A simple software update could be the key to longer-lasting electric vehicles, thanks to a new reinforcement learning model.

We hardly give them a second thought, but everyday objects like bags and backpacks belong to a long technological tradition that may stretch back hundreds of thousands of years.

The largest-ever survey of physicists from around the world—released today—shows a distinct lack of consensus across many of ...

Abstract: Tracking technology evolution paths is crucial for understanding innovation dynamics. However, current studies frequently only use text-based methods, which limit their capacity to capture ...

The Los Angeles Unified School District’s board voted Tuesday to restrict students’ use of laptops and tablets in class and encourage pen-and-paper assignments instead, making it the first major ...

Trapped ions are versatile platforms used for quantum computing and ultra-precise timekeeping. New results now show that combining these capabilities can reveal a deeper layer of physical reality: ...

There’s a general consensus that too much screen time is bad for kids. But what happens when everything in modern society is done on screens? What is a concerned educator or parent to do? And how do ...

Ever dreamt of being present during the birth of the first galaxies? Perhaps being able to fast-forward through billions of years of cosmic evolution to watch those galaxies grow and shape the ...