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Government researchers have developed an engine prototype that's cleaner than a diesel engine and almost twice as efficient as a typical gasoline-powered engine.

18 | May 23, 2011 2:33am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

Fueled by connected devices, natural speech recognition has emerged from the research lab as the killer app for, well, everything.

4 | November 2, 2011 9:01pm | By Andrew Nusca

A company reportedly squeezed 375 miles out of a modified electric battery-powered Audi A2.

11 | April 15, 2011 1:34am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

Sharp Corporation has unveiled the Intelligent Power Conditioner, which enables electric vehicle batteries to be used as a source of electricity for electronics around the home.

12 | February 22, 2011 11:54pm | By Tuan C. Nguyen

One of the biggest frustrations of digital cameras -- the fact that they take precious time to focus -- is about to disappear.

17 | June 22, 2011 4:45am | By Laura Shin

A ground-effect train, works similarly to a Meglev train excepts it floats on a cushion of air that reduces wind drag.

14 | May 13, 2011 12:04am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

What can we accomplish by combining the best of human intellect with the expanding processing capacity of machines?

3 | April 16, 2013 3:00am | By Mari Silbey

A new motor that utilizes shock wave technology takes fuel efficiency to a whole other level.

30 | March 17, 2011 3:57pm | By Tuan C. Nguyen

A team of scientists have developed a prototype for batteries that can be recharged simply by being left out in the sun.

9 | March 1, 2011 12:43pm | By Tuan C. Nguyen

Piranha is an unmanned vessel that's an unheard of 400 percent more fuel efficient than similar models.

11 | April 20, 2011 12:58am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

A chat with Mark Barnell, one of the men behind the DoD's powerful new Condor Cluster, a supercomputer built from 1760 gaming consoles, about the PlayStation 3, distributed computing and the...

2 | December 3, 2010 2:00pm | By John Herrman

Your household appliances, such as dishwashers, ovens, stereo and TVs, may someday be used to spy on you.

12 | March 19, 2012 5:05am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

A company has developed an aircraft that harnesses energy from gusting winds more efficiently than conventional wind turbines.

6 | March 4, 2011 9:50am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

The way we treat cancer is about to change: Genome sequencing may enable us to attack the very genes driving an individual's disease.

2 | July 8, 2012 7:00pm | By Laura Shin

Tech giant Microsoft says it has produced the largest and clearest image of the night sky ever -- and it's a terapixel in size.

4 | July 19, 2010 7:26am | By Andrew Nusca

The SIM-LEI can go 207 miles on a single charge, twice the distance of the Nissan Leaf.

48 | April 4, 2011 3:00am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

A radical rethinking of tractor trailer design may drastically cut emissions and save fuel.

11 | June 29, 2011 3:32am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

Users will be able to control computers using only their brains thanks to chips embedded in them, Intel researchers said.

17 | November 20, 2009 1:26pm | By Andrew Nusca

Physicist Jason Steffen has devised the Geffen method, a procedure for seating passengers that cuts plane boarding time in half.

7 | September 1, 2011 5:02am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

An ideal battery would charge quickly, store a lots of energy, and release it quickly. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offer a potential way to bring such batteries...

3 | March 21, 2011 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony