Technology & Innovation
Explore Technology & Innovation across the Smithsonian through stories, events, and exhibitions. Use the filters to browse by format, then bookmark events and exhibitions to keep track of what you want to visit or attend.
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The pioneering treatment makes it easier for traditional chemotherapy drugs to penetrate cancer cells. After the procedure, the reptile, named Jodie Foster, made a speedy recovery.
The discovery of the Kuiper Belt revealed thousands of icy objects near Pluto, challenging its status as a planet. After the discovery of Eris, astronomers formally redefined “planet” in 2006, leading to Pluto’s reclassification as a dwarf planet.
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The results, announced this week by Moderna and Merck, could pave the way for a new generation of treatments tailored to individual tumors.
Museum education manager Mike Hulslander goes above and beyond his ~duties~ to show us a reproduction of the Universal Waste Management System. It’s currently in use on the International Space Station and NASA’s Orion spacecraft.
If you haven’t been to the National Air and Space Museum in D.C. for a while, you may notice a few things have changed…actually, just about everything’s been completely overhauled.
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Under the right conditions—wet and oxygen-deprived—the same chemical reactions that cause tissue to break down can instead have the opposite effect, according to a new study.
Since its founding more than 250 years ago, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service has continuously adapted to a growing nation and an evolving criminal landscape.
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The Food and Drug Administration just greenlit a medication called Orzeyful for the treatment of narcolepsy type 1 in adults. The condition is caused by the loss of brain cells that produce orexin, a chemical important for the sleep-wake cycle.