It's Not Just the Buildings That Are Getting Smarter

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg scans a QR code on a building permit at a press conference announcing...
Can WISE Find the Hypothetical 'Tyche'?

This colorful picture is a mosaic of the Lagoon nebula taken by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE
Boeing-built LightSquared Space-Based Network Ready to Begin Service
Boeing today announced that it has completed the post-launch testing and on-orbit handover of the first LightSquared satellite and Space-Based Network (SBN). The satellite system has been accepted by LightSquared and is ready to begin service.
What ultra-tiny nanocircuits can do

False-color scanning electron microscopy image of a programmable...
Apple iPad 2: 10 Reasons It Should Launch Sooner Rather Than Later
Reports are swirling around that Apple has finally sent its iPad 2 to production. Assuming that’s true, it’s quite possible that the company will make its announcement of the iPad 2 in the near future, and then sell it to consumers around the world...
Nanogenerators to Enable Battery-Free Handhelds

Northwestern University researchers fabricated a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) to test their piezoelectric...
Now in 3D: Copy and Paste!

The boy and other elements were copied and pasted from a different image using new stereoscopic editing technology
NASA Hosting Events for Valentine's Night Comet Encounter

Artist rendering of Stardust-NExT spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL