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Frequency modulated square waves help chip-makers resurrect a defect-detection technique they had nearly abandoned

Stressed-out mice exhibit fewer depression-like behaviors when researchers activate certain neural circuits

Residential solar installers innovate to get around utility grid fees

Resesarchers believe that graphene could replace tantalum nitride within two chip generations

Manufacturing and big data are among the hot sectors in IEEE Spectrum’s annual roundup

Microspine grippers will bring an asteroid back to Earth in the 2020s

Microspine grippers will bring an asteroid back to Earth in the 2020s

Artificial muscles powered by expanding and shrinking spores could power robots, sensors, vehicles

It’s time to have a global conversation about how AI should be developed

The test pilot barely touched the wheel, probably because he was being whipsawed by g forces

A brain implant reads a paraplegic man’s intentions to let him pick up a beer

A robotics company that didn't exist a year ago gets a huge investment from Japan

Biology is accelerating faster than Moore’s Law, says IndieBio founder. It’s time for scientists to be entrepreneurs

And because it lets each carmaker do things in its own way, it may just survive the onslaughts from Google and Apple

Simple battery could lead to a self-contained biosensor system costing only five cents

SRI unveils a walking humanoid robot that's 20x more efficient than ATLAS

Nanosatellites may go into deep space for the first time

Hyperbolic metasurface gives new control over lightwaves

Pembient’s founders hope to destroy the illegal trade in Rhino horn and make “essence of rhino” products popular

An intelligent, collaborative robotic arm knows how to complete tasks that you may not

First on-chip visible light source that uses graphene could lead to photonic circuits

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Seven Nao robots steal the spotlight in a modern dance performance

Oh no, not again! “Medjacks” demonstrate that medical devices are the soft underbelly of medical networks, according to a TrapX study

A new operating principle brings CO2 sensors to a range of new applications

With the DRC over, here's what we learned, and what we have to look forward to

Problem is, car prices increasingly reflect their tech content, which doesn't age gracefully

Nanowire meshes can be placed into the brain through a needle

Microtransponder’s vagus nerve stimulator uses precisely-timed jolts to help stroke victims relearn movements more quickly

Excreting eagles nearly made a failure out of the most technologically advanced power line of its time. Animal incursions are still a problem, but there's a standard for that

Do you want a camera deciding when to film you and your family?

Organic electrochemical transistors, implantable ion pumps, and more

Already a leader in the race to put self-driving cars on the world's roads, it may ultimately use that position to push today's auto insurance carriers out of the market

Researchers improve powered prosthetic legs with algorithms that respond to muscles' electric signals

Researchers in Japan fabricate a hybrid inorganic/organic LED that produces white-blue electroluminescence using quantum dots

The wildly popular singer Akon is establishing an academy to teach Africans how to build and maintain grid-free power networks

Humongous haulers handle themselves far from traffic and pedestrians

This transformer robot took first place because it was fast, adaptable, and didn't fall down

Legislation that went into effect last month allows some low-efficiency water heaters to be sold—for good reason

Game of Drones wants to move drones out of the hands of hobbyists into the mass market with a hard-to-destroy, easy-to-fly racing drone

It was a nail-biting final round as Team KAIST completed a perfect run with the fastest time, winning the $2 million grand prize

Everything we were amazed by on the first day of the competition

Gravity is a bad thing for robots

The most amazing run we saw all day came from CHIMP, which was the only robot to fall and get up again

A fifth round of funding keeps the hope alive that carbon-nanotube memory can play David to the market Goliaths

Paul Carroll talks about the TV show’s technological background

Next-gen medical devices include artificial hearts, neurostimulators to restore vision, and chips to dispense birth control

Not in Pomona? No problem. Here's how to watch a live stream of the competition