This story was originally published by Knowable Magazine. Thirty years ago, a botanist in Germany had a simple wish: to see the inner workings of woody plants without dissecting them. By bleaching ...

The last few months have seen a dramatic increase in excitement around Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI. While not new, recent performance improvements and immense increases in the size ...

Can you imagine having a smartphone with a wooden touchscreen? Or a house with wooden windows? Probably not -- unless you've heard of transparent wood. Made by modifying wood's natural structure, this ...

When you shine light on a substance, part of the light is reflected, part is transmitted, and part is absorbed. If you choose the color of light and the substance sensibly, you can arrange things so ...

In an effort to improve large touchscreens, LED light panels and window-mounted infrared solar cells, researchers have made plastic conductive while also making it more transparent. In an effort to ...

Algorithms now are involved in all kinds of decisions, such as hiring, lending, university admissions, and criminal justice. But how concerned should we be with the possibility that algorithms may ...

The operational environment for today’s fire and EMS departments is different than it was just a decade ago. Cutback environments abound, and fire chiefs are often ill-prepared to lead organizations ...

Stronger than plastic and tougher than glass, the resin-filled material is being exploited for smartphone screens, insulated windows and more. By Jude Coleman / Knowable Magazine Published Dec 14, ...