Little House on the Moon
Swedish engineering students have teamed up with an artist to build a small cottage on the Moon.
Server Naps
Programming big computer servers to shut on and off in fractions of a second could save huge amounts of power.
Podcast
How sleep affects your long-term memory, nap-time for computers saves energy and how we smell fear in people - literally.
Podcast
Caterpillars infiltrate ant nests, loneliness and your health, how planes can fly upside down, and more.
Storing Wind Energy
Engineers have developed a new way to make wind power more reliable.
Feather Fabric Roundup
Chicken feathers could be processed into a soft, wearable fabric.
Electronic Cotton
Electrically conductive cotton could be used to make clothes that monitor your health.
Tech Energy Roundup
Portable electronic devices could soon be charged by vibrations from your own body.
Space Ship Gravity
Spinning spaceships could create artificial gravity in principle but not in practice.
Podcast
TECHNOLOGY UPDATE: Could sunscreens be more than skin deep? Why headphones and pacemakers don't mix and a new use for electric cars.
Nanoparticles & Skin
Nanoparticles are common ingredients in cosmetics, but scientists are finding that they're more than skin deep.
Podcast
Sled dogs defy fatigue, inside the musician's brain, fooling a GPS system, and more.
Remote Sensing Roundup
New features built into laptops can help scientists detect earthquakes.
Liquid Lens
A lens made from a pair of vibrating water droplets promises fast focusing.
Ethanol Bacteria
A genetically engineered bacterium produces ethanol from cellulose.
Podcast
THE SCIENCE OF TREES: Electricity from trees, building a tree from the ground up, a forest of aspirin, and trading rainforest conservation for healthcare.
Synthetic Tree
A synthetic tree wicks water more effectively than a real plant.
Sniffing Out Cancer
New technology could sniff out skin cancer before it turns deadly.
Metal Pollution Roundup
Lead dust continues to pose a health risk for decades after it was banned from gasoline and paint.