Google is one of the most valuable companies in the world, but its future, like that of all tech giants, is clouded by a looming threat. The search company makes virtually all of its money f... Read more
“Beam me up, Scotty”—even if Captain Kirk supposedly never said this exact phrase, it remains a popular catch-phrase to this day. Whenever the chief commander of the television s... Read more
TAU researchers move Star Trek‘s fictional “Tricorder” into the real world For the crew of the Starship Enterprise, Star Trek’s “Tricorder” was an essenti... Read more
Teleporting people through space, as is done in Star Trek, is impossible by the laws of physics. Teleporting information is another matter, however, thanks to the extraordinary world of quan... Read more
Whenever a star ship was in distress, the Star Trek Enterprise could activate its tractor beam and drag the vessel to safety. And now, the technology is gradually moving out of the realm of... Read more
A surprising number of scientists, engineers and amateur space enthusiasts fervently believe in this dream As any avid Star Trek fan can tell you, the eccentric physicist Zefram Cochraneinve... Read more
Scientists at the Univ. of Southampton are aiming to develop a handheld testing device to provide same day diagnosis from a patient’s bedside. In the fictional Star-Trek universe, the tricor... Read more
“Ten years ago, it seemed like a dream. Now, it feels within reach.” Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking are playing poker together. No, this isn’t a bad physics joke. It’s a s... Read more
In the Star Trek universe, handheld medical tricorders became standard issue for Starfleet vessels as early as the mid-22nd century. Here in a little place we like to call “reality,” a compe... Read more
All those technologies may be possible thanks to a breakthrough at the Navy’s premier research lab Imagine: tiny sensors built into military combat gear to detect chemical or biological weap... Read more
The space agency made a splash with its headline-friendly plan to print pizzas in space. But what exactly does the ability to create food for astronauts mean for our plans for exploring the... Read more
So where have we seen this before? Science fiction may well become reality with the development of a real life Iron Man suit that would allow astronauts or extreme thrill seekers to space di... Read more
Last February, Astro Teller, the director of Google’s (GOOG) secretive research lab, Google X, went to seek approval from Chief Executive Officer Larry Page for an unlikely acquisition. Tell... Read more
“The bottom line is, nature can do it,” said White. “So the salient question is, ‘can we?'” In the “Star Trek” TV shows and films, the U.S.S.... Read more
Boy wonder Jack Andraka is creating a dream team of young scientists to work on creating a Star Trek–like handheld device that can diagnose disease just by scanning your skin. The $10 millio... Read more
