Science Electronics Scientists build first working quantum battery prototype, uses lasers to charge in femtoseconds The prototype stores energy far longer than it takes to charge By Skye Jacobs, March 19, 2026, 7:03 AM
Science Industry That Doom-running, human brain cell-powered computer is headed for data centers What just happened? Following news that its human brain cell-powered computer can run Doom, Australian biotech startup Cortical Labs has announced it is working on two small data centers running on the same technology. Full story By Rob Thubron, March 11, 2026, 7:09 AM 8 comments
Electronics Science Experimental lithium-metal battery delivers 700 Wh/kg and works in extreme cold New electrolyte maintains high performance even at -50 °C By Skye Jacobs, March 8, 2026, 12:40 PM 10 comments
Science Electronics London doctor carries out remote robot surgery on cancer patient 1,500 miles away The operation linked London and Gibraltar with just 60 milliseconds of latency By Rob Thubron, March 6, 2026, 8:56 AM
Science Scientists develop nanomaterial that targets cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue Enhancing chemodynamic therapy techniques to target and wipe out cancer By Alfonso Maruccia, March 5, 2026, 12:28 PM 12 comments
Science Hardware A rewritable hard drive made of DNA? Researchers say it's possible A highly interdisciplinary approach seeking significant technology breakthroughs By Alfonso Maruccia, March 3, 2026, 2:12 PM
Science Tech Culture This $35,000 computer made of living human neurons can run Doom Biotech startup is now selling rack-mounted computers powered by brain cells By Skye Jacobs, February 28, 2026, 12:42 PM 23 comments
Science Tech Culture Simple blood test could dramatically boost Alzheimer's diagnosis accuracy A potentially massive win for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease By Alfonso Maruccia, February 26, 2026, 1:19 PM 7 comments
Science Electronics Tofu brine could power safer batteries that last decades, researchers say A new neutral-electrolyte battery survives more than 120,000 cycles without fire risk By Skye Jacobs, February 23, 2026, 9:40 AM 7 comments
Science Industry Lab-grown brain tissue successfully solves a classic AI training problem Unfortunately, it has no functional memory to "remember" the solution–"We're working on it" By Skye Jacobs, February 23, 2026, 7:02 AM
Science Space Rocket reentries are leaving measurable lithium pollution in the upper atmosphere Lidar data links Falcon 9 debris to measurable metal pollution at high altitude By Skye Jacobs, February 22, 2026, 2:09 PM 26 comments
Electronics Science New discovery lets sodium-ion batteries store more energy while purifying water Researchers find that hydration, not heat-treatment, is more efficient By Skye Jacobs, February 22, 2026, 10:27 AM 9 comments
Science Hardware Low-noise microwave amplifiers bring quantum computers closer to scale Cleaner signals need not come at the expense of accessibility By Skye Jacobs, February 20, 2026, 10:32 AM
Space Science Astronomers identify a galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter The galaxy is almost invisible, but its gravity gives it away By Alfonso Maruccia, February 20, 2026, 8:42 AM
Science Microsoft Project Silica breakthrough lets Microsoft store digital data in glass for 10,000 years The system can work with common materials and faster I/O operations By Alfonso Maruccia, February 19, 2026, 2:14 PM
Electronics Science Etching the world's smallest QR code in ceramic pushes data storage to the nanoscale Guinness certifies the smallest QR code ever made By Alfonso Maruccia, February 18, 2026, 3:51 PM
Space Science This exoplanet system formed backwards, and nobody can explain why Rocky planets usually come first, but there is nothing ordinary about LHS 1903 By Alfonso Maruccia, February 17, 2026, 12:29 PM
Science Hardware Holographic 3D printing breakthrough produces objects in less than a second The breakthrough technique constructs complex micro-objects nearly instantaneously By Skye Jacobs, February 16, 2026, 5:18 AM 9 comments
Hardware Science Brain-inspired chip is helping robots to see faster and in real time Researchers mimic the brain's filtering architecture to slash optical-flow delays By Skye Jacobs, February 13, 2026, 5:05 PM
Science Electronics Researchers turn Edison's 1879 light bulb into a mini graphene reactor Early Edison bulbs used filaments made from carefully treated bamboo By Skye Jacobs, February 13, 2026, 12:54 PM
AI Science Your AI assistant isn't confused, it just wants to agree with you Why people-pleasing AI keeps changing its answer when you push back By Skye Jacobs, February 13, 2026, 8:18 AM 9 comments
Science Electronics UCLA scientists modernize Edison's nickel-iron battery, use it to store solar power Nature-inspired nanoclusters point to longer-lasting, faster-charging energy storage By Skye Jacobs, February 12, 2026, 10:43 AM
Science Tech Culture Maryland is betting billions that quantum computing is closer than we think IonQ, Microsoft, and the governor are all-in on a technology many say is years away By Skye Jacobs, February 11, 2026, 2:51 PM 10 comments
Hardware Science Light may outshine quantum for some of computing's toughest optimization problems Queen's University's photonic breakthrough takes computing back to physics basics By Skye Jacobs, February 10, 2026, 12:27 PM
Science Octopus-inspired hydrogel reveals hidden image when exposed to temperature changes or solvents This synthetic skin doesn't just imitate nature, it responds like it's alive By Skye Jacobs, February 10, 2026, 11:13 AM