Hint: It dates back to 6th-century China but never really caught on until the mid-1800s, when it was introduced in its packaged, modern form. 06.19.2009
Renewable power is inspiring clever new ways to store electricity—and to uncork it exactly when and where it is needed. 06.17.2009
Tomorrow’s smart grid will keep the lights on and factories humming with clean (but fickle) renewable energy. 06.10.2009
Two new designs aim to make nuclear reactors safer and vastly more efficient. 06.08.2009
A new mobile EEG system now lets researchers probe the brain function while people move around naturally. 06.05.2009
The simple step of drying out animal waste can help turn it into a safer, more practical energy source. 06.04.2009
The first skin flicks, setting actors on fire (safely), the great bluff that turned into IMAX, and more. 06.03.2009
New gadgets that can help you enjoy, document, and survive the wilderness 05.29.2009
The ESA's new system is designed to counter the force of sunlight on a spacecraft—about the same as the force of gravity on a single human hair. 05.24.2009
Will the next generation of computers, phones, and even energy storage be built on a form of carbon? 05.19.2009
A flexible computer screen—one that you can roll up and stick in your pocket—is coming closer to reality. 05.13.2009
DISCOVER's panel of top astronomers and astrophysicists discuss some of the biggest questions in the universe. 05.10.2009
At last we are finding rocky planets like our own. But some are pretty weird: The smallest may have a mineral-vapor atmosphere that condenses as lava rain or rock snow. 05.07.2009
A new MIT invention turns shock absorbers into electric generators. 05.03.2009
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Researchers create what may be the perfect scout: a bug controlled remotely through a chip implanted in its optic lobes and flight muscles. 04.30.2009
New York has a forgotten one, Texas has a $2 billion wasted one, and Switzerland's building the longest. 04.29.2009
A new Fujitsu scanner merges business cards, receipts, and other important pieces of paper with the rest of your data. 04.27.2009
3-D scanning shows where the statue is most stressed—and where it will probably fail. 04.23.2009
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