who make pretensions to science, and practical mechanics ... than steam carriages on common roads. An invention to be successful must not only be new, but useful—an improvement.

From contact with aliens courtesy of Adrian Tchaikovsky to the childhood writings of Octavia E. Butler, February’s sci-fi ...

In a study whose results were published in ‘Nature’ recently, groundbreaking new technology helped to save a woman’s life.

Advances in technology—such as microscopic imaging and molecular techniques—have the potential to transform our understanding ...

Promising new science, enabled by state-of-the-art technology, could help quell the threat. Researchers have successfully designed two proteins to neutralize some of the most lethal venom toxins ...

Water desalination plants could replace expensive chemicals with new carbon cloth electrodes that remove boron from seawater, an important step of turning seawater into safe drinking water.