Technology - general
Custom-controlled climate on airplanes
30 Aug 2012
Mars can be made habitable: top scientist
29 Aug 2012
New technology increases concentrated solar conversion efficiency by 60 %
27 Aug 2012
A promising technology uses superconducting magnets to increase the efficiency of conversion from sunlight to electricity by stripping electrons from high-energy plasma jets
Gibbons use soprano techniques in forests: Study
24 Aug 2012
US to test road safety vehicle-to-vehicle communication
23 Aug 2012
Wireless devices fitted on vehicles would signal each other, warning their drivers of potential dangers such as cars speeding through red lights
Teaching a microbe to make fuel
By By David L Chandler, MIT News Office | 22 Aug 2012
Genetically modified organism could turn carbon dioxide or waste products into a gasoline-compatible transportation fuel.
Plants exhibit a wide range of mechanical properties, engineers find
16 Aug 2012
An MIT researcher has compiled data on the microstructures of a number of different plants, from apples and potatoes to willow and spruce trees, and has found that plants exhibit an enormous range of mechanical properties, depending on the arrangement of a cell wall’s four main building blocks: cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin and pectin
Smart wireless power outlets
14 Aug 2012
New router enhances the precision of woodworking
By By Helen Knight, MIT News correspondent | 11 Aug 2012
Extreme plasma theories put to the test
09 Aug 2012
Hawkes’ Super Falcon set for `hydrobatics' at Lake Tahoe
07 Aug 2012
DeepFlight Super Falcon is expected to accomplish an underwater loop like a fighter plane in a 300 ft diameter circle underwater