In a new research briefing released today, Amnesty International documents extensively the ways in which technology contributes to the growing trend of human rights violations at borders and urges ...

Global investments in agricultural innovation topped $16bn in 2025, according to a report by Agfunder, a venture-capital company. Of this, $9bn went to new research into boosting farm yields, up from ...

Approximately 40 percent of the U.S. water supply comes from underground aquifers but much of it is too salty for many human uses. By sufficiently treating brackish groundwater to separate salts and ...

New technology has workers spooked, but experts say it’s creating an opening for a resurgence in worker power In 2026, it’s a scary time to work for a living. Gone are the days of quiet quitting, the ...

New Technology Connections is your resource to emerging technologies within IEEE. The IEEE Future Directions Committee has identified the technologies on this page as primary focus areas and has ...

Researchers studying how lithium batteries fail have developed a new technology that could enable next-generation electric vehicles (EVs) and other devices that are less prone to battery fires while ...

Airbnb hired Meta's former head of GenAI, Ahmad Al-Dahle, as its new technology chief. Former tech chief Ari Balogh stepped down in December after more than seven years at the company. Airbnb is ...

The prized tropical hardwood merbau was once found in abundance from east Africa to Tahiti. It is beloved of homebuilders and furniture stores around the Asia-Pacific region, but, thanks to decades of ...