A mix of forces has propelled the vehicles from a niche choice to a mainstream option.  Governments have enacted policies compelling automakers to retool and incentivizing consumers to make the switch. Notably,... Read more »

Japan has been developing robots to care for older people for over two decades, with public and private investment accelerating markedly in the 2010s. By 2018, the national government alone had spent... Read more »

—Jessica Hamzelou This story is from The Checkup, Jessica’s weekly newsletter giving you the inside track on all things biotech. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Thursday. You may... Read more »

Given all this, it’s no surprise that the hunt is on for tools to realign our circadian rhythms. Some people swear by melatonin or light therapy, and you can influence your own... Read more »

As if to emphasize how much researchers want to get off the hype train, IBM is expected to announce a processor in 2023 that bucks the trend of putting ever more quantum... Read more »

“Each line of business is driving digital transformation in its own way,” says Naveen Kamat, executive director and CTO of data and AI services at Kyndryl, an IT infrastructure services provider. “They... Read more »

—Casey Crownhart Casey’s story is from The Spark, our weekly newsletter delving into batteries, climate and energy technology breakthroughs. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Wednesday. The must-reads I’ve... Read more »

Over the time I’ve spent writing about climate, and even before that in my previous life as an engineer, I’ve cultivated a somewhat major obsession with batteries. And it’s not just because... Read more »

In the same way that we can train our immune systems to recognize viral proteins, we could also train them to recognize proteins on cancer cells. In theory, this approach could be... Read more »