boon to nanoelectronics

Several research groups are creating algorithms that make carpooling a more personalized experience

Tiny, energy-efficient, homes are bucking the trend toward bigger and bigger houses

Your weekly injection of steaming hot robot videos

The Mr. Robot television series has some real world imitators

This is the science fiction movie you’ve been waiting for

Electric racing returns next month with new power trains and other improvements

Will digitizing taste lead to a Pepsi-clone made out of “kale and pine nuts”?

Graphene-based 3-D printing filament may trigger an explosion of printing electronics and circuitry

Robotic teleoperation means we can explore places where it's too difficult to send fragile, needy humans

In one integrated design and print process, you can now create objects with a suite of embedded sensors

System could help reduce your energy footprint

Smarter driving by autonomous features could save $1,800 in battery costs for a Tesla electric car

14-year old Texas youth arrested for bringing homebrew electronics to school

The new robot vacuum uses VSLAM to navigate and clean larger spaces in satisfyingly straight lines

Magnetic Signals Could Replace Bluetooth in Wearables

Why every engineer shouldn't necessarily work directly on the product, and why good tools are like good food

Multiplexers are essential components of any wireless communication system

The euRathlon challenge will feature ground, marine, and aerial robots competing in a simulated disaster zone

What would Dave and Bill do? Probably not this

Google has hired an auto industry engineer who worked at Hyundai and Ford as its new robot car CEO

While using modulated LEDs to transmit data via visible ambient light isn't a new idea, Disney is trying to figure out how to make it work for us

A chip that can shatter upon command could safeguard U.S. military data and devices on future battlefields

Until robots can solve all of our problems, they're going to need to know when (and how) to ask us for help

The nervous system adapts to severe injury when energized by electric pulses synced to muscle movements

Single silicon nanoparticle acts as a switch by scattering light

Automatic emergency braking will be standard but not mandatory

Other states require a test driver in the car, but Uber cut a deal with Arizona

Advance opens up the possibility of quantum repeaters for long distance qubit transmission

This is what happens when we skip a week of Video Friday

MIT's new technique could more easily enable multi-core chips with hundreds or thousands of cores

The former DARPA program manager discusses what he's going to do next

Fraunhofer is using carbon nanotubes to make a heating element so thin it can be deposited on a car's interior

Leveraging a novel spectroscopy technique, researchers observe nanoparticles individually and noninvasively

JPL's tumbling robotic hedgehog can jump, spin, and roll in microgravity to explore asteroids and comets

DARPA challenged computer modelers to predict the spread of the chikungunya virus, with decidedly mixed results

The 25th anniversary of the IEEE 802.11 wireless standard provides a chance to glimpse next-gen Wi-Fi

Research suggests the material could be great for fundamental calibration

Its software warns the driver and stops the car. It also warns other drivers

Kirigami techniques could significantly boost power generation

There are signs all around us indicating that the field of robotics is going through a major transformation

Laser ablation looks like it could be the way to go for despinning asteroids for mining, or pushing them off of a collision course for Earth

New blend of materials promises highly scalable production of highy efficient solar cells

$60 lidar spoofing device generates fake cars, pedestrians and walls

Flexibility of nanofibers suggests potential as a power source in wearable electronics