How Magnetic Tech Could Help Date the Past and Revolutionize Archaeology
Archaeologists are beginning to uncover the secrets of ancient civilizations thanks to high-tech magnetic techniques.
Sascha Brodsky
Science and Technology Journalist
Crypto mining, controversy, and questions about environmental impacts
For decades, the Mechanicville hydroelectric plant generated power from New York’s Hudson River, converting the flowing waters into energy that fueled General Electric. But last year, the long brick building became the home of a crypto mining operation, forging a very different role as part of a vast network of sites around the world pumping out algorithms that make virtual currency viable.
How VR Could Tap Into Your Brain
Your next virtual reality (VR) headset could interface with your brain.
Ultrathin Fuel Cells Could Use Your Body’s Sugar to Power Implants
Your own body could be a power source for future gadgets.
AI's Next Trick: Unlimited Fusion Power
Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques may help bring us closer to practical fusion power that could transform the world’s energy industries.
AI Can Now Understand Your Videos by Watching Them
A new artificial intelligence system (AI) could watch and listen to your videos and label things that are happening.
Your Hard Drive May One Day Use Diamonds for Storage
Diamonds may be the key to storing vast quantities of data.
Future Quantum Computers May Be Powered By Crystals
Physicists are exploiting the weird ways atoms interact with each other to build quantum computers.
One Day, We Might All Ditch Hard Drives for DNA Storage
You might one day be able to replace your hard drive with a storage device made out of DNA, and it could be a long-lasting way to store information.
Researchers recently devised a method to expand DNA's data storage by artificially extending the DNA alphabet. It's part of a broad effort to use DNA to hold computer information.
"DNA is 1 million times denser than the densest mainstream digital storage device," Luis Ceze, a computer science and engineering professor who studies DNA storage at th
AI Could Help You Understand Animal Speech
In a recent study, an international team of researchers has used artificial intelligence (AI) to translate pig grunts into emotions.
High-Tech Repellents Shoo Mosquitoes Away
Mosquitos kill more people than any other creature in the world, but help may be on the way in the form of high-tech repellents.
How AI Can Quickly Get People Home Safer
School bus drivers are in short supply these days, but AI-driven software could help.
How Neurochips Could Link Your Brain to a Computer
Technology that allows computers to read your thoughts may be getting a boost from new research.
How Satellite Images Could Improve Lives
A new way of using machine learning to examine satellite images could help people around the world.
How Flexible Chips Could Change Computing
Microchips might soon be so cheap and flexible that they could be printed onto milk bottles.
Why Building Brain-Computer Interfaces Is So Hard
The future was supposed to be all about hooking up computers to our brain.
How VR Could Show the Future of Climate Change
Virtual reality could transport you to a potential future where the earth’s climate has drastically changed.
How Smart Fabrics Could Turn Clothes Into Computers
Foldable smartphones have become a hot item, but scientists have come up with a new technology that could make current models look rigid by comparison.
Can AI Teach Us to Be More Human?
Imagine you’re working in a call center and a customer calls. You answer, and right away, things start going badly. The customer is angry, and tensions rise.
How Quantum Computing Could Protect Your Next Phone
Smartphones are getting quantum chips to keep them, you, and your data safe from hackers.
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