Stories by Jesse Emspak

Connections to a robotic arm have been wired into a tetraplegic person's brain and enabled him to use his thoughts to execute tasks requiring smooth motor control

With the tropical rubber tree under threat from climate change and disease, tire manufacturers are reviving efforts to produce latex from a desert shrub

A new software technique thwarts forensic software by making indiscernible changes in a handset’s operating system

An Android hack allows users to put decoy data on a smartphone

Working esophagi from stem cells could be used to aid cancer patients in the future

An experiment using the Earth itself as a source of electrons has narrowed down the search for a new force of nature

An eruption of matter from a quasar could show how galaxies shed weight

Twists and tangles in particles could result in new technology

Small, faraway conflicts could precipitate an attack against the U.S., so cyberdefense could drop the 'fortress' mentality for a focused set of solutions

The same technology that office workers use daily to print documents can be transformed into a "bioprinter" that uses cells instead of ink

A clinical trial seeks to determine if apomorphine, once used to treat Parkinson's symptoms, could speed recovery from certain kinds of brain trauma

From infrared to ultraviolet, a new photovoltaic material responds to the full spectrum of sunlight