A Private Space Shuttle Replacement

The Dream Chaser will go into orbit on the nose of a rocket, then land gently on airport runways.

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Spinning Nano Yarns

Researchers at the University of Texas in Dallas make high-tech yarns from nanotubes and powders. The yarns could be woven into battery electrodes, superconfucting fabrics, and wearable electronics.

Spinning Nano Yarns

A method for turning powders into fibers has many potential applications.

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Reprogramming Life

Researchers are developing software tools to make it easier and faster to redesign microbes that make biofuels or drugs.

Software for Programming Microbes

A simpler way to modify microbes could help produce biofuels and drugs efficiently.

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The Year in Materials

Wonder material graphene wins Nobel Prize, flexible electronics head to market, and advances hint at the future of displays.

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Undermining China's Monopoly on Rare Earth Elements

Full operations will start at a U.S. mine by the end of next year.

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Printing Electronic Skin

Ali Javey, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkley, shows Technology Review how his lab prints electronic skin.

Rebuilding Architecture

Software is allowing architects to design buildings in radically new ways.

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Printing Electronic Skin

University of California researchers are making sheets of speedy, low-power transistor arrays for sensors that match human skin’s sensitivity.

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