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Einstein’s “spooky action at a distance” can reach as far as low earth orbit, and twisted light could boost quantum communication bandwidth

Three possible solutions: specialized architectures, millivolt switches, and 3-D memory

Codes of ethics abound. Does groupthink override them?

Statistics show how the demand for ivory has led to the devastation of elephant populations in Africa

A STEM outreach effort will encourage girls to code by giving them a huge canvas

The chip leader’s fastest machine has slipped off the list of the 500 most powerful supercomputers

From Disney and ETH Zurich, this steampunkish robot can transition from ground to wall and back again

The Silicon City exhibition at the New York Historical Society presents a golden age for computers in the Big Apple

Some companies say they’ll show big advances in 2016

Making the Internet bloom in the desert

70 million transistors and 850 photonic components were integrated onto silicon using the same process for making silicon microprocessors

Scare intruders away with a ridiculously loud alarm

Synthetic-biology startups adopt technologies from the computer industry

Cynthia Breazeal’s home robot wants to be your family’s new best friend

The world watches as Norway makes the switch from analog to digital

Should we try for great leaps over incremental advances?

New production technique for nanoparticle-enabled polymers could lead to better control of soft robots

A 320-terabyte prototype, expected in 2016, will showcase the company’s bid to reinvent computing

Meeting people, not playing games, will make VR popular

The company’s C919 airliner is slated to begin flight tests soon

Five intrepid spacecraft will make their way to the Red Planet in 2016

Scheme lets scientists "have our cake and eat it too"

It's hard to find trustworthy data about IT debacles

A Minority Report–style glove for controlling computers and machines harvests energy from finger motions

Liquid precursor replaces gas to make 3-D nanostructures in seconds

A wireless camera pill uses fluorescent imaging to help detect cancer inside patients' throats and gastrointestinal pathways

Researchers leverage plasmonics to create a laser printer capable of producing an image with over 120,000 dpi resolution

The long-delayed Tres Amigas superstation would help move up to 20 gigawatts of electricity around the continent

Spectrum’s annual special report for the technologies to watch this year

At the Zurich games, people with disabilities will use robotics to go for the gold

Despite big promises, these tech giants probably won’t champion end-to-end encryption

He’ll compete in a bike race, thanks to nerve stimulators implanted in his legs

The latest search for extraterrestrial intelligence will seek out radio and laser signals from other worlds

Before building a vacuum train tube from L.A. to San Francisco, proponents must succeed with an 8-kilometer test track

In Ford’s Palo Alto Research Center, researchers are using video game systems to speed up the way autonomous vehicle software learns

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Understanding the experiences of adult transfer students from community colleges could help STEM

The first demonstration of boron-based borophene reveals a conductive material that could outperform graphene

Supercapacitors finally on par with lead-acid batteries for energy storage, could drive an electric bus 25 kilometers

The two companies partnered to create a robotics-focused surgical startup

Delusional estimates for time and cost plague large IT projects

Google counters by wooing British regulators and setting up a ride-sharing business

In a cutthroat market for autonomous vehicle experts, Ford's CEO Mark Shields says it’s doing just fine. (But is still hiring)

In the iron economy, you'd retrofit coal plants to burn iron powder, then recycle it using renewable energy

World leaders set a high bar for climate action, striking a deal in Paris that well exceeds their action plans. But transparency, verification and peer pressure could close the gap

Nauto retrofits cars with connectivity, machine learning and safety systems

You have 30 days to register your personal drone online before the FAA starts charging a fee

Despite metal-like conductivity, this new class of materials has high optical transparency