Tech

  1. Tech

    Tiny quantum storage device fits on a chip

    Photon information processing on nanoscale could enable future communication networks.

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  2. Tech

    50 years ago, NASA whipped up astronaut waste into rocket fuel

    In 1967, scientists found a way to turn human waste into rocket fuel.

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  3. Tech

    Meet the Bobcat Nanowagon, the world’s smallest monster truck

    Chemists are scratching their heads over the wreckage of minuscule monster trucks.

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  4. Tech

    New antennas are up to a hundredth the size of today’s devices

    A new type of antenna could be used in tiny electronics for wearable tech, injectable medical devices and more.

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  5. Tech

    Robot, heal thyself

    Self-healing material is helping make more resilient robots.

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  6. Planetary Science

    What Curiosity has yet to tell us about Mars

    Curiosity has revealed a lot about Mars in the last five years. But NASA’s rover still has work to do on the Red Planet.

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  7. Astronomy

    Balloons will broadcast the 2017 solar eclipse live from on high

    Astrophysicist Angela Des Jardins is coordinating the first-ever livestream of a solar eclipse filmed from balloons.

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  8. Tech

    This robot grows like a plant

    A new soft robot navigates its environment by growing in a manner inspired by plants.

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  9. Tech

    The incredible shrinking transistor just got smaller

    Tiniest transistor, made with carbon nanotubes, suggests computers aren’t done shrinking down.

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  10. Genetics

    CRISPR adds storing movies to its feats of molecular biology

    Video and images could be stored in living bacteria with a little help from the iconic gene editor, CRISPR.

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  11. Quantum Physics

    A quarter century ago, the qubit was born

    The invention of the qubit a quarter century ago enabled the quantum information revolution.

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  12. Quantum Physics

    Quantum computers are about to get real

    Qubit-based machines are gearing up to solve problems that are out of reach for even the most powerful supercomputers.

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