Tech

  1. Tech

    Bucky shrink-wrap

    Scientists filmed cage-shaped carbon molecules as they shrank to become buckyballs.

    By Davide Castelvecchi
  2. Tech

    Hooking up

    Cleverly designed molecules can self-assemble into networks and stay robustly connected.

    By Davide Castelvecchi
  3. Tech

    Catch a Wave: Carbon nanotubes go wireless

    Despite all the hubbub about carbon nanotubes as possible building blocks of superstrong materials or as components of supersmall electronics, few practical applications have yet come to fruition. Integrating nanotubes into functioning electronic devices has proved especially difficult, but researchers have now built a carbon-nanotube component into a simple radio receiver. TINY RADIO. A single […]

    By Sarah Webb
  4. Tech

    Virtual Worlds, Real Science

    Epidemiologists and social scientists are tapping into virtual online worlds inhabited by millions to collect data with real-world uses.

    By Brian Vastag
  5. Tech

    CD players could serve as cheap lab tools

    Ordinary CD disc players can be adapted to perform chemical assays and possibly medical diagnoses.

    By Charles Q. Choi
  6. Tech

    Disappearing Ink

    Coming to your tattoo parlor soon: New inks that allow clients to have their designs cleanly erased if embarrassment or regret sets in.

    By Corinna Wu
  7. Tech

    Nanotube Press: Printing technique makes nanotransistors

    A new technique for printing networks of carbon nanotubes on a wide range of surfaces is a step toward mass production of nanotubes devices.

    By Davide Castelvecchi
  8. Tech

    Spot On: Printing flexible electronics one nanodot at a time

    A new high-resolution printing technique could make flexible electronics such as plastic displays and solar cells easier to produce.

    By Alexandra Goho
  9. Tech

    Corny collagen

    Corn engineered to produce collagen may someday replace slaughterhouse leftovers as a source of gelatin.

    By Brian Vastag
  10. Computing

    Can You Face It?

    The University of St. Andrews, in Scotland, has developed some face-transforming software that allows people to change the age, sex, or ethnicity of the person in an image that you export from your computer. Or, blend features from a number of faces into one amalgam. If all that is too creepy, then just import art […]

    By Science News
  11. Computing

    Squashing Worms

    Defeating computer worms that mutate will take some smart defense strategies.

    By Julie Rehmeyer
  12. Tech

    Fire Inside

    The events of 9/11 put new urgency into efforts to design buildings able to withstand the structural damage that fire can cause.

    By Carolyn Barry