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Researchers hope to probe the inner workings of cells to spot and, one day, even cure disease at the earliest stages. | Stocksy/Miquel Llonch

Oct 4, 2017

A team of researchers seeks to probe inside living human cells

Health, Materials, Technology & Society Issue #34

Researchers say a new discovery will enable self-driving car engineers to design next-generation LIDAR systems. | Illustration by Stefani Billings

Oct 2, 2017

A new way to improve solar cells can also benefit self-driving cars

Environment, Materials, Transportation & Robotics Issue #32

Illustration by Stefani Billings

Sep 18, 2017

Per Enge: How safe and secure is GPS?

Security, Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics Issue #31

A brick factory chimney belches black smoke in Bangladesh. | Photo by iStock/Farid_Ahmed

Sep 18, 2017

An environmental nightmare in South Asia. What can be done?

Energy, Environment, Health Issue #31

Illustration by Stefani Billings

Sep 18, 2017

Kwabena Boahen: What does the next generation of computers look like?

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, Technology & Society Issue #31

A fluid-cooling panel designed at Stanford being tested on the roof of the Packard Electrical Engineering Building | Photo by Aaswath Raman

Sep 8, 2017

How a new cooling system works without using any electricity

Energy, Environment, Materials Issue #31

Chip makers use "rust" to insulate silicon chip circuits. Two new semiconductor materials share that and other useful traits. | iStock / vladimirovic

Aug 14, 2017

New semiconductor materials exceed some of silicon’s ‘secret’ powers

Electronics & Networking Issue #29

The extremely wide field of view comes from a specially designed spherical lens. I Photo courtesy of Donald Dansereau and Gordon Wetzstein

Jul 24, 2017

A new kind of camera could improve robot vision and virtual reality

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics Issue #27

A new algorithm sifts through data generated by wearable monitors to find irregular heartbeats, called arrhythmias. | Image by iStock/Devrimb

Jul 17, 2017

An algorithm diagnoses arrhythmias with cardiologist-level accuracy

Artificial Intelligence, Health Issue #27

Instead of relying on silicon-based devices, a new chip uses carbon nanotubes and resistive random-access memory (RRAM) cells. | Courtesy

Jul 11, 2017

A new ‘high rise’ chip breaks computing’s data bottleneck in two ways

Electronics & Networking, Technology & Society Issue #26

Who will control the swarm? | iStock/Chesky_W

Jun 19, 2017

Who will control the swarm?

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, Transportation & Robotics Issue #25

Understanding the brain's response when the arm is jostled will help develop a thought-controlled prosthetic arm. | Photo by Sergey Stavisky

Jun 15, 2017

Did something jostle my arm? My neurons need a moment

Health

Scientists have figured out how to wirelessly transmit electricity to a nearby moving object. | Illustration/Stefani Billings

Jun 15, 2017

The wireless charging of electric vehicles overcomes a major hurdle

Energy, Environment, Transportation & Robotics Issue #25

Researchers are developing a biosensor to detect and maintain levels of medicines in the bloodstream. | Stocksy/Studio Firma

May 10, 2017

For the first time we can monitor and maintain drug levels in the body

Health

Researchers are developing quantum computers based on light rather than electricity, to solve problems too gnarly for electronics. | iStock/Pobytov

May 9, 2017

Taking a quantum leap from electronics to new computers based on light

Computation & Data Issue #22

At-home testing | iStock/Eshma

Apr 3, 2017

Audrey Bowden: What is the future of medical diagnostics?

Health Issue #20

"Surgeons are always looking for better ways to see cancer in order to remove it more effectively.” | Photo courtesy of the Bowden Lab

Mar 22, 2017

A new 3D reconstruction of a bladder could help improve human health

Health Issue #19

Where is your signal coming from? | iStock/YouraPechkin

Mar 10, 2017

Andrea Goldsmith: What is the future of wireless networking and communications?

Electronics & Networking Issue #21

Six expert views on different aspects of the data security conundrum. | iStock/mattjeacock

Mar 2, 2017

How can we keep data safe, secure and private in our wired world?

Computation & Data, Security

A tiny brain implant is being tested as a way to give three movement-impaired people a way to control prosthetic devices. | iStock/agsandrew

Feb 22, 2017

Listening in on the brain: a 15-year odyssey

Health Issue #16

"Every person needs a different optical mode to get the best possible experience in VR." | Image credit: iStock/AleksandarNakic

Feb 15, 2017

A team develops a more personalized virtual reality headset

Electronics & Networking Issue #17

“We have a lot of work ahead to scale this process," says a researcher. “But we now have all the building blocks.” | Illustration by Stefani Billings

Nov 29, 2016

A team of engineers create a prototype chip a mere three atoms thick

Materials Issue #14

Could a technology that hitch hikes off radio signals one day control the tiny devices that will comprise the Internet of Things? | iStock/a-image

Nov 16, 2016

How a new mini WiFi device could link the Internet of Things

Electronics & Networking Issue #11

"What are all the exciting ways that we could use this to enable communication that is impossible today?" | Image credit: Kurt Hickman

Nov 15, 2016

A new machine can send messages via common household chemicals

Electronics & Networking, Technology & Society Issue #12