Tech

  1. Physics

    Scientists vote to fix the world’s weight-loss problem

    Scientists will soon vote to change the definition of the kilogram. The event shows how much we depend on a tiny metal cylinder locked in an underground vault in France.

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  2. Tech

    Super-water-repellent surfaces can generate energy

    Scientists knew they could get power by running salt water over an electrically charged surface. But making that surface super-water-repellent boosts that energy production, new data show.

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  3. Tech

    Solar panels and more garner big prizes for middle-school researchers

    A motorized system for solar panels garnered Georgia Hutchinson, 13, of Woodside, Calif., the top $25,000 prize at the Broadcom MASTERS teen science competition.

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  4. Tech

    Soft robots get their power from the skin they’re in

    A flexible electronic “skin” embedded with air pouches or coils can wrap around inanimate objects, turning them into handy robots.

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  5. Physics

    The perfect spaghetti snap starts with a twist

    A spaghetti-snapping machine helped scientists find the secret to cleanly breaking pasta in half: First, give it a twist.

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  6. Tech

    Scientists enlist computers to hunt down fake news

    Who can you trust? What can you believe? Scrolling through a news feed can make it hard to decide what’s real from what’s not. Computers, however, tend to do better.

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  7. Computing

    Computers can now make fool-the-eye fake videos

    Hackers can now use computers to move facial expressions (and more) from someone in one video to a person in another. The results look totally real, ushering in a whole new type of fakery.

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  8. Tech

    Tarzan the robot was actually inspired by a sloth

    ‘Tarzan’ the robot saves energy by swinging. Someday, it could help with farm work by moving along wires strung across fields of crops.

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  9. Computing

    What powers these electronics? We do!

    Active people may end up becoming the 'fuel' for their electronics. Engineers are developing ways to harness the body’s motions to power the many devicess on which we now depend.

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  10. Math

    Cool Jobs: The art of paper folding is inspiring science

    See how bringing art and math together led to the development of robo-roaches, self-folding papers and medical implants.

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  11. Computing

    New tech helps deaf-blind people ‘watch’ TV

    An innovative system can let deaf-blind people “watch” television in real time without needing someone right there to interpret for them.

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  12. Psychology

    Are you scared of heights? Virtual reality could help

    Virtual reality may help people battle a real-world fear of heights.

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