White coats at Cornell University have demonstrated a photon-based system that has the potential to squeeze more data into packets sent over the Internet.

The Mayan prophecy might be counting down, but the science behind the new film 2012 might leave a few people confused. We look at what the film got right and what is best left to conspiracy theorists.

From flying cars to hoverboards, and AI to lasers, we delve into 10 technologies from a list of iconic films and find out just how close we are to making each a reality

From Asimov to the Codex Derynianus, the new Tor Books online bookstore is shaping up to be as Aladdin's Cave for science fiction, graphic novels and other books.

Some of the people on this list are successful billionaires, Some Nobel prize winners or high-tech nomads. However, some individuals are weird even by geek standards.

To honour John Hughes, we've listed tech movies that give you all an excuse to sit down with a DVD or two and enjoy tech in the movies..

A huge, underground abandoned former gold mine has been painstakingly emptied to give scientists a 5,000 feet deep lab to research dark matter

We've heard much about the promise, and now some new augmented reality video footage has us wondering if it's a better idea than we first thought

Part of the appeal of science fiction is its ability to transport you to other places, something these web sites do to great effect with artwork, movies and more.

Taking a page out of the popular science fiction series, scientists have managed to turn aluminium into a new transparent form of matter, after it was placed under extreme ultraviolent radiation.

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Scientists are betting on a new high tech material, which is among the strongest and thinnest known materials in the universe

A new processor that harnesses 1 billion aluminum atoms is being hailed as a breakthrough in the road to the much-hyped quantum computer

A new "universe atlas" provides a stunning view of our own galaxy, including a supermassive black hole believed to be located at the core

A nanotechnology design breakthrough could make faster, cheaper processors through the use of DNA structures.

Now you see it, now you don't. Hong Kong researchers are one step closer to creating a cloak of illusion that will have the ability to make one object look like another via "metameterials" and light bending.

The tantalizing prospect of another glimpse into Ridley Scott's 1979 science fiction world is in the cards, with reports of a Scott-directed prequel movie

We've all had great ideas in idle moments that are either forgotten or impractical, but these are people who identified technological advances and made them happen..

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) has moved swiftly to play down the significance of the arrest on terrorism charges of a nuclear physicist who worked at the Hadron Collider for six years.

Boffins engaged in fusion energy research are creating extremely thin plasma beams that could be useful for nanolithography to make future computer chips.