Emerging Tech
'We're Trying to Portray the Universe as a Real Place With Real Landscapes'
The story of the scientists and artists who have given us our most beautiful pictures of space
Emerging Tech
Solar Energy's Sunny Future
The crashing price of silicon may have killed off Solyndra, but the industry has also grown more competitive with other forms of energy.
Modernization
Your Smartphone, Made of Cement
Scientists just discovered a way to turn masonry into metal. Using lasers.
Emerging Tech
Open Data Could Aid Spending Transparency
Treasury is interested in integrating open data into the next generation of financial systems.
Emerging Tech
Meet the Only Company That Still Thinks a Manned Spacecraft Should Fly Back to Earth
Dream Chaser is that rare piece of technology that is both a leap forward and a throwback.
Emerging Tech
NASA's Plan to Lasso an Asteroid is Making Progress
Agency has a prototype of the ion propulsion engine, and they'd like to test it next year.
Modernization
Someday, You May Use Bitcoin Without Even Knowing It
Bitcoin bankers have big dreams of reinventing the financial system.
Modernization
Making the Case for iPads in Every Classroom
Front Row Education makes an adaptive math learning iPad app for K-5 students.
Digital Government
White House Releases New Tools for Digital Strategy Anniversary
Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel says the effort serves as 'a giant permission slip telling government now is the time to innovate.'
Emerging Tech
America's Fuel Source of the Future Could Be 'Pond Scum'
Rejoice, America: Researchers say the nation is equipped to produce "serious amounts" of algae biofuel.
Digital Government
We're Only Beginning to Understand How Our Brains Make Maps
The smell of your neighborhood pizzeria and the feel of a cracked sidewalk may be more important than researchers previously believed.
Emerging Tech
Tesla Is First Green Tech Firm to Pay Back Its Energy Dept. Loan
The government made $12 million on the 2009 loan.
Emerging Tech
NASA Contest Winners Offer Microclimate Data on Earth and Spinach on Mars
International Space Apps winners hailed from Kansas City, Philadelphia, Athens and London.
Emerging Tech
Massive Catalog of Streaming Government Data Coming Thursday
The list of nearly 300 federal APIs marks the one-year anniversary of the federal digital strategy.
Emerging Tech
The Collapse of China’s Photovoltaic Industry Will Spark the Next Solar Boom
The global solar industry may have hit the doldrums, but it could double again to a $155 billion business by 2018.
Emerging Tech
Teens Are Turning Away from Facebook Because Tumblr Is Real, and Parent-Free
Young people are maintaining Facebook accounts, but aren't using them frequently.
Digital Government
NASA's 19-Gigapixel Filmstrip of the Earth from Russia to South Africa
A meditation on the diversity of Earth.
Digital Government
Disconcerting Robot Detects Depression
Augmenting psychiatric diagnosis with data
Emerging Tech
The Audacious Plan to End Hunger with 3-D Printed Food
NASA-funded grant explores the culinary potential for astronauts on very long space missions.
Emerging Tech