A way to measure the distance of active galactic nuclei could change the way astronomers think about the Universe and how it is expanding
One of the trickiest problems in astronomy is the measure of distance....
Data from an implanted device can be shared with the patient, doctors, and family.
A smart-phone app under development for heart-failure patients allows them to keep track of the...
Our list of publicly traded companies that could benefit from the e-medicine revolution includes IBM and WebMD.
Medicine is still largely a cottage industry. Most doctors work in small practices where records are kept on paper. But now technology is starting to reshape this industry. The spread of electronic patient records, heavily promoted by government subsidies, will energize companies in such...
Now that Congress failed to reform software patents, will the Obama administration step up?
At this moment, on the White House's official website for petitioning the government, the only thing as popular as...
Astronomers have put a new technique for measuring stellar mass through its paces by studying Orion's red supergiant
Betelgeuse is one of the brightest and most easily recognisable stars in the night sky. It sits in the constellation of Orion and is visibly red. That's because Betelgeuse is a luminous, red supergiant about 650 light years away....
A conversation with Nicholas Felton shows how Facebook's new apps will uncover uncomfortable truths about users -- and how the same data could enable entirely new kinds of targeted advertising
Today Facebook announced two innovations -- a visual...
Here's what we want to see in the next generation of the phone that changed everything.
With the long-awaited iPhone 5 release reportedly semi-imminent...
Spot can run, but he can't hide.
You're probably familiar with the term "helicopter parenting," the idea that in our technological age, being up in your child's business is easier than ever. The cell phone, some say, has become...
Cosmos-sized gravitational waves would distort our view of the universe in a way that matches some of cosmologists' most puzzling observation, says cosmologist
Here's an interesting idea that could explain some of the more puzzling features of our universe....
Microsoft's new OS gives pride of place to the index finger.
If there's a common thread in the avalanche of news and commentary following last week's Windows 8 debutante ball (also known as the...
TR35 winner Shwetak Patel has developed sensors that could change the way we live.
If one day we find ourselves living in much smarter homes, we will likely owe a debt to the work of...
Computer scientists have built a superconducting number cruncher with a Von Neumann architecture that paves the way for a new era of quantum computation
Back in 1946, the world's first general purpose electronic computer was switched on at the University of Pennsylvania. The huge processing power of ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer) stunned the world, or at least the few...
Panos Iperitos set out to study the dollar value of online reputation, and along the way he discovered the counter-intuitive ways that reviews inform it...
Here are two ways to show your robot who's boss with your iPhone or Android.
Android and iPhone users alike are newly empowered over robots, in two very different ways....
Fingerprints are signal processors for touch, enhancing the way we sense the world. Now robots have access to the same trick
In recent years, biomechanical engineers have discovered that fingerprints don't just improve grip, they also perform a delicate type of signal processing. The ridges modify vibrations in the skin in a way that best allows human nerve endings to receive them and this...
Spacecraft flying past Earth undergo a puzzling change in speed and nobody knows why. The next generation of navigation satellites could help, say scientists
Now that the Pioneer anomaly has been more or less laid to rest, the outstanding space-based puzzle of the moment is the flyby anomaly....
A technique that alters T cells has been shown to reduce the amount of virus in infected people.
For the first time, researchers have shown that a cell-based therapy for HIV/AIDS can reduce the amount of virus in infected people. The breakthrough—big news for researchers, who have struggled for decades to create vaccines and cell-based therapies for HIV—was announced on Sunday at the...