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A specially made silicon surface that can modulate light could lead to lead to a new generation of lightweight, mass-produced optical systems

First step is a $50 million collaboration with MIT and Stanford, led by ex-DARPA program manager Gill Pratt

For first time, researchers can now make highly thermally conductive and mechanically strong fibers using different size graphene sheets

Crown-of-thorns sea stars can wipe out coral reefs, but an autonomous stabby poison robot is on the case

New general purpose GPU part of post-Moore's Law open-source hardware trend

Who needs perception when you can reliably grasp objects blind

Drivers in Austin will begin to ride alongside the Google’s custom prototypes later this month

INRIX gathers data from moving cars that paint a real-time picture of weather conditions on the road up ahead

Graphene adds another mechanical property to its growing list

DARPA is looking for swarms of nearly disposable UAVs that can launch and be retrieved in mid-air

A new "artificial leaf" that can turn sunlight and water directly into hydrogen and oxygen is shattering performance and stability records

Europe's official collecting and recycling systems account for just over one-third of its overall used and discarded electronics

When the growth of robot capabilities begins in earnest, it will likely be explosive

Quick results can provide urgently needed information in a life-or-death situation

Regions could save $5.7 million-$210 million per year by replacing coal-fired power with renewable energy or energy efficiency measures

Google has the cars, the test drivers, the engineers, and the money

U.S. President Obama is ramping up research funding for advanced CPV systems

The only way is up, says conference for rocket-free orbital travel

This simple electromechanical device, once crucial to telephone exchanges, lives on in portable defibrillators

A prototype of gaming system aims to improve behavioral skills of autistic children

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One of the world’s longest undersea HVDC cables and other new transmission links will end reliance on Russian energy

An adhesive with its hardness controlled by electricity can be used underwater, or in human tissue.

Researchers overcome some of the final issues with solar windows, opening the way to commercial roll out

Slight tweaks to acceleration and deceleration can make a huge difference to robot energy consumption

Nanomagnet computers could consume one-tenth the power of today’s microprocessors

At school and at work, women with mentors are more likely to succeed

This is one of the most confidently brisk picking robots we've ever seen

New production technique makes full array of 2-D materials available for real-world applications

Demography is destiny, and Japan’s population is getting too old for the country’s economic health

A fuel cell that can power a smartphone for a week sounds great in theory, but in practice, you probably only care if you live in India

Will solar cells much thinner than a human hair power future planes?

The AI Impacts project estimates computer hardware could match the human brain in four to seven years

A fixed-wing drone that can lift off vertically has its advantages, but who needs one?

User-friendly interfaces give operators critical context

Visible light communication could reduce interference with medical equipment

Sandia National Laboratory will host a turbine that can improve energy efficiency by 40 percent

How history forgot this pioneer of the traveling-wave tube

A cubic kilometer-sized neutrino detector buried deep in Antarctic ice has confirmed the discovery of mysterious ultra-high energy neutrinos

Scalable manufacturing process could lead to new generation of LED lighting

The Alibi Routing network can show whether your Internet data crosses certain international borders

Researchers devise antennas that can be lengthened—or shortened—to adjust their frequency

Mathematical models applied to biology could also help islanded power grids

When you're at the peak of the hype cycle, there's just one way to go--down. Then you bounce back again.

Learning algorithms may have a mind of their own

A Kit Connects a Microcontroller to the Cloud

Catalyst Can Work in Water

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Teams are keen, but some pitchers see a downside to the data

Google pushes back its modular Ara smartphone's first real-world debut until 2016