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The place looks like standard Silicon Valley office space, but it can make enough of the glowing semiconductors each year to light 6 million TVs

The German automation giant unleashes a swarm of new robotic insects

Test launching tiny nets in microgravity is helping the ESA developing an anti-orbital debris demonstration mission

Combining graphene with a living organism creates a robust humidity sensor

Boeing files a patent for a system that combines lasers, microwaves, lightning, projectiles, magnetic fields, and plasma to defend vehicles from shockwaves

New supercapacitor combines graphene with traditional battery material

Pair the Nanospark with an iPhone to create a smart microcontroller

The winning robot sunk 18 three-pointers. Not bad for just being 22 days old

In-cab surveillance cameras are putting drivers inside the corporate panopticon

The largest set of sequenced human genomes in a single population reveals new insights about human evolution and disease

To solve engineering problems, the go-to machine used to be analog, not digital

Orienting the structure of organic glasses could enhance organic solar cells and OLEDs

This MIT project developed a cuddly therapy robot that could sell for just $500

Temporal precision in a box

With Starbucks and Ikea choosing sides, this standards battle is heating up

"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