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A new kind of X-ray machine, poised to improve airport security, can identify the material of an object passing through it
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“Nevermind,” a video game controlled by a player's heart rate, aims to help people deal with trauma
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Inventors of a number of new technologies shared their stories at a two-day event at the National Museum of American History
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Miscommunication due to language barriers is a growing health care issue, and technologies to aid interpretation are racing to keep up
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Smithsonian curators present a virtual tour of several objects from the collections that revolutionized public health care
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Hint: They are all part of the National Museum of American History’s collection
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Implants designed to detect early metastasis can also trap cancer cells
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A special look at the ways humans are transforming the planet and the projects that may shape a more sustainable future
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Researchers have developed sunlight-filtering canopies as a low-tech treatment for jaundice in newborns
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The first-ever 3D printed titanium chest implant was a success
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Stanford researchers have figured out how to transfer a rare plant's chemical "assembly line" into a cheap, common lab plant
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Schools around the world are incorporating neuroscience research into the school day, to help kids with dyslexia and to teach complex math skills
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Universities, federal agencies, companies and independent inventors will give visitors a glimpse of the future
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Inventor Joe Woodland drew the first bar code in sand in Miami Beach, decades before technology could bring his vision to life
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Artists Camille Utterback and Romy Achituv wrote the software that drives an artwork, in which onlookers catch letters falling on a large screen
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Inspired by an essay by Jorge Luis Borges, computer programmer Jonathan Basile has created a "Library" of Babel
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Albert Einstein's breakthrough from a century ago was out of this world. Now it seems surprisingly down-to-earth
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Scientists are exploring how mild electrical shocks can treat, and perhaps even change, brains
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Margaret Crane says it was a simple idea, but it met with enormous push back
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In an enormous undertaking, schoolchildren nationwide are learning about climate change and the environment
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