Emerging Technologies

Fragile quantum states might seem incompatible with the messy world of biology. But researchers have now coaxed cells to produce...

Artificial IntelligenceThe AI Spending Frenzy Is Propping Up the Real Economy, TooLydia DePillis | The New York Times"Companies will spend...

You might have noticed that humanoid robots are having a bit of a moment. From Tesla’s Optimus to Figure AI’s...

A heavily modified pig lung survived for 216 hours inside a brain-dead human recipient. Reported in Nature Medicine, it’s the...

The idea of beaming solar power down from space might sound like science fiction, but it’s being taken seriously by...

The code of life is simple. Four genetic letters arranged in triplets—called codons—encode amino acids. These are the building blocks...

FutureMeet the Researcher Hosting a Scientific Conference by and for AIPeter Hall | MIT Technology Review"Agents4Science is a one-day online...

A US military spaceplane, the X-37B orbital test vehicle embarked on its eighth flight into space on Thursday. Much of...

With a blast of light, the wafer-thin metal “parachutes” levitate into the air. The curious inventions are each smaller than...

Tech companies are throwing money at new sources of energy, from wind and solar to next-generation geothermal, nuclear, and even...