Artificial Intelligence A robot scientist will dream up new materials to advance computing and fight pollution Kebotix is using AI and robotics to brainstorm—and then test—novel compounds. by Will Knight 2018-11-07T14:00:00-05:00
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
Intelligent Machines Robot Spiders Weave Products from Plastic in a New Spin on 3-D Printing Siemens is testing teams of creepy-crawly 3-D-printing robots. Their descendants might make manufacturing lines far more efficient. by Will Knight 2016-04-29T00:00:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy A Xerox Machine for Super Solar Panels Researchers at PARC are working on a way to cheaply print efficient solar cells at a large scale. by Mike Orcutt 2016-03-25T13:44:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy The Sky May Hold the Secret to Efficient Air-Conditioning An unconventional approach to cooling sends heat to the cold sky. by Mike Orcutt 2016-03-10T17:20:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy How Carbon Dioxide from the Air Can Boost Batteries Researchers employ a novel electrochemical process to make carbon nanotubes from ambient carbon dioxide and use them to boost battery performance. by Mike Orcutt 2016-03-07T14:30:00-05:00
Business Impact One 3-D Printer for 21 Metals A new additive manufacturing technique makes it possible to 3-D-print parts out of multiple metals. by Mike Orcutt 2016-02-25T12:00:00-05:00
News Heat-Resistant Ceramic Parts Are Now 3-D Printable Researchers demonstrate high-resolution printing of objects made of versatile ceramic materials. by Mike Orcutt 2015-12-31T14:00:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Researchers Take a Step Toward Vocal Cord Transplants An achievement in tissue engineering suggests that people with damaged vocal cords could eventually get new ones. by Mike Orcutt 2015-11-18T14:10:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines New Memory Chips Store Data Not with Electricity, but with Light Researchers demonstrate new photonic memory that keeps working even when the power is off. by Mike Orcutt 2015-09-29T15:30:00-04:00
