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"Tandem" photovoltaics that may give a boost to traditional silicon solar cells

A magnet can reduce the amount of heat flowing through a semiconductor by 12 percent

Superfast control of cubits makes silicon a more likely contender of future quantum computers

Follow this guide to learn ROS—and program a robot to bring you coffee

Should privacy and security measures be built into devices before they reach the market?

Elastocaloric materials can cool and heat when stress is applied and released

The future of nuclear energy could lie with supersmall reactors and alternative technologies

Treated sewage can be a good source of copper, precious metals and rare-earth elements

A new law in France will make eco-friendly features a requirement for commercial construction

The fibers can be woven into textiles could be used in so-called smart fabrics.

Roasting foam peanuts turns them into a material that stores lithium ions better than graphite

It'll only work on highways, but you'll be able to drive from San Francisco to Seattle without touching the wheel

Consumers will test 10 prototypes in the next phase of the Tricorder XPrize

Months of preparation paid off today for Europe's transmission system operators as their grids rode out a solar eclipse causing multi-gigawatt solar power swings

Will the centralization and streamlining of ITER's Directorate solve its problems?

A robot learns how to fool you, and more good things, all in Video Friday

Sorting technique of GQDs makes applications to optoelectronic devices more attractive

Consumer devices will run longer by pulling power from the environment

Genome-search companies vie to be the Google of personalized medicine

All the fun of detailed high-definition explosions at a fraction of the cost

The many metaphors used to explain Net neutrality—and why they all stink

Simple technique makes large-area magnetic graphene that is easily patterned

There is a dark side to the revolution in electronics: unjustified technological expectations

Ultra-thin perovksite layers could be used for photovoltaic wallpaper and windows

Developed land could host solar power

With a double nonet of small electric motors, the LEAPTech X-plane increases efficiency by 60%

It's smaller, faster, stronger, and more precise: meet Sawyer, Rethink Robotics' new manufacturing robot

His online privacy stance may be a hit, but net neutrality could pose a problem

What will we call driving, when we no longer drive?

Porous crystals could scrub industrials fumes, clean the air in submarines, space station

Storage plants built for nuclear power are being revamped for wind and solar

Infrastructure inspection is safer if your robot can fly when it falls off a wall

With CNT capacity shrinking due to lack of demand, a nanotechnology industry group offers a way forward

The new 3-D printing technique can manufacture soft elastic materials, ceramics, and biological tissues in minutes instead of hours

A new survey reveals why international STEM students choose to stay in the U.S. or return home

A joint venture announced last week plans to commercialize a pest-control system with roots in the old Star Wars missile defense system

A self-driving car outfitted with Delphi technologies readies for a 5600-kilometer road trip

Chemically-treated spider silk improves supercapacitors and lithium-ion batteries

One application this robot is already helping with: making more robots

Sending kilowatts of power half a kilometer is just a start. Japan is planning orbiting solar farms in the 2030s

Flexible EEG sensor stays stuck to your through showers, swims, and sleep

Thrusters nudged the satellites to a better, but still not ideal orbit

The one uses cheap cameras, the other is developing (fairly) cheap lidar

With a new robot in the works called Tega, MIT's Personal Robots Group wants to get social robots out into the world

Goodyear wants to capture the wasted energy where the rubber meets the road

Humanitarian groups in Laos may soon have help clearing munitions from the Vietnam War

Sensors and analytics developed for cars find use in elite athletics and medicine

The best robot videos of the week are here

Coating copper nanowires with graphene lowers their resistance and and heat buildup

That makes it the second Chinese tech giant this week to hop on the smart-car bandwagon