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      Why the Future of Data Storage is (Still) Magnetic Tape

      Disk drives are reaching their limits, but magnetic tape just gets better and better
      28 Aug

    Departments

    • Photo of Louis-François Breguet’s dial telegraph.
      Telecom
      Morse Code’s Vanquished Competitor: The Dial Telegraph
      31 Aug
    • Photo: Carl Bugeja
      Geek Life
      How to Print an Electric Motor
      24 Aug
    • Jonathon Keats with instruments created at Intergalactic Omniphonics.
      Aerospace
      Instruments to Make Music With Aliens: Gamma Ray Bells and Gravitational Wave Cellos
      24 Jul
    • Parrot Anafi drone
      Robotics
      Review: Parrot Anafi Drone
      2 Jul

    Features

    • Photo: Getty Images
      Semiconductors
      Silicon Photonics Stumbles at the Last Meter
      30 Aug
    • Image showing dendrites growing on the surface of the electrode
      Energy
      Less Fire, More Power: The Secret to Safer Lithium-Ion Batteries
      23 Aug
    • Opening illustration for this feature article.
      Computing
      The Desperate Quest for Genomic Compression Algorithms
      22 Aug

    News

    • Photo-illustration: iStockphoto
      Computing
      AI-Human Partnerships Tackle “Fake News”
      29 Aug
    • Photo: Roy Peña/University of Texas
      Green Tech
      UPS to Deploy Fuel Cell/Battery Hybrids as Zero-Emission Delivery Trucks
      24 Aug
    • Photo: ATG Medialab/ESA
      Aerospace
      Aeolus Satellite Uses Powerful Ultraviolet Lidar to Measure Wind Speeds From Space
      21 Aug
    • Cortisol detecting sweat sensor on a runner's arm.
      Biomedical
      New Wearable Sensor Detects Stress Hormone in Sweat
      20 Jul

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    • Illustration: Dan Page
      At Work
      The Age of the Heroic Inventor Is Over
      29 Aug
    • Photo-illustration: Stuart Bradford
      Gadgets
      September 1888: George Eastman Patents His Kodak Camera
      28 Aug
    • Illustration: J.D. King
      Telecom
      In the Age of IoT, the FCC’s Way of Valuing Radio Spectrum Is Broken
      23 Aug
    • Opening illustration for this opinion column.
      At Work
      Tomorrow’s Doctors Must Be Engineers Too
      22 Aug
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