Emerging Tech
How to Generate Solar Power in the Dark
Meet 'photoswitches,' a breakthrough set of materials that act as their own batteries, absorbing energy and releasing it on demand.
Digital Government
Why Nobody Can Tell Whether the World’s Biggest Quantum Computer Is a Quantum Computer
Scientists have been arguing for years about whether D-Wave’s device is really a quantum computer or not.
Digital Government
Google Just Bought the Drone Company that Facebook Had Its Eye On
The drone maker will help Google with its "Project Loon" initiative, which looks to provide internet access to remote areas.
Emerging Tech
This 67-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Is Headed to Space
Well, a few microscopic parts of it are.
Emerging Tech
Space Lasers Will Beam Astronauts’ Superfast Video
'It's like upgrading from dial-up to DSL.'
Emerging Tech
SpaceX Is Set to Live-Test the Reusable Rocket That Could Change Spaceflight
A reusable rocket could help the company dominate the putting-things-in-space business.
Emerging Tech
NASA Tries to Cash In on Russia Tensions
The space agency isn't letting the Crimean crisis go to waste.
Digital Government
Senate Passes Bill Demanding Uniform Coding for Agencies' Spending Data
House lawmakers vow to get the DATA Act to the president's desk.
Emerging Tech
Government-Run Competitions Should Be About Markets, Not Prizes
That means knowing where you want the market to go but giving competitors flexibility to get there faster.
Emerging Tech
Is It Time for the U.S. to Partner With China in Space?
One of America's biggest rivals could also be its next best ally in the cosmos.
Digital Government
Here Comes GSA's Next Governmentwide Telecom Contract Vehicle
Bids for inclusion in the Networx successor will be accepted in 2015.
Digital Government
Nuclear Accident? Fasten Up Your 'Radiation Belt'
Device could protect its wearer from the effects of gamma radiation in a nuclear emergency.
Emerging Tech
New Data.gov Section Profiles the Companies That Use It
There's a push to bring data consumers into the open-data conversation.
Emerging Tech
Mars Photo Probably Shows a 'Cosmic Ray Hit,' Not an Underground Alien Base
NASA's Curiosity transmits Martian landscape image with a curious light in the distance.
Emerging Tech
The Federal Government Is Charging Jerk.com With Deceiving Customers
FTC says the social-networking site secretly took information from Facebook to create user profiles.
Emerging Tech
How Technology Failed to Fix Kenya’s Election
While the 2013 elections were largely violence free, that was no thanks to technology.
Digital Government
Nuclear Facility Security System Implicated in Nun Break-In Now Fixed
The security system for the Tennessee complex was completed early and for $20 million less than expected.
Emerging Tech
Former NASA Web Manager Is Crowdfunding Her Discrimination Suit Against the Agency
Gov2.0 pro launches Indiegogo campaign to pay for suit alleging age bias.
Digital Government
Why Doctors Still Use Pen and Paper
Health care reformer David Blumenthal explains why the medical system can’t move into the digital age.
Digital Government