TECH & INNOVATIONResearchers from the NUS-Singtel Cyber Security Research & Development Laboratory in Singapore demonstrate a way to improve quantum key distribution over fiber networks
University of the Philippines students take first place in international competition. The worldwide need for ecologically beneficial materials is growing at a rapid pace.
Coming in May for $250 Weeks after Apple released its second-generation AirPods, the company's Beats is finally making its own launch into the wireless earbuds market.
Researchers at EPFL have come up with a new middle infrared light source that can detect greenhouse and other gases, as well as molecules in a person's breath. The compact system, which resembles a tiny suitcase, contains just two parts: a standard laser together with a photonic chip measuring a few millimeters across. The research is detailed in an article published in Nature Communications.
A conceptual city is unveiled and the UN is onboard. At a United Nations roundtable on Wednesday, a group of builders, engineers, and architects debuted a concept for an affordable floating city.
AI promises to improve healthcare. Today, the average doctor visit lasts about 11 minutes, with most of that time spent with the physician staring at a screen or clipboard.
The spacecraft is scheduled to land next week. "This is actually the most critical maneuver our spacecraft will do during the mission," said Ido Anteby, chief executive of the nonprofit, SpaceIL.
NASA and MIT have created a shape-shifting airplane wing. Airplanes have had the same basic design for as long as humans have been flying-two wings, a tube-like body and a tail.
Vaping may cause nicotine poisoning. Vaping-or the use of e-cigarettes-a worldwide phenomenon, has become the smokers' healthy alternative to actually smoking.
Wood may seem more at home in log cabins than modern architecture, but a specially treated type of timber could be tomorrow's trendy building material. Today, scientists report a new kind of transparent wood that not only transmits light, but also absorbs and releases heat, potentially saving on energy costs. The material can bear heavy loads and is biodegradable, opening the door for its eventual use in eco-friendly homes and other buildings.