Tech

  1. Tech

    Teens seek invention protection

    Increasingly, young researchers seek patents to defend their innovations against theft.

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  2. Tech

    Patent advice from teen inventors

    How and when to apply for a patent.

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  3. Tech

    Supertiny satellites launched

    Researchers are building simple, miniature satellites to bring down their costs and expand their availability.

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  4. Tech

    Quake, quake, go away

    French engineers report success in the first test of an underground seismic shield.

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  5. Animals

    Feeling the invisible

    Sensor wired into a rat’s brain lets it detect light it can’t see.

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  6. Computing

    Genetic memory

    DNA is a chemical blueprint that effectively instructs cells on how to work.

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  7. Computing

    Your head’s battery

    Fluids in the inner ear can actually power an electronic device, such as an implant.

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  8. Tech

    Strong and slimy

    Scientists spin threads from snotlike secretions of hagfish.

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  9. Tech

    Science for all

    STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — makes careers blossom

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  10. Climate

    Twister science

    Meteorologists are learning what makes a tornado.

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  11. Tech

    How to stop a speeding bullet

    Scientists take a close look at a plastic that has Superman’s ability to stop a speeding bullet.

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  12. Tech

    Cool Jobs: Explosive pursuits

    These researchers study things that go boom — or poof!

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