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Tastes way better than graphene or silicene, say scientists. Makes electrons "go all wobbly"

Doubling down on hydrogen fuel cells

Plasmonics combined with MoS2 could lead to the material being useful in LED applications

Miniaturization may be tough, but there's still room to drive down power consumption in modern computers

Bosch looks to bring 12,000 new hires—mainly engineers—aboard in 2015

Heavy rainfall boosts clean energy and lowers power prices

A millionaire’s gull-winged dream

Fast, but it won’t run away from you

Space agency is preparing for a $1.25 billion claw game to try to pick a boulder off of an asteroid and bring it back to Earth

The visionary engineer reflects on 50 years of Moore’s Law

IC that transmits and receives on the same frequency could free up bandwidth in Wi-Fi and cellular networks

Conservation groups say drones are a powerful deterrent against wildlife poaching. So why are they grounded?

Why Gordon Moore’s grand prediction has endured for 50 years

An aluminum truck for the masses

The best bang for your buck

Luxury-car brains at mass-market prices

Choose your power: gas, diesel, or electric

A green machine on the racing scene

After falling into obsurity, silicon telluride could be the 2-D material with the best chance in electronics

Satellite to Earth: Downshift a bit

And yes, it does use its robotic arm to rewind a fine Swiss watch

If sticky tongues aren't your thing, we've got lots more robot videos for you

Rich in carbon, not in carbon emissions

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