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Chinese journalist Chai Jing's viral doc—a damning indictment of toothless environmental enforcement -- was taken down by Chinese government censors

An expert discusses what might ensue if the drone hits the airframe, windscreen, or a turbofan engine

Insight should help engineers in applying graphene to thermal management solutions

Super-short pulses yield powerful midair beams

Researchers have proposed a Visual Turing Test in which computers would answer increasingly complex questions about a scene

The second annual competition of DIYer, hackers, and makers begins

But don't throw out your giant Swiss particle accelerator yet

Starting April 24th, Silicon Valley’s social scene will get a boost, thanks to Apple

Researchers create synthetic memories through brain stimulation

This is your heart on drugs. On a chip. Any questions?

Deep neural network wipes out more than 90 percent of noise when talking on hands-free mobile

The best robot videos of the week are right here

Rather than generate more energy with exotic technologies, we could save it with proven ones, like insulation

For the first time, researchers direct electrons across graphene on a predefined path

The NASA spacecraft becomes the first space mission to ever orbit a dwarf planet

The AI expert says autonomous robots can help us with tasks and decisions but they need not do everything

Smarter mobile operating systems can make browsing mobile Web apps more energy efficient

Ballpoint pens loaded with high-tech inks could lead to "do-it-yourself" sensors

Creating a science-fiction robot requires a solid grounding in real technologies

Wearables powered by energy-generating cloth are on the horizon

Autonomous construction cranes will reconfigure Google's proposed campus by moving modular offices around as needed

A total of 25 teams from seven countries will compete in what is possibly the most anticipated robotics event ever

2-D material offers performance of germanium-based devices with easier production methods

Robocars need map data right away--and will have to pay extra to get it

A project to train remote workers to teleoperate robot servants looked promising. So why was it abandoned?

Electric fields could help save energy, improve oil flow in pipelines

THOR fights fires on ships, while ESCHER will take on disaster areas

A quantum computing team hired by Google has built the first system capable of correcting its own errors

New QR code could stem the tide of counterfeit chips

“Real” projects are Facebook’s strength—but where are the napping pods?

What do you do when you don't have an inertial guidance system? Use your eyes.

This is as close to a salamander robot as we can possibly get

Getting the right mix of nanoparticles and polymer can increase the efficiencies by eleven percent

His networks of solar-powered phones can detect the sounds of illegal logging

The ACLU’s technologist exposes attacks on privacy by government agencies and corporate collaborators

It’s almost certainly not what you picture when you think of a robot, much less a robot that’s intended to head into space

Germans hope to achieve higher efficiencies by switching to silicon carbide in silicon melting process

Autonomous-vehicle training could include recovering from errors the car makes

Zinc-polyiodide flow battery packs in twice the energy without using corrosive acids

He is inspiring students to tackle urgent problems in the developing world

This engineer at Underwriters Labs is a counterfeiter’s worst nightmare

His work on water purification, cookstoves, and arsenic removal has helped tens of millions of people worldwide

This roboticist has transformed robot soccer into a global phenomenon

He just wanted to help some kids learn to code. Five million units later, his $35 computer has sparked a revolution

Optical nanosensor film can attach to human skin, detect motion and chemicals

U.S. and Israeli researchers show how Android phones can be tracked by power use

Net neutrality rules decried and praised

Industrial and enterprise apps are the near-term future of AR

The best robot videos of the week are right here

Will a low-cost high-speed camera create new applications?