Tech

  1. Physics

    Probing the power of the winds

    Young researchers have been exploring the energy in wind to see how best they might tame it, harness it and understand its role in shaping the natural world.

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  2. Genetics

    New tools can fix genes one letter at a time

    New tools can edit the genome one letter at a time, correcting common errors that lead to disease.

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  3. Tech

    Want a tougher space suit? Just add liquid

    Using a special liquid, engineers are designing new treatments for spacesuits so that they can better resist puncturing from tiny meteorites and other hazards.

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  4. Tech

    Magnetic heating may replace surgery to cure some infections

    Scientists are testing magnetic fields as a way to kill bacteria that drugs normally cannot reach — such as those on medical implants inside the body.

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  5. Tech

    Young challengers take a deep dive into engineering

    Thirty teens worked in teams to design, build and test remotely-operated vehicles. Their mission: to grab river sediment — and perhaps a shot at winning a major national competition.

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  6. Tech

    AI can guide us — or just entertain

    Advances in artificial intelligence are changing the worlds of medicine, education and the arts.

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  7. Tech

    This robot won’t trip people up

    New robots can follow the social rules of moving through a crowd, such as keeping to the right and passing on the left.

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  8. Tech

    Computers can translate languages, but first they have to learn

    Translation programs are getting quite good at converting text from one language to another. Translating between three or more languages at once is trickier.

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  9. Archaeology

    Scientists detect mystery void in Great Pyramid of Giza

    Using high-tech tools normally reserved for studies in particle physics, scientists have found a large, hidden void inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza.

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  10. Tech

    Seeing the world through a robot’s eyes

    Engineers in California have developed a new kind of camera that aims to give drones, self-driving cars and other robots better vision.

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  11. Tech

    Teen identifies way to detect failing underground pipes

    A teen researcher uses acoustics — here, pipe vibrations — to test whether buried water pipes are about to fail, and leak.

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  12. Planets

    Space toilet may teach scientists how to scout for life on distant icy moons

    Lessons learned from flushing space toilets may help plan life-hunting missions on distant icy moons.

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