Innovation

A new IEEE Spectrum careers piece argues that working closely with more experienced engineers can accelerate development, highlighting mentorship and feedback as practical tools for building stronger technical teams.

Moderna and Merck are describing a personalized mRNA cancer treatment as a therapy rather than a vaccine, reflecting how politics and regulation are reshaping biotech language.

Jeff VanderMeer’s new story in MIT Technology Review imagines stranded explorers traversing a hostile planet linked by immense paths between 13 heated domes. The result is a tense meditation on survival, contact, and the

The death of IEEE Life Fellow Gerard “Gus” Gaynor at 104 closes an unusually long chapter of volunteer leadership and highlights the often overlooked institutional work behind engineering communities

A sponsored IEEE Spectrum white paper describes ZTASP, a chip-to-cloud assurance platform intended to govern distributed autonomous systems across drones, robots, sensors, and human operators.

An IEEE Spectrum report highlights a MEMS photonics device small enough to project images at extreme miniaturization, with roots in quantum-computing hardware research.

Fresh water from desalination remains a small share of global withdrawals, but in parts of the Middle East it has become foundational infrastructure for drinking water, cities, and industry.

Debates over synthetic turf are intensifying across the United States as schools, parks, and communities weigh convenience and durability against plastic waste, heat, and ecological costs.

In a new MIT Technology Review essay, Mustafa Suleyman argues that AI development is unlikely to hit a wall soon because advances in chips, memory, and large-scale interconnects continue to compound.

Irontown Modular’s Mysa 400 keeps a compact footprint but expands to 14 feet wide, creating a more apartment-like interior than most North American tiny houses.

A New Atlas review of the Cyrusher Kommoda 3.0 highlights how some throttle-equipped, fat-tire ebikes are increasingly blurring the line between bicycle and electric moped.

Working with audiologists at the University of Salford, Škoda developed a fully mechanical bike bell designed to cut through active noise cancellation.

Accounts from university students and researchers suggest generative AI is not only changing homework habits but also narrowing the range of ideas students bring into seminars and class discussions.

Anthropic says a preview version of its upcoming Mythos-class AI model will be used by major technology and open-source organizations to identify vulnerabilities in critical software infrastructure.

The Royal Navy has introduced a new uncrewed minehunting system called Adventure, a program described in candidate metadata as a $500 million effort to modernize naval mine warfare.

Interesting Engineering reports that a new compact launcher from UK-based ISS Aerospace is designed to deploy 10 drones rapidly for battlefield surveillance, pointing to continued demand for faster, denser small-UAS use.

Researchers at Southern Methodist University say they have developed a magnetic coil system that can guide microrobots without relying on cameras or tracking systems, aiming to simplify control at very small scales.

Researchers in the United States say they have designed a catalyst that can convert ethanol into jet fuel in a single step, a development aimed at cutting production costs

An IEEE profile of Temple University student Kyle McGinley highlights how student organizations and research work can build both technical ability and professional skills.

As regional conflict escalates, desalination plants that supply drinking water across much of the Middle East are emerging as critical and vulnerable infrastructure under pressure from both attacks and climate change.