Tech

  1. 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
  2. Tech

    Teens seek invention protection

    Increasingly, young researchers seek patents to defend their innovations against theft.

    By Kellyn Betts
  3. Tech

    Patent advice from teen inventors

    How and when to apply for a patent.

    By Kellyn Betts
  4. Tech

    Supertiny satellites launched

    Researchers are building simple, miniature satellites to bring down their costs and expand their availability.

    By Sid Perkins
  5. Tech

    Quake, quake, go away

    French engineers report success in the first test of an underground seismic shield.

    By Stephen Ornes
  6. Animals

    Feeling the invisible

    Sensor wired into a rat’s brain lets it detect light it can’t see.

    By Sid Perkins
  7. Computing

    Genetic memory

    DNA is a chemical blueprint that effectively instructs cells on how to work.

    By Stephen Ornes
  8. Computing

    Your head’s battery

    Fluids in the inner ear can actually power an electronic device, such as an implant.

    By Sid Perkins
  9. Tech

    Strong and slimy

    Scientists spin threads from snotlike secretions of hagfish.

    By Stephen Ornes
  10. Tech

    Science for all

    STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — makes careers blossom

    By Nancy McGuire
  11. Climate

    Twister science

    Meteorologists are learning what makes a tornado.

    By Andrew Bridges
  12. Tech

    How to stop a speeding bullet

    Scientists take a close look at a plastic that has Superman’s ability to stop a speeding bullet.

    By Stephen Ornes