Transportation

Big week for NASA last week. The Kepler space telescope, the most prolific exoplanet detector ever, is paralyzed. Meanwhile, the Dream Chaser spacecraft is prepping for its first test flights.

May 22, 2013 3:44pm | By Janet Fang

The world's top architects are competing to design Finland's longest bridge. Why is it so special? Three words: no cars allowed.

9 | May 22, 2013 4:44am | By Virginia C. McGuire

Could new drunk-driving laws destroy the restaurant industry?

23 | May 20, 2013 6:47am | By Charlie Osborne

DELHI -- India has nearly a billion mobile phone users, but only a fraction of those have Web access, whether on their phones or on computers. Start-up Innoz is bridging that gap.

May 20, 2013 12:00am | By Betwa Sharma

Will black carbon cause the death of space tourism before it has taken off?

10 | May 16, 2013 10:49am | By Charlie Osborne

Is it down to age and income, or simply as a means to avoid tax?

1 | May 14, 2013 3:42pm | By Charlie Osborne

The big glass panels that are built into skyscrapers could soon produce solar power.

2 | May 12, 2013 7:44pm | By David Worthington

The same machine that analyzes those cloth swatches that TSA agents wipe against your carry-on could now be retrofitted to detect black powder explosives.

May 8, 2013 2:00pm | By Janet Fang

The food truck industry is growing, but there are forces bringing it down.

11 | May 7, 2013 10:10am | By Tyler Falk

This July, the NYPD will be releasing invisible, odorless, nontoxic gases to better understand how contaminants will disperse in accidents and attacks.

5 | May 5, 2013 10:46pm | By Janet Fang

Compared with traditional hand-washing, the GiraDora doubles productivity, reduces back pain, and prevents clothes from getting moldy.

4 | May 1, 2013 1:41pm | By Janet Fang

Researchers make the green case for ordering groceries from your computer.

6 | May 1, 2013 12:39pm | By Tyler Falk

The California-based startup is ditching its electric vehicle business to pursue another related path.

2 | May 1, 2013 10:45am | By Kirsten Korosec

With data from thousands of cell phones, IBM is creating a better commute.

1 | May 1, 2013 6:36am | By Tyler Falk

Fiber networks are not all about Internet speeds -- but could also be used to power our airborne vehicles.

3 | May 1, 2013 2:06am | By Charlie Osborne

Two years after the earthquake and massive tsunami, the nuclear power plant needs permanent solutions, not makeshift ones.

6 | April 23, 2013 2:53pm | By Janet Fang

The U.S. economy is getting better, so why aren't people driving more?

16 | April 23, 2013 4:00am | By Tyler Falk

The latest all-electric vehicle to hit our streets is the Sora superbike, which can go 185 miles on a single charge.

7 | April 23, 2013 2:42am | By Charlie Osborne

Artificial limbs, cancer detection, music for the hearing impaired, rockets, water filtration - these are all some of the ideas that were presented today at the White House Science Fair in...

April 22, 2013 8:57pm | By David Worthington

"Crowdshipping" is a new and less expensive way to ship goods through travelers connecting online. But if something goes wrong, who is held responsible?

26 | April 22, 2013 3:00am | By Amy Serafin