Special Report
Special Report
Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2020
Experts highlight advances with the potential to revolutionize industry, health care and society
Engineering
Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2020
Experts highlight advances with the potential to revolutionize industry, health care and society
Medicine
Microneedles Could Enable Painless Injections and Blood Draws
Fewer trips to medical labs make care more accessible
Technology
Sun-Powered Chemistry Can Turn Carbon Dioxide into Common Materials
Visible light can drive industrial processes
Computing
Virtual Patients Could Revolutionize Medicine
Replacing humans with digital simulations could make clinical trials faster and safer
Computing
Spatial Computing Could Be the Next Big Thing
Beyond virtual and augmented reality
Medicine
Digital Medicine Can Diagnose and Treat What Ails You
Therapeutic and diagnostic apps and bots are almost here
Aerospace
Electric Aviation Could Be Closer Than You Think
Enabling air travel to decarbonize
Engineering
Low-Carbon Cement Can Help Combat Climate Change
Microbes will help decarbonize the construction industry
Computing
Quantum Sensors Could Let Autonomous Cars ‘See’ around Corners
High-precision metrology based on the peculiarities of the subatomic world
Energy
Green Hydrogen Could Fill Big Gaps in Renewable Energy
A zero-carbon supplement to wind and solar
Technology
Whole-Genome Synthesis Will Transform Cell Engineering
A big advance in synthetic biology
