Education

New research suggests smart grid will take longer to roll out than you might expect.

March 26, 2010 10:49am | By Heather Clancy

The Carnegie Endowment is expected to recommend that all medical schools create three-year primary care programs.

1 | March 26, 2010 8:51am | By Dana Blankenhorn

While tuition costs for traditional higher education soar, market forces and technology converge to offer a new way of learning.

1 | March 24, 2010 9:28pm | By Joe McKendrick

A cheaper electric car will come as the result of high-volume manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries, not a new technology, according to a new report.

9 | March 23, 2010 7:00am | By Andrew Nusca

When it comes to 21st century communications infrastructure, even the phone company is now uncompetitive with the 1997 start-up.

March 19, 2010 11:11am | By Dana Blankenhorn

A New York school turned a push to cut energy consumption into a hands-on learning project.

2 | March 16, 2010 4:43pm | By Heather Clancy

Tech entrepreneur and author Sramana Mitra says schools need to be more realistic about where most startup funds come from.

17 | March 15, 2010 3:33pm | By Joe McKendrick

Integrating disparate enterprise applications will be core to a central understanding of progress.

March 15, 2010 8:01am | By Heather Clancy

Thousands of users are logging on to Scitable to expand their scientific knowledge -- and make "friends" with some smart people.

1 | March 12, 2010 4:02am | By Christina Hernandez

Physicists have devised a way to see through paper, paint, biological tissue and other opaque materials, offering nanoengineers a new alternative for making optical lenses.

March 10, 2010 8:50am | By Andrew Nusca

The prospect of extreme old age is changing the way we live. What are we going to do about it?

3 | March 8, 2010 8:50am | By Dana Blankenhorn

States and local school boards are experimenting with four-day weeks in a move to save money. But questions abound about the impact on student education and other logistics.

8 | March 8, 2010 7:17am | By Larry Dignan

Billions of pieces of plastic trash are accumulating in a massive garbage patch in the Atlantic Ocean, mirroring the Texas-sized one in the Pacific, scientists have found.

10 | March 5, 2010 12:03pm | By Andrew Nusca

New program sends pre-college students abroad to work on sustainable projects for needy communities.

8 | March 4, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

White House cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt unveiled his sweeping priorities yesterday and one is "transparency." Can transparency and effective cybersecurity live together?

March 3, 2010 11:50am | By John Dodge

Could ereaders actually save books and magazines? The answer lies in making the most of the format's potential.

4 | March 2, 2010 4:07am | By Heather Clancy

Sixty-eight percent of Americans now hold library cards, a record level. Marketing guru John Gerzema says this tells us a lot about the post-crisis consumer.

1 | February 25, 2010 8:14am | By Joe McKendrick

German automaker BMW has announced that it is preparing its Leipzig factory to manufacture electric vehicles.

1 | February 24, 2010 12:15pm | By Andrew Nusca

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission reports that 35 percent of Americans -- that's 93 million people -- don't have broadband Internet access.

February 24, 2010 11:41am | By Andrew Nusca

The National Science Foundation has awarded three U.S. universities $25 million to establish new centers that will advance research on biological machines.

February 24, 2010 7:33am | By Andrew Nusca