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The tiny light detectors are about 1/1000th as wide as a hair and are lined up next to each other like the gecko's eardrums. | Credit: iStock/fraxnet

Oct 31, 2018

Could gecko ears provide a model for a new light detection system?

Electronics & Networking, Materials, Technology & Society

Pressure is mounting for tech companies to install “back doors” in software to give law enforcement access to secured devices. | iStock/smartboy10

Oct 9, 2018

Riana Pfefferkorn: How are the boundaries of digital privacy shifting?

Electronics & Networking, Security, Technology & Society

A shift from a smooth surface to a rippled surface prevents light from getting trapped and absorbed. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Aug 15, 2018

How can we get ever-brighter digital displays?

Electronics & Networking

Cybersecurity is not a single issue, it's a constellation of issues that touches financial services, energy and government. | iStock/Tommy Lee Walker

Jul 18, 2018

Andrew Grotto: Combating cyberthreats in the age of the cloud

Electronics & Networking, Security, Technology & Society

Random seeding with one to three additional seeds performed nearly as well as targeted seeding. | Illustration by Harriet Lee-Merrion

Jul 10, 2018

Random seeding may influence how information spreads

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking

A woman sits near the “Marilyn” print by pop artist Andy Warhol at the “The Square of the Peace” Museum Centre in Russia. | Reuters/Ilya Naymushin

Jun 15, 2018

Fred Turner: The 60s counterculture roots of today’s social networks

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, Technology & Society

Participants of the European Union Force (EUFOR), practice an anti-terrorism situation at the Sarajevo International Airport. | Reuters/Dado Ruvic

Jun 15, 2018

Martha Crenshaw: Fighting terrorism in the age of social media

Electronics & Networking, Security, Technology & Society

Mar 29, 2018

Stretchable wires move us closer to electronics that mold to your skin

Electronics & Networking, Technology & Society

A new low-power system will turn devices on when needed, extending battery life of small electronics. | iStock/Wachiwit

Feb 23, 2018

A new ultrasonic technology powers devices without human intervention

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, Technology & Society

A technical first could enable the creation of foldable, stretchable touchscreens. | Illustration by Stefani Billings

Feb 21, 2018

Stretchable, touch-sensitive electronics

Electronics & Networking, Materials, Technology & Society

Researchers are developing wireless implants that can monitor organs such as the heart, kidney and ear drum. | Illustration by Stefani Billings

Dec 4, 2017

How implants powered by ultrasound can help monitor health

Electronics & Networking, Health

Harsh conditions on the surface of Venus | Image courtesy of NASA

Oct 30, 2017

Building extreme electronics for extreme conditions

Electronics & Networking, Materials

“By running these pre-flight virtual reality simulations on the ground, we greatly enhance our chances for success in space.” | Image credit: NASA

Oct 27, 2017

Pre-flight simulations on the ground could enhance success in space

Electronics & Networking

Image by Guo Mong

Oct 18, 2017

Can we better understand the language of the brain?

Electronics & Networking, Health, Technology & Society

The nanopeapods depicted in this artist's rendition are carrying excess thermal energy away from a computer chip. | Courtesy of Goodson Lab

Oct 16, 2017

Can we turn tiny amounts of waste heat into thermo-electricity?

Electronics & Networking, Energy, Materials

Illustration by Stefani Billings

Sep 18, 2017

Kwabena Boahen: What does the next generation of computers look like?

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, Technology & Society

Illustration by Stefani Billings

Aug 28, 2017

Jure Leskovec: The power of social networks

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, Technology & Society

Chip makers use "rust" to insulate silicon chip circuits. Two new semiconductor materials share that and other useful traits. | iStock / vladimirovic

Aug 14, 2017

New semiconductor materials exceed some of silicon’s ‘secret’ powers

Electronics & Networking

Instead of relying on silicon-based devices, a new chip uses carbon nanotubes and resistive random-access memory (RRAM) cells. | Courtesy

Jul 11, 2017

A new ‘high rise’ chip breaks computing’s data bottleneck in two ways

Electronics & Networking, Technology & Society

Who will control the swarm? | iStock/Chesky_W

Jun 19, 2017

Who will control the swarm?

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, Transportation & Robotics

Stretchy electronics | iStock/shawn_hempel

Mar 13, 2017

Engineers use a soup additive to create a stretchy plastic electrode

Electronics & Networking, Materials

Where is your signal coming from? | iStock/YouraPechkin

Mar 10, 2017

Andrea Goldsmith: What is the future of wireless networking and communications?

Electronics & Networking

Neuron cell network | Stock/Polina Shuvaeva

Mar 1, 2017

A step toward building a more brain-like computer

Electronics & Networking

"Every person needs a different optical mode to get the best possible experience in VR." | Image credit: iStock/AleksandarNakic

Feb 15, 2017

A team develops a more personalized virtual reality headset

Electronics & Networking