Computing
- Computing
Explainer: Data — waiting to become information
People want information. To get it, experts must sift through facts to find trends and other types of useful knowledge that has value.
By Janet Raloff - Computing
Explainer: Understanding the size of data
Data are beginning to accumulate in quantities of mammoth size.
- Computing
Cyber warriors
Contests where teens compete to keep computers safe from hackers are helping to train and grow the next generation of cyber defenders.
By Eric Niiler - Tech
A squishy speaker
Researchers have unveiled a see-through speaker that conducts electricity, is elastic like skin and vibrates like Jell-O.
- Computing
A switch for a living computer
Scientists are finding that computer parts can also be built from DNA.
- Chemistry
Building a better battery
Researchers develop a way to make batteries that hold more charge and don’t weaken with age.
By Sid Perkins - Computing
Genetic memory
DNA is a chemical blueprint that effectively instructs cells on how to work.
- Computing
Your head’s battery
Fluids in the inner ear can actually power an electronic device, such as an implant.
By Sid Perkins -
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- Tech
Cool Jobs: Wide world of robots
The machines can help with everything from surgery to disaster response.
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