Technology and Engineering

For years, researchers have pursued a tantalizing goal in battery science: making oxygen atoms inside a cathode participate in storing...

A new study is challenging one of the most persistent assumptions in urban research: that the greatest living-condition problems are...

For decades, optical frequency combs have transformed precision measurement by turning a single color of light into a dense, evenly...

A new study reported in npj Flexible Electronics is drawing attention to the possibility of producing entire light-sensing systems with...

A robotic hand fitted with a new 3D-printed electronic skin developed by researchers at Washington State University has demonstrated a...

A new study is challenging one of the most persistent problems in modern laser engineering: how to make a laser...

Loneliness may be more than an emotional burden: new research suggests that feeling disconnected from other people, living with limited...

A battery-free pacemaker powered by the motion of a beating heart could one day eliminate the repeated replacement surgeries faced...

Wildfires are increasingly being recognized not only as threats to forests, homes and public health, but also as potential triggers...

Researchers at the University of Surrey have identified three distinct health trajectories followed by people during the five years after...