You can blank out certain types of background noise and focus on just one conversation using prototype noise-cancelling headphones

Artificial compound eyes made without the need for expensive and precise lenses could provide cheap visual sensors for robots and driverless cars

With big announcements about the latest artificial intelligence models this week, tech firms are competing to have the most exciting products - but generative AI remains hampered by issues

Researchers aiming to create a secure quantum version of the internet need a device called a quantum repeater, which doesn't yet exist - but now two teams say they are well on the way to building one

If a building is hit with an earthquake or explosives, the entire thing can collapse but a design balancing strong and weak structural connections lets part of it fall while preserving the rest

Software that has been blocked from connecting to the internet should be secure from hacking attempts, but now researchers have found a way to sneak data out by varying the speed of the computer's processor

A robot that moves around by balancing on a ball could prove a better assistant for wheelchair users than humanoid robots that walk on two legs

A quantum bit inspired by Schrdingers cat can resist making errors for an unprecedentedly long time, which makes it a candidate for building less error-prone quantum computers