Computers

Scientists use ordinary equipment to reveal a hidden picture based on its shadow.
Marcus Woo, Contributor
New system uses a supercomputer and crowd-sourced observations to improve short-term world weather predictions.
Chris Gorski, Editor
Scientists create an algorithm to translate text into different literary styles of the Bible.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
The revolutionary discovery allowed engineers to build cheaper hard drives with higher storage capacity.
Yuen Yiu, Staff Writer
Results from a new survey reveal cultural differences in whom participants prefer to be spared in fatal accidents.
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor
Defects in crystals may be useful for designing spintronic devices, which use the magnetic properties of electrons for processing information.
Yuen Yiu, Staff Writer
With civility and democracy on the line, bots, trolls, and their hunters are waging a cat-and-mouse game on the internet.
Yuen Yiu, Staff Writer
The major war between law enforcement and cell phone manufacturers is mostly over.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
Researchers provide a blueprint for a tiny device that can control the direction of light.
Yuen Yiu, Staff Writer
A new machine learning model can efficiently identify the distorted text many websites use to block bots.
Catherine Meyers, Editor
Scientists and engineers are exploring many strategies to cut the energy that powers modern computing.
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor
Using light to send digital data is 100 times faster than Wi-Fi.
Karin Heineman, Executive Producer