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Scientists have created the smallest-ever laser to work at room temperature, as well as one that doesn't waste a single photon.
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Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute and the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology have developed a 'biological computer' - made entirely from biomolecules - that can encrypt and decipher images.
Google's launched a website aimed at solving some of the big problems facing humanity - something like TED, or a sort of X Prize without the prize.
British and American scientists say they've found a way to embed electronics into optical fibers, simplifying and speeding up telecommunications.
Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have been able to listen in on people's thoughts, using brain waves to reconstruct the actual words that subjects have been hearing.
Star Trek-style Tricorder medical scanners are a step closer to reality, say scientists, following the discovery of a new way of creating electromagnetic Terahertz waves - as currently used in full-body security scanners.
After months spent at Zoo Atlanta, an engineer at Georgia Tech says he's created a robot for search and rescue missions based on the way snakes move.
IBM has discovered how to store a bit of information in just 12 atoms, compared with the million or so normally required.
Case Western Reserve University scientists say they've taken a big step towards the creation of insect cyborgs by discovering how an insect’s internal chemicals can be converted to electricity.
Cellphones could soon contain an ultra-high-resolution microscope alongside the ubiquitous camera, thanks to a breakthrough by Michigan Technological University professor Durdu Guney.
Wires just one atom tall and four atoms wide have been shown to have the same current-carrying capability as copper wires, giving a new lease of life to Moore's Law.
Engineers at Vanderbilt University say they've found a new cooling technology for computer chips, lasers and other devices.
Scientists have created a multi-purpose photonic chip that they say paves the way for programmable quantum processors.
Monsanto’s genetically modified corn may be losing its ability to kill rootworms. To be sure, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) believes the poison spliced into Monsanto Bt corn is not as effective as it once was.
Carnegie Mellon researchers say they've created a computerized way of matching images in photos, paintings and sketches that's almost as good as the human eye.
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