Concrete is all around you—in the foundation of your home, the bridges you drive over, the sidewalks and buildings of cities. It is often described as the second-most used material by volume on Earth ...

Over the past few decades, electronics engineers have been trying to develop new neuromorphic hardware, systems that mirror the organization of neurons in the human brain. These systems could run ...

At the smallest scales of matter, nature behaves in ways that feel almost counterintuitive. Individual particles follow simple rules, but when they interact together, entirely new behaviors can emerge ...

In testimony, Michigan utility regulators say the proposed sale of 13 hydro dams to a Maryland private equity firm includes no ban on future resale or requirements to operate dams for the full 30-year ...

MXenes are an emerging class of two-dimensional materials whose properties depend sensitively on the atoms bound to their surfaces. A new synthesis approach now allows researchers to control these ...

The regime wants to prevent substandard construction as exposed by last year’s earthquake, but builders say a new top-level oversight committee will just mean more delays.

Real innovation starts when teams stop chasing features and hype, listen deeply to customers, and design products around the ...

Conceptual artists are using performance to create unsettling and thought-provoking experiences, often involving the viewer ...

MIT aims to make house construction more sustainable by using discarded plastics to print structural components.

Political journalist Michael Kinsley wrote, “A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth — some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.” Nevada Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony recent committed what is known ...

The United States spent the 2010s incrementally upgrading bank-based magnetic-stripe cards with chips. Meanwhile, China leapfrogged the legacy card-based system by rolling out digital wallets and ...

Chris is a writer and editor with over 10 years of experience covering games and has a bachelor's degree in History from the University of Central Lancashire. He's mainly focused on guides, but has ...