Technology - general
In the brain, timing is everything
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 25 Jan 2014
Neuroscientists have now discovered how two neural circuits in the brain work together to link memories of events that occur one after the other.
Rothamsted Research submits application to Defra for permission to carry out GM field trial
By By Jagdeep Worah | 24 Jan 2014
Experiments to produce fish oil from plants gather pace
By By Jagdeep Worah | 24 Jan 2014
The particular fish oils that benefit the health of both fish and humans, called EPA and DHA, are not in fact produced by fish themselves but instead accumulated by eating marine microbes
Focus research on water, energy and environment: CNR Rao
24 Jan 2014
The eminent scientist who has been conferred honorary doctorates by 60 universities from around the world, wants Indian scientists to solve societal problems
Access to guns triples suicide risk
23 Jan 2014
Someone with access to firearms is three times more likely to commit suicide and nearly twice as likely to be the victim of a homicide as someone who does not
How to tap the sun’s energy through heat as well as light
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 20 Jan 2014
New approach developed at MIT could generate power from sunlight efficiently and on demand. By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office
Both sides of brain are used in speech: study
18 Jan 2014
In a discovery that goes against prevailing concepts of brain activity involved in speech,researchers show have shown that all parts of speech are functional in both sides of the brain
Ford, Georgia Tech debut new solar car concept
16 Jan 2014
Ford Motor's C-MAX Solar Energi Concept harnesses the power of the sun by parking under a special concentrator that acts like a magnifying glass, directing intensified rays from the sun onto solar panels on the parked vehicle’s roof below
Drone designed to help clean up Fukishima
15 Jan 2014
Turning up the heat on enzyme design
15 Jan 2014
3D printing set to rustle up delectable savouries
By By Vivek Dev | 14 Jan 2014
3D printers canbe used to produce gastronomical delights that would not be possible to make by conventional means
Battery development may extend range of electric cars
11 Jan 2014
A novel design for a critical part of lithium-sulphur batteries has been shown to significantly extend the technology's lifespan, bringing it closer to commercial use
Disordered materials hold promise for better batteries
10 Jan 2014
MIT researchers find that contrary to conventional wisdom, cathodes made of disordered lithium compounds can perform better than perfectly ordered ones.
Practice doesn’t make perfect, say psychologists
09 Jan 2014
3D-printed products fly RAF Tornado fighter jets
06 Jan 2014
The parts are being produced by BAE engineers for four squadrons of Tornado GR4 aircraft at RAF Marham in Norfolk