Blockchain beyond Bitcoin
In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto introduced the world to Bitcoin, a volatile digital currency that’s untethered to any specific institution or…
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Riding a Wave of Sound
One way to get drugs through the blood-brain barrier: smuggle them across using sound waves. The blood-brain barrier, a name…
The Patient Stays in the Picture
IN JUNE 2014, oncologist Fabrice Denis of the Jean Bernard Center, a cancer hospital in Le Mans, France, began approaching people…
Rise of the botnets
Armies of zombie computers caused a lot of mayhem in 2018. In January, one cluster of infected, connected machines attacked…
Can self-driving cars make roads safer and less congested?
Pedestrians in downtown Miami one weekday last November might have noticed something unusual about the blue Ford Fusions threading their…
Quantum computing gets its “Hello World” moment.
Tech experts have long championed quantum computers as the next generation of machine, promising to solve big problems in lightning-fast…
What powers these electronics? We do!
Inspiration often comes from unusual sources. Nelson Sepúlveda knows this firsthand. He got his big idea for a new source…
Searching Blood for Cancer Clues
ONCE A MONTH, 40-year-old Kristen Kilmer drives nearly 400 miles from her home in Spearfish, South Dakota, to the Avera Cancer…
How to stop phone apps from spying on you
Many smartphone apps don't cost anything to download and use. But don't be fooled: There's still a price. “Your privacy…
Everything Worth Knowing About Virtual Reality
Forget reality: In virtual reality, you can be whomever and wherever you want. VR makes the unreal real, using computer…