Spray-on plant coating could replace wasteful plastic food wrapThe coating is eco-friendly and better at fighting germs.By J. Fingas, 06.20.2022
Harvard created a wool-like 3D-printable material that can shape shiftResearchers believe it could reduce waste in the fashion industry.By K. Holt, 09.04.2020
Researchers are using drones to study the Amazon rainforest's healthBefore the forest is lost to climate change, farming and fire.By C. Fisher, 09.13.2019
Harvard's noodly robot fingers are great at grabbing jellyfishThe ‘fettuccini-like silicone fingers’ could help scientists study marine creatures.By C. Fisher, 08.28.2019
Harvard student deported based on friends' social media postsYou apparently don't need to write the posts to get in trouble for them.By J. Fingas, 08.27.2019
This hip-hugging exosuit uses AI to make walking and running easierThe portable, robotic device uses AI to adjust to your gait.By C. Fisher, 08.15.2019
Scientists create gut gel 'band-aid' made from the body's own bacteriaIt uses E. coli, but the friendly sort.By G. Torbet, 08.12.2019
Tomorrow's firefighters will have near-superhuman abilitiesAs well as high pressure water lances and "freeze" grenades.By A. Tarantola, 10.13.2017
America’s cash-free future is just around the cornerWe're in the age of plastic now.By A. Tarantola, 10.06.2017
How Peggy Whitson stayed in shape for nine months aboard the ISSHint: She hit the gym. A lot.By A. Tarantola, 09.21.2017
IBM is installing a Watson AI lab at MITIt's part of a 10-year, $240 million investment agreement.By A. Tarantola, 09.07.2017
Robot bears are coming for your grandparentsTo provide them with top-notch retirement and hospice careBy A. Tarantola, 08.23.2017
BACtrack's new wearable told me how drunk I was at CESFat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.By A. Tarantola, 01.08.2017
Scientists develop robotic tentacle that can pick flowers, make us thumb our collarsBy J. Trew, 09.11.2012
Harvard scientists grow human cells onto nanowire scaffold to form 'cyborg' skinBy S. Dent, 08.28.2012
Harvard makes distortion-free lens from gold and silicon, aims for the perfect image (or signal)By J. Fingas, 08.25.2012
Harvard stores 704TB in a gram of DNA, may have us shopping for organically-grown storage (video)By J. Fingas, 08.19.2012