Biotech
Handheld Ultrasound Devices Are Speeding Diagnosis of COVID-19
Doctors can triage and monitor patients faster—and sometimes more accurately—with the aid of the pocket-size machines
Stories by Lina Zeldovich
Engineering
Cool Butterfly Effect: Insect Equipment Could Inspire Heat-Radiating Tech
Butterfly wings contain complex thermodynamic structures that can teach us to make efficient—and colorful—cooling materials
Policy
How History Forgot the Woman Who Defined Autism
Grunya Sukhareva characterized autism nearly two decades before Austrian doctors Leo Kanner and Hans Asperger
The Sciences
A New Robo Surgeon Requires Just 1 Incision
Laparoscopies with fewer incisions
