Microchips

These are, absolutely, very bleak times, but in a sense we should cherish them: we’re living through maybe the last…

On Monday, a team of scientists in Australia announced an exciting breakthrough: For the first time, researchers…

When all sources of errors have been ruled out and 4096 phony votes have still been given to a candidate, who do you…

You're looking at Neurogrid: a slab of silicon inspired by the human brain, which is 9,000 times faster than a…

Futurists are always talking about how flexible electronics will change our lives in amazing ways, but we've yet to…

Metamaterials are a mind-bending class of matter. Broadly defined as manmade materials with unusual properties not…

A team of scientists in Switzerland has managed to cram 11,011 electrodes onto a single…

Our technologies are becoming more biological with each passing year. And here's the latest breakthrough: Caltech…

Technology can be fragile. Anyone who's dropped his or her phone knows that all too well. And though you might not…

The fastest microchips we have can only pass their data from side to side and front to back, no matter how close…

The mesmerizing movements of jellyfish have inspired researchers to design all sorts of things, from mechatronic…

Testing new and potential life-saving drugs can be a harrowing process because of the risk involved with not knowing…

Seven women suffering from osteoporosis got the chance to avoid their usual visits to the doctor for their injected…

Click to viewThis is Dr. Mark Gasson. He's a human being who's managed to contract a nasty computer virus. Don't…

When chipmakers slim down their silicon, they need finer and finer tools to organize all that circuitry. With MIT's…

MIT researchers are just three years away from developing a retinal implant that can send visual information…

From the "at least 10 years out" category of microchip fabrication comes word that IBM is working to reduce future…

One of the most frustrating aspects of dealing with a chronic illness, such as diabetes or lupus, is the need to…

According to the chaps at the Eclipse Developer's Journal (EDJ), Intel is planning a six-core microprocessor, which…

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a method of arranging cells on a microchip…