Tech

  1. Health & Medicine

    Scientists help amputees by getting on their nerves

    By Stephen Ornes
  2. Tech

    The energy of an Internet search

    Websurfing has a bigger footprint than you might think.

    By Alexandra Ossola
  3. Tech

    Students put robots to the test

    Robotics competition inspires student inventors, future scientists.

    By Stephen Ornes
  4. Tech

    Coffee gives robots a grip

    Ground coffee, balloon and vacuum create robotic 'hand'

    By Stephen Ornes
  5. Tech

    Minimachines that move without batteries

    Chemistry powers tiny tools that have big potential.

    By Stephen Ornes
  6. Tech

    When love-hate is materially good

    Researchers copy nature's water-loving, water-repelling ways to make smarter stuff

    By Stefi Weisburd
  7. Tech

    Crawling, nano-sized robots

    Built from DNA, these teeny bots move as directed.

    By Stephen Ornes
  8. Tech

    World’s tiniest fridge

    Staying cool, even in the quantum world.

    By Stephen Ornes
  9. Chemistry

    The memory of a material

    A popular polymer can remember what shape it was in.

    By Stephen Ornes
  10. Tech

    Charged cars that would charge

    Electric vehicles could give power to the grid.

    By Stephen Ornes
  11. Tech

    The science of disappearing

    Invisibility cloaks and other new materials that play with light are in the works.

    By Stephen Ornes
  12. Tech

    Supersonic Splash

    Coming soon to a pond near you: air moving faster than the speed of sound.

    By Stephen Ornes