Technology - general

A computer that reads body language

07 Jul 2017

New material may help cut battery costs for electric cars, cellphones

06 Jul 2017

First battery-free cellphone makes calls by harvesting ambient power

06 Jul 2017

Sea shells: a new source of sustainable biomaterials

06 Jul 2017

Key genes in nitrogen utilisation in tobacco identified

04 Jul 2017

New technique 'sees' radioactive material even after it's gone

04 Jul 2017

Owls' wings could hold the key to beating wind turbine noise

04 Jul 2017

New studies of ancient concrete could teach us to do as the Romans did

04 Jul 2017

Researchers create 3-D printed tensegrity objects capable of dramatic shape change

03 Jul 2017

Self-powered system makes smart windows smarter

03 Jul 2017

University of Leicester develops pioneering X-ray technique to analyze ancient artifacts

01 Jul 2017

Can humans live for over 115 years? New research sparks tussle

30 Jun 2017

In research that challenges recent claims that the upper limit to human longevity was 115 years, five groups of researchers have published a series of formal rebuttals that challenges the idea that humans are approaching a limit on longevity

Exciting new material uses solar energy to remove man-made dye pollutants from water

30 Jun 2017

New method of measurement could lead to cheaper, more accurate sensors

30 Jun 2017

New firewall that protects cellphones from security threat demonstrated

30 Jun 2017

Scientists claim they can now read human mind via fMRI

30 Jun 2017

Solving a sweet problem for renewable biofuels and chemicals

30 Jun 2017

Fuel made from organic waste

29 Jun 2017

Bacteria-coated nanofibre electrodes clean pollutants in wastewater

29 Jun 2017

Hacking the human brain — lab-made synapses for artificial intelligence

29 Jun 2017

Engineers design a robotic gripper for cleaning up space debris

29 Jun 2017

Right now, about 500,000 pieces of human-made debris whizzing around space, orbiting our planet at speeds up to 17,500 miles per hour pose a threat to satellites, space vehicles and astronauts aboard those vehicles

Hey Siri, an ancient algorithm may help you grasp metaphors

28 Jun 2017

Study tracks the cognitive steps humans have taken over centuries to create and comprehend metaphoric language

Water exists as two different liquids

27 Jun 2017

Mould toxin could areosolise directly into the air: study

24 Jun 2017

New screen coating makes reading in sunlight a lot easier -- the secret? Moth eyes

24 Jun 2017