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Libraries move to curating digital rather than physical collections

A silicon MEMS device that accurately measures gravity could make geophysical surveys easier, cheaper, and safer

Safety still comes first

What will result from rearranging the country's transmission network, allowing new suppliers in, and adding new economic incentives?

Take that, Tesla

A racer for the street

Lighter, faster, and more frugal

With a UK Parliament inquiry looming, an urgent defense of the NGI from a Nobel Laureate could turn public perception

This adorable little robot is as versatile as a bird or an insect

Fill ’er up— with hydrogen

Two registries have claimed the Internet domain, leaving it stuck in limbo. The court battle begins next week

No more natural breathing

Timing, cost, and the right license made all the difference

Bells and semiautonomous whistles

Fast lap to the future

Engineers are trying to squeeze outsize AI into mobile systems

A new "rocket science" for the blood detects proteins we didn't even know were there

Just don’t call it a DeLorean

Mishaps and a court-imposed reactor shutdown have left the country's energy goals in doubt

Key works from the late AI titan’s favorite sci-fi authors

London’s new $21 billion underground rail network is a hotbed of innovation—built with lots of mud, concrete, and sweat

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The financier warns foreign investors that familiar business models might not work

Novel nanostructure combines plasmonics and toplogicial insulators for a boost in light absorption

With carbon markets and subsidies in doubt, nuclear is no longer affordable

Its inventors say it could work for other neurotransmitters, too.

New speech recognition technology can distinguish sounds that look the same on lips, making lip reading easier for machines

If wrinkling graphene once is interesting, what happens when you do it repeatedly?

The U.K.’s Alton Towers, which opens its Galactica ride this week, is one of more than a dozen amusement parks that are giving old rides new life with VR

The engineer’s life disproves the myth that only scientists make discoveries

If you had all the amazing robots Google has, what would you do? Here’s what some leading roboticists say

New kinds of detectors look back to the beginning of the universe

The OTTO 100 can bring 100 kilos of whatever you want, wherever you want it

Helium-ion microscopy could directly write circuitry on a 2-D material without multi-step lithographic processes

Your Fitbit can tell how many calories you’re burning, but no gadget so far can tell you how many you’re taking in

An artificial egg packed with sensors could help save endangered birds

The former CEO and management guru comes to the end of what he thought of as a random walk through life

A gesture-controlled system could allow surgeons to swipe through medical images without dirtying their hands

The company introduced technology that automatically adjusts the color of a screen to blend with the ambient light of its surroundings.

A future without traffic lights is fast, efficient, and terrifying

The experimental device involves no injections

This prototype drone can follow a cyclist down a forest trail, which is a skill we've never seen demonstrated before

Nima, a pocket-sized chemistry lab, lets gluten-free people test their food at the table

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The TeraRanger One is a maker-friendly, high-speed, high-precision sensor born in the radiation-filled tunnels of the Large Hadron Collider

At SXSW, Google laid out what one expert calls its most conservative roadmap yet