On a bright fall day last year off the coast of Southern California, an Air Force B-1 bomber launched an experimental missile that may herald the future of warfare. Initially, pilots aboard... Read more
A prosthetic hand, which provides a sense of touch acute enough to handle an egg, has been completed and is now exploited by the NEBIAS project after 10 years of EU-funded research. The worl... Read more
Administrators at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency celebrated their first Guinness World Record last week for sponsoring the creation of the world’s fastest solid-state amplifier in... Read more
Prototype’s novel approach uses magnetic nano-sized beads to filter deadly microbes and toxins from the bloodstream Sepsis—a life-threatening over-reaction by the immune system to infection—... Read more
Some day this smart garment from Harvard could boost the endurance and strength of everyone from soldiers and firefighters to the elderly and outdoor enthusiasts. The difficult thing about w... Read more
Inspired by the architecture of the brain, scientists have developed a new kind of computer chip that uses no more power than a hearing aid and may eventually excel at calculations that stum... Read more
Teams will develop and test implantable therapeutic devices for memory restoration in patients with memory deficits caused by disease or trauma DARPA has selected two universities to initial... Read more
ARPA-E is investing in moonshot energy ideas that are so audacious, they might just change how we power our society. Batteries made with chemicals that we mine from rhubarb plants, rather th... Read more
Bio-inspired climbing technology could increase troop safety and freedom of maneuver DARPA’s Z-Man program has demonstrated the first known human climbing of a glass wall using climbing devi... Read more
If only computers themselves were smart enough to fight off malevolent hackers. That is the premise of an ambitious two-year contest with a $2 million first prize, posed to the world’s compu... Read more
DARPA’s Revolutionizing Prosthetics program delivers on goal of providing advanced prosthetic upper limb with near-natural control mechanisms to amputees DARPA launched the Revolutionizing P... Read more
Providing a direct and powerful link between user intent and prosthesis control To understand the meaning of “proprioception,” try a simple experiment. Close your eyes and lift your right ar... Read more
Building ‘Smart’ Cell-Based Therapies A Northwestern synthetic biology team has created a new technology for modifying human cells to create programmable therapeutics that could... Read more
Scientists are reporting significant progress toward creating “homo minutus” — a benchtop human. Researchers have successfully developed and analyzed a liver human organ co... Read more