A team led by Northwestern University and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab scientists have developed a new technology that can eavesdrop on the hidden electrical dialogues unfolding inside miniature, lab-grown ...

I’m deep inside Lego’s headquarters in Billund, Denmark, in a private office that’s part of the company’s Creative Play Lab. The secretive division of 237 staff based here and in London, Boston, and ...

Leaders across industries from airlines to packaged foods have said a growing divide between lower-income and wealthy consumers is changing their businesses. By Kailyn Rhone The U.S. economy is ...

Show me the meaning ... of being hungry. As Valentine’s Day inches closer, Pizza Hut is partnering with two boy-band heartthrobs to pander to millennials and help make Feb. 14 a bit more romantic this ...

Applied physicists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated a new way to structure light in custom, repeatable, three-dimensional patterns, ...

The K-shaped economy is as apparent as ever, and isn't going away anytime soon, economists said. It's now seen as more of a facet of the modern U.S. economy than a passing fad. This disparity can help ...

Neutral-atom arrays are a rapidly emerging platform to create quantum computers. In a foundational study led by graduate students Aaron Holman and Yuan Xu from the Will and Yu labs, respectively, the ...

Accelerometers turn motion into measurable signals. From tilt and vibration to g-forces, they underpin countless designs. In this “Fun with Fundamentals” entry, we demystify their operation and take a ...

As far as taking care of my body goes, I'm not exactly low maintenance. I regularly lift weights and try to get in pilates when I can, and I aim to eat a balanced diet. But in spite of this, I still ...

The new sensor-packed Smart Play Brick will land this spring as part of a special Star Wars collection. The update adds interactive lights and sound to the Lego experience—including the minifigs.

There's a divide in how Americans are doing financially. NPR's Stephan Bisaha explains a tool economists are using to explain it - the letter K. STEPHAN BISAHA, BYLINE: You might think of economists ...