Tech

  1. Animals

    Blending in

    Engineers take a lesson from nature’s masters of disguise.

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  2. Tech

    ‘Print’ almost anything

    3-D printers allow people to build almost anything they can imagine — from toys to food, buildings to body parts.

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  3. Computing

    A switch for a living computer

    Scientists are finding that computer parts can also be built from DNA.

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  4. Physics

    Sound cloak

    New device hides objects from sonar.

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  5. Chemistry

    Building a better battery

    Researchers develop a way to make batteries that hold more charge and don’t weaken with age.

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  6. Tech

    Teens seek invention protection

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

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  7. Tech

    Patent advice from teen inventors

    How and when to apply for a patent.

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  8. Tech

    Supertiny satellites launched

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

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  9. Tech

    Quake, quake, go away

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

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  10. Animals

    Feeling the invisible

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

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  11. Computing

    Genetic memory

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

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  12. Computing

    Your head’s battery

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

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