Fingerprint sensors on smartphones are convenient, but they don’t always work and, worse, can be fooled.

Slowing climate change may require reusing carbon dioxide waste. But how?

Slowing climate change may require reusing carbon dioxide waste. But how?

Slowing climate change may require reusing carbon dioxide waste. But how?

The device is being tested in animals and could be ready for human trials in about a year.

Sideline tests for a concussion – eyes following a finger, for example – can be more art than science. But a new Bethesda company is developing a test that may be more definitive.

We use all of our senses to experience the real world, but sight and sound dominate in the digital realm. Now researchers are trying to bring in the sense of touch.

Predictions say this year’s hurricane season could be more active than in recent years, but new research shows there could be a silver lining to the storms.

You’re in an airplane exit row and asked whether you can remove the door if there’s an emergency. Most of us wouldn’t really know for sure. But soon a virtual reality tool might tell you…by simulating weight lifting.

Last week we heard about the first person in the U-S infected with bacteria resistant to even a last-resort antibiotic. It underscores the importance of new approaches to fighting bacterial infections…including the possibility of using viruses.