Technology and Engineering

A newborn who arrives only a few weeks early may appear close to full term, but a new report in...

Uranium contamination in water may soon become easier to detect, thanks to a reusable magnetic sensor that combines gold-enhanced Raman...

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or BPD, remains one of the most important chronic complications affecting babies born extremely preterm. The condition develops...

For two decades, photonic-crystal surface-emitting lasers have promised to reshape the design of semiconductor light sources used in demanding fields...

Cities around the world are planting trees at an unprecedented pace, yet many continue to grow hotter. Expanding urban canopies...

Large language models may soon be able to update what they know without undergoing expensive, full-scale retraining, but a new...

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are exploring an unusual biological strategy to reduce the danger posed by lead exposure:...

A new study is turning structural safety into a problem that artificial intelligence can understand without losing sight of the...

A new study from Brazil’s sprawling Metropolitan Region of São Paulo has revealed how dramatically urban expansion can reshape the...

MIT engineers have developed a microscope that can record electrical activity from neurons distributed across the entire brain of a...