Climate Change To Feed the World, Improve Photosynthesis By reworking the basic metabolism of crops, plant scientists hope to forestall devastating food shortages. by Katherine Bourzac 2017-08-14T00:00:00-04:00
Business Impact Carbon Prints Amazing Materials Using his background in chemistry, CEO Joseph DeSimone has taken a whole new approach to advanced manufacturing, enabling Carbon, number 18 on our list of the 50 Smartest Companies, to print materials with a broad range of useful properties. by Katherine Bourzac 2017-06-27T07:00:00-04:00
Business Impact 3-D-Printed Sneakers, Tailored to Your Foot Throw out your custom insoles. Adidas is selling shoes with soles that will soon include bespoke shock absorbers. by Katherine Bourzac 2017-04-07T00:01:00-04:00
Business Impact Synthetic Spider Silk for Sale in a $314 Necktie Can the biological super material live up to its hype? by Katherine Bourzac 2017-03-10T09:00:00-05:00
Connectivity Inside the Far-out Glass Lab A key ingredient in flexible and lightweight devices of the future is taking shape at Corning’s research center in rural New York. by Katherine Bourzac 2017-02-02T00:00:00-05:00
Connectivity Will the Next iPhone Be Ceramic? If it is ceramic, be extra careful not to drop it. by Katherine Bourzac 2016-09-17T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life After Setbacks, a Pioneering Stem-Cell Technology Is Back in Human Trials Can cell therapy help spinal-cord injury? A long-running study hopes the answer is yes. by Katherine Bourzac 2016-09-14T11:01:00-04:00
Rewriting Life How to Give Fake Hands Real Feeling In Zhenan Bao’s lab at Stanford, researchers are inventing materials for touch-sensitive prosthetics. by Katherine Bourzac 2016-08-05T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life A Health-Monitoring Sticker Powered by Your Cell Phone Stretchy electronics offer wearable health gadgets without batteries. by Katherine Bourzac 2016-08-03T14:20:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Hacking a Desktop Printer to Make Batteries and Circuits Want to make a smart coffee mug that signals “hot”? A customized printer can make the flexible circuits and supercapacitors you’ll need. by Katherine Bourzac 2016-07-05T00:00:00-04:00
