Technology - general
MIT opens new 'window' on solar energy
11 Jul 2008
MIT engineers report a new approach to harnessing the sun's energy that allow windows to use sunlight to help power the building they are part of By Elizabeth A. Thomson
Kapil Sibal inaugurates ice station Himadari in the Arctic
02 Jul 2008
With ice station Himadari in the Arctic, India becomes the 10th country to set up a full fledged research station in the region.
Miniature refrigerators to cool future computers
20 Jun 2008
Super-sensitive and small: New MIT detector uses nanotubes to sense deadly gases
09 Jun 2008
Using carbon nanotubes, MIT chemical engineers have built the most sensitive electronic detector yet for sensing deadly gases such as the nerve agent sarin.By Anne Trafton
Alnylam in $1 billion RNAi drug research deal with Japan's Takeda
28 May 2008
US biotech firm Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical will jointly develop drugs for treatment of cancer and metabolic diseases using RNAi technology, under a deal potentially valued at $1 billion.
RIM won't give 'Blackberry' code to government
26 May 2008
Canada's RIM says its message encryption does not allow any 'third party', including the company, to read the information transferred over the network.
MIT creates new material for fuel cells
21 May 2008
MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 per cent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much broader market, particularly in portable electronics. By Elizabeth A. Thomson