A new tactile display aims to make 3D modeling accessible to people who are blind and visually impaired.

A test of mobile typing speed reveals that the gap between mobile and desktop has narrowed. You can try the texting speed assessment for yourself.

How will people react in the face of an outbreak or natural disaster? Computer models that are a bit like "The Sims" could give us an idea.

A new computer model takes text describing physical actions and turns them into animation, which could pave the way for turning scripts into movies.

Small businesses that may not have the resources to devote to using cloud computing can take advantage of new hardware and software to make the leap.

Creating millions of virtual universes and comparing them to observations of actual galaxies is a powerful new approach to studying galaxy formation.

Today, computer components use copper, but graphene could make chips faster, lighter, and more reliable. New research solves the issues that kept it back.

A new "quantum microphone," the most sensitive in the world, is so precise it can measure single particles of sound, called phonons.

The first measurement of heat transfer through a single molecule could pave the way for molecular computing.

A new method of controlling quantum properties with light could help scientists "create crazy-fast quantum computers by nudging supercurrents."