Technology and Society News

Ohio State University researchers have found a way to measure distances to objects three times farther away in outer space than previously possible, by extending a common measurement technique.

Triage technology comes with a Star Trek twist, at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate (DHS S&T).

The Walk n Play app allows players to compete in real time with another iPhone user or against a simulator as they go about their daily walking.

Air pollution is linked to tens of thousands of deaths each year. However, some of the worst pollutants often fly under the radar. Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are looking for easier, more effective ways of finding and me

New 3-D Lab at University of Southern California explores application of 3-D technology in the home.

While U.S. intelligence officials have spent more than seven years searching fruitlessly for Osama bin Laden, Geographers say they have a good idea of where the terrorist leader was at the end of 2001 — and perhaps where he has been in the years since.

New materials for NASCAR promise to save lives and reduce injuries in automobile racing — a popular sport with a fan-base of 75 million — and everyday driving.

What’s possible when a group of scientists are inspired by a famous superhero and a giant creature from the sea? How about a new technology for stopping the bad guys in their tracks?

Distorted cell-phone photos and big, clunky telephoto lenses could be things of the past.

Israeli scientists now claim they have developed a way to use the movement of cars along a street to generate electricity.