Gerd Binnig's creation of the scanning tunnelling microscope has been fundamental to nanoscience, influencing diverse ...

History has a strange habit of forgetting its own brilliance. Civilizations rose, fell, and took entire libraries of ...

News article “New Optical Technology Boosts Laser Scanners’ Reach" UC Santa Barbara researchers have designed and built a device that expands the ability of laser scanners to create rapid, ...

Jonás Cuarón & Edgar Barrera discuss 'Campeón Gabacho,' a film featuring Latin music A-listers and immigration themes, debuting at SXSW.

The Johnson City Public Schools Foundation announced the return of their adult spelling bee fundraising competition, “Spell-a-bration.” The fun starts ...

Semiconductors, motors, and batteries are the foundational technologies behind electronics and renewable energy. Connectivity through Wi-Fi, GPS, and cloud computing connects people and powers ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A graduate student discovered a new way to generate a highly sought-after variety of carbon, graphene, by studying a century-old Thomas Edison patent ...

Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explores the groundbreaking work of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, the Dutch scientist who is often credited as the father of microbiology. Despite having no ...

The history of human progress is usually defined by brilliant minds solving the world’s most pressing issues, but sometimes, that creative spark lands on something entirely unnecessary. We live in a ...

Civilisations name their ages after materials. In school, we learn about the Stone Age, the Bronze Age – and we are currently in a silicon age characterised by computers and phones. What might define ...

In 2005, physicists David Frame and Myles Allen were on their way to a scientific conference in Exeter, UK, and had been, in Frame’s words, “fiddling about” with a climate model to prepare for their ...

The Renaissance era, often celebrated for its art and culture, was also a period of incredible technological advancements. While the works of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo dominate discussions, ...