After 70 years of false starts, fusion energy is finally gaining momentum
The sun in a box is starting to look less impossible, thanks to AI?
The future of wearables: Computer chips you can weave, wash, and wear
Forget smartwatches – scientists made smart fabric
A new chemical trick could extend lithium-ion battery life without redesigning cells
Scientists find a simpler way to protect battery cathodes
Rice University copper-aluminum filter can destroy "forever chemicals" 100 times faster
A game-changing technology for dealing with dangerous PFAS pollution?
The "Crash Clock" shows how close we are to the next satellite collision
Tiny bits of debris and a flood of new satellites are tightening the safety margins around Earth
Scientists print human liver tissue in breakthrough that could save lives
A Carnegie Mellon team is turning hydrogel and human cells into a living liver system
UCLA engineers discover the most heat-conductive metal ever measured
Theta-phase tantalum nitride conducts heat nearly three times better than copper
Scientists turn earthquake sensors into space debris trackers
Tracking space debris, one sonic boom at a time
Elon Musk says aging is a "very solvable problem" during surprise World Economic Forum debut
Musk did add that death has benefits
Hubble Space Telescope reveals why some stars refuse to grow old
Blue stragglers endure not through collisions, but through lasting binary bonds
This robotic hand can crawl away from its arm to grab things
Detachable hand could improve inspection and repair tasks
Scientists infected bacteria in space, and evolution took a new path
The absence of gravity changed infection, mutation, and survival strategies
Researchers build a stretchable OLED that can double in size without dimming
New material pairing doubles elasticity while maintaining record brightness levels in next-gen displays
This humanoid robot learned realistic lip movements by watching YouTube
The technology could redefine how machines express emotion and interact with people
Something to look forward to: Inside a Columbia University engineering lab, a humanoid robot has learned to move its lips with previously unseen realism. The project, led by the Creative Machines Lab, represents the first time an autonomous system has acquired natural lip movement for speaking and singing through visual learning alone.
Liquid gears could challenge 5,000 years of mechanical engineering
Instead of teeth, these gears use swirling fluid to move and adapt
Scientists create a spray-on powder that seals life-threatening wounds in seconds
A calcium-reactive hydrogel forms instantly to stop bleeding even in battlefield conditions
This startup is betting that the Moon needs hotels, not just rockets
GRU Space wants to build lunar habitats using inflatable structures and Moon-made bricks
Researchers beam energy from a moving aircraft to test space solar power
The company plans orbital tests by 2028 and commercial power in the 2030s
Scientists develop nanophotonic material that changes color, texture, and shape on demand
A serendipitous discovery with some interesting potential applications
AI researchers are now studying LLMs as if they were living organisms
Scientists apply biology-inspired methods to study LLMs so complex that even their creators struggle to explain them
These smart glasses that refocus instantly could make bifocals obsolete
New liquid-crystal lenses blend optics and electronics in a 22-gram frame
The next EV breakthrough isn't the car, it's the battery factory
Solvent-free electrodes promise smaller factories and lower costs
Why it matters: High-efficiency battery factories, not faster cars, are emerging as the real test of who wins the next phase of the EV race. The companies that can strip energy use, floor space, and solvents out of cell production are beginning to show how electric vehicles could finally hit mass-market price points without sacrificing range or performance.
These paper batteries made from plants want to replace AA and AAA cells
Moving from tech demo to real production
Forward-looking: What started as a curiosity at CES 2025 has quietly matured into one of the show's most convincing sustainability narratives a year later. Flint, the Singapore-based startup developing a fully cellulose-based paper battery, is now in production and gearing up to supply its renewable power cells to major electronics partners, including Logitech, Amazon, and Apple accessory maker Nimble.
Astronomers watch a star being torn to pieces by a supermassive black hole
The cosmic release was equivalent to 400 billion times the energy of the Sun
Hubble observes Cloud-9, a failed galaxy dominated by dark matter
A "failed" galaxy telling secrets about the early stages of universe formation?