January 2026 - IEEE Spectrum

When the sun sets on solar panels, these gas-filled domes take over
Robo-umps, a supercomputer the size of a city, and more
Carmaker hopes its pioneering tech will become the industry standard
Destroying dysfunctional tissue could reset metabolism
City to build four vertiports to support Joby’s passenger eVTOLs
Radio and terahertz links could be better, faster, and cheaper
As AI takes on more work, expectations for entry-level roles grow
Three technologies are converging where one wasn’t emerging
X Prize teams vie to douse disasters in the making
New machines will use individual atoms as qubits
HistoSonics turns its tumor-liquifying tech against pancreatic cancer
The TM-Q is a pedal-powered quad vehicle with a small van’s capacity
The tech is proving its worth, but lower costs are elusive
3D heterogeneous integration could keep Austin weird and on the cutting edge
Orbital Arc aims for a cheaper, more efficient ion drive
The phenomenon sheds light on critical limitations of AI
Hull 096 will ferry passengers using over 5,000 lithium-ion batteries
Grid-scale storage, tumor-busting ultrasound, and more cutting-edge projects are bubbling up this year
Bell’s and Edison’s inventions turned executives into “dictators”
But China’s growth remains a mystery
Real-time light amplification boosts telescopes for under $250
Read Paul Jones’s poem from our January 2026 issue
His day job and hobby have surprising similarities
The DARPA Triage Challenge will crown an overall winner in 2026