Technology and Engineering

Small wearable fans that direct air at the face and neck may offer nearly the same comfort benefits as conventional...

For decades, one of chemistry’s most useful molecular linkages has also been one of its most frustrating. Dialkyl ethers—molecules in...

A new class of programmable optical surfaces could make the same ultrathin device switch between ordinary and topologically protected behavior,...

Cancer diagnosis is entering a new phase in which artificial intelligence does more than identify patterns in tissue. Researchers at...

Natural gas has long been promoted as a cleaner alternative to coal and oil, particularly in China’s rapidly expanding cities....

A new infrared imaging system combines hyperspectral sensing, polarization analysis and deep learning in a single meta-sensor, promising a faster...

High-temperature wave-transparent composites could help hypersonic vehicles maintain communication while flying through extreme aerodynamic heating, according to a new study...

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...