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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology created the world’s first functional semiconductor made from graphene, opening the door to a new way of doing electronics. Silicon is reaching its limit due to increasingly faster computing…

Coal, although abundant in the U.S., has a bad reputation based on its use as a fossil fuel. However, joint research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the National Energy Technology Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,…

I’m a big Star Trek geek and always figured the Federation got the short end of the stick in the Treaty of Algeron. They got the Neutral Zone, and the Romulans kept their cloaking tech and a promise that the Federation would not pursue the…

Cancer sucks. Most of us either know someone who has cancer or have had cancer ourselves. I’m a cancer survivor, but many of my family members have passed due to cancer or complications from the disease or their treatment regimen.…

Alloys are essential for buildings, transportation, appliances, and tools. They've also caused engineers to face a common materials trade-off: hard alloys tend to be brittle and break under strain, but if flexible under strain, they tend to…

University of Sussex researchers discovered the transformative potential of Martian nanomaterials, possibly opening the door to sustainable habitation on the planet. Using techniques currently applied on the International Space Station…

Researchers in Australia are developing smart glasses for blind people using "acoustic touch" to turn images into sounds. The research suggests that wearable spatial audio technology could help those who are blind or have significantly…

We know that poor indoor air quality can make us sick, but did you know that it may affect your work creativity? That’s what scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore found. In collaboration with the global air filter…

Half of all marriages will likely fail. The statistics are miserable - and many are seriously searching for ways to avoid that chance of failure. Ronald Rogge, associate professor of psychology at the University of Rochester, has been…

Many materials in conventional semiconductor devices come from environmentally damaging extraction processes, are high-risk pollutants, and/or pose severe human health hazards. At the same time, the ever-growing demand for speed, large…