Technology - general
Patenting marine genetic resources: who owns ocean biodiversity?
09 Jun 2018
A single company has registered half of all existing patents associated with genes from marine species. Companies, universities, government bodies, individuals, and hospitals located in only 10 countries accounted for 98 per cent of the patents
Prototype nuclear battery packs 10 times more power
02 Jun 2018
The new battery prototype packs about 3,300 milliwatt-hours of energy per gram, which is more than in any other nuclear battery based on nickel-63, and 10 times more than the specific energy of commercial chemical cells
OLEDs become brighter and more durable
28 May 2018
Global trade: simple, swift and effective, thanks to blockchain
26 May 2018
Every step of a process, with all the associated data and documents, can be securely and irreversibly captured in a blockchain, which is ideal for the international trade in goods