Design

The U.S. DOE and NOAA have announced eight joint research awards worth almost $5 million to support offshore wind energy and ocean energy projects.

October 28, 2010 7:30am | By Andrew Nusca

Copy number variants are believed to be linked to a number of diseases. For the first time, scientists have figured out how to map the variations of the other elusive copies.

October 27, 2010 2:00pm | By Boonsri Dickinson

A universal childhood dream is now officially sanctioned--and will soon be available for purchase.

17 | October 27, 2010 1:00pm | By John Herrman

Organization for sustainability communities publishes planning guide to aid smart city planning, programs.

October 27, 2010 12:38pm | By Heather Clancy

And the sellers are small, secretive companies.

3 | October 26, 2010 11:50pm | By Deborah Gage

This DARPA-funded robot gripper could revolutionize robotics--and it smells nice, too.

9 | October 26, 2010 10:00am | By John Herrman

Sprint opened its M2M Collaboration Center, a lab designed to cook up machine-to-machine wireless technology and create commercially viable products.

1 | October 26, 2010 8:55am | By Larry Dignan

Autodesk and Granta Design are partnering to make it easier for designers to evaluate the sustainability of materials and components.

October 26, 2010 4:40am | By Heather Clancy

The Bearded One has his eye on NASA cash.

2 | October 25, 2010 4:00pm | By John Herrman

A webcam offers insights into one of the most challenging missions ever designed. Enter the Curiosity Cam, a look into the creation of the next Mars rover.

2 | October 25, 2010 1:12pm | By Boonsri Dickinson

Terabit Optical Ethernet Center wants to hit Terabit Internet by 2015. Google, Verizon, Intel, Agilent Technologies and Rockwell Technologies are partners with UCSB.

1 | October 25, 2010 11:09am | By Boonsri Dickinson

The city of Atlanta has won a $47.6 million from the U.S. Dept. of Transportation to fund a modern streetcar system linking business and tourism highlights.

6 | October 25, 2010 9:08am | By Andrew Nusca

Starbucks uses 3 billion hot drink cups a year. If cities establish better commercial recycling programs and recycling companies find value in the paper, Starbucks will reach its goal of fully...

7 | October 25, 2010 4:43am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

Forget Intel and AMD: a little known family of chips is finally drawing China into the processor wars.

4 | October 22, 2010 11:20am | By John Herrman

Meet Wavebob, one of 45 energy devices about to enter the growing wet world of wave and tidal power.

3 | October 22, 2010 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony

Siemens has announced a new line of electric vehicle charging stations for residential, public and commercial applications. They're powered by Coulomb's ChargePoint network.

1 | October 21, 2010 9:08am | By Andrew Nusca

Jose Gomez-Marquez thinks some of the best inventions are the most simple. He's making vaccines and other drugs for the developing world.

1 | October 21, 2010 4:28am | By Boonsri Dickinson

An unusual vehicle gets an appropriately unusual engine.

4 | October 20, 2010 12:00pm | By John Herrman

Ioannnidis did a statistical analysis of major medical research papers, finding out many of the most popular had results that were later reversed after further study.

34 | October 20, 2010 6:26am | By Dana Blankenhorn

Daniel Gibson makes synthetic genomes in his lab at J. Craig Venter Institute. He hopes to make genomes that can be used in the next generation vaccines.

2 | October 20, 2010 4:30am | By Boonsri Dickinson