
First Bioengineered Blood Vessel Successfully Implanted
A blood vessel grown in a laboratory was implanted into a patient last week, marking a breakthrough in bioengineered human tissues

First Bioengineered Blood Vessel Successfully Implanted
A blood vessel grown in a laboratory was implanted into a patient last week, marking a breakthrough in bioengineered human tissues

3-D Print Your Own Invisibility Cloak at Home
New plastic cloaks are easier to fabricate and lighter

How to Keep from Being a "Creeper" on Social Media
Take it easy when using social media. The signs of lurking at someone's account are easy to spot

Why Was the Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion So Deadly?
The substance that killed up to 15 people, injured 180 and wrecked the buildings in a five-block radius is the same stuff that makes the beans and barley grow. But not all fertilizers are equally dangerous. And the West plant may have been harboring the worst of them all

How Lasers and Glue Help to Weld Tissue Ruptures
A new protein-based glue can act as a solder that lasers can heat up to patch holes in intestines, cartilage, blood vessels, livers, etcetera more effectively than conventional laser welding

How Out-of-Office Replies Can Put Workers at Risk
Chain of command and other personal or company information in these greetings can be useful to people performing social-engineering attacks. Simply write that you'll be "unavailable"

California Law Would Let You Know Who's Got Your Data
State lawmakers push to pass a bill requiring companies to tell you exactly what personal data they've shared with other companies

New Hampshire Has Better Broadband Than Japan
The U.S. overall ranks 14th but sliced and diced by state, the U.S. dominates worldwide Internet speeds

The Truth behind the "Biggest Cyber Attack in History"
The disruptions, centered in western Europe, were largely unnoticed even when occurring. They may prompt a fix for a security flaw in the domain name system underpinning the Internet

How Self-Healing Microchips Recover
Caltech engineers have constructed a new kind of microchip that can learn to heal its own information pathways

New York City Design Contest Reinvents the Pay Phone
Community computers could replace pay phones on the streets of the Big Apple

Software Revives Dead Tongues
A computer algorithm works almost as well as a trained linguist in reconstructing how dead "protolanguages" would have sounded

FAA Accepts 20 New Applications to Fly Drones over U.S. Soil
The U.S. State Department, community colleges and--for the first time--a Native American tribal agency, join the Federal Aviation Administration’s drone authorization list

U.S. Military to Test Lasers for Warplanes in 2014
A new class of laser weapons 10 times smaller and lighter than current lasers of similar power could protect U.S. aircraft from ground-based threats

Hypersonic "SpaceLiner" Aims to Fly Passengers in 2050
A rocket-powered aircraft, in development at the German Aerospace Center, could carry 50 passengers halfway around the world in 90 minutes

New Machine Bridges Classical and Quantum Computing
So-called boson-sampling computers could serve as a stopgap until the development of more capable quantum computers

In The Hobbit, New Tech Mangles the Scenery
Director Peter Jackson, pioneer of computer-generated battle scene technology, uses high frame rates and 3-D effects, which lead to a few visual gaffes

Why 3-D Printing Matters for "Made in U.S.A."
The federal government plans to increase funding to institutions researching 3-D printing, a technology the White House hopes will boost U.S. manufacturing

3-D Printable Gun Part Fails on Sixth Shot
An AR-15 assault rifle containing just one 3D printed part broke during resilience tests, impeding any early plans to build a working gun made entirely of printed material

McAfee's Rookie Mistake Gives Away His Location
The former software mogul was at a resort in Guatemala, according to geolocation metadata stored in an Internet photograph uploaded Monday

Syria Pulls Plug on Internet Access
Syrian activists say the government is responsible for at least a portion of the Internet blackout that has kicked the nation offline

Owl Feathers Could Inspire Quieter Planes
Mathematicians take their cues from owl wings to design quieter, less obtrusive planes

Top 5 Tech Initiatives for Obama's Second Term
The president is expected to pour more funding into research and development, a move that could lead to increased technological advances in fields such as cybersecurity

How to Make Animated GIFs on a Smart Phone
Olympics news coverage revitalized the animated GIF, or graphics interchange format. Make your own