Technology
Scientists have produced the most tightly knotted physical structure ever known -- an achievement which has the potential to create a new generation of advanced materials.
'Denial of service' cyberattacks are increasingly used to shut down websites. New research reveals that 911 call centers are vulnerable to the threat as well.
A high-altitude weather balloon flight filmed beautiful near-space images while successfully testing tracking systems.
Researchers found encouraging results for treating depression with a video game interface that targets underlying cognitive issues linked with depression rather than just managing the symptoms.
By suspending tiny metal nanoparticles in liquids, scientists are brewing up conductive ink-jet printer "inks" to print inexpensive, customizable circuit patterns.
Researchers at Leiden University have set ‘gold standards’ for developing new painkillers based on the medicinal effects of cannabis.
Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed a technique to produce chemically functionalised spider silk that can be tailored to applications used in drug delivery, regenerative medicine and wound healing.
The advantages of the new method are that it produces no toxic waste and provides a faster and less aggressive way of rendering pathogens inactive.
Researchers from the Lomonosov Moscow State University have grown needle- and thread-like diamonds and studied their useful properties.
The same researchers who pioneered the use of a quantum mechanical effect to convert heat into electricity have figured out how to make their technique work in a form more suitable to industry.
Here's the moment when a Tesla autopilot car warned the driver about an accident that was about to occur two cars ahead.
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Researchers at the University of Michigan have had initial success in mice using nanodiscs to deliver a customized therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of colon and melanoma cancer tumors.
A recent discovery could radically change our views of one of the world’s most famous archaeological sites, Tutankhamun’s tomb.
When you engage in international travel, you may one day find yourself face-to-face with border security that is polite, bilingual and responsive—and robotic.
Scientists have discovered a way to use diamondoids -- the smallest possible bits of diamond -- to assemble atoms into the thinnest possible electrical wires, just three atoms wide.
The transparent, self-healing, and highly stretchable conductive material can be activated to power artificial muscles and improve batteries, electronics, and robots.
Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Universität Hannover developed novel membranes, whose selectivity can be switched dynamically with the help of light.
A new concept in energy harvesting could capture energy currently wasted due to its characteristic low frequency and use it to power next-generation electronic devices.
In a step that brings silicon-based quantum computers closer to reality, researchers have built a device in which a single electron can pass its quantum information to a particle of light.
Researchers have discovered that tantalum carbide and hafnium carbide materials can withstand scorching temperatures of nearly 4000 degrees Celsius.