Technology - general
User-friendly language for programming efficient simulations
20 Aug 2016
New programming language can speed up computer simulations 200-fold or reduce the code they require by 90 per cent
Spider silk: Mother Nature's bio-superlens
20 Aug 2016
Scientists battling to save bananas from extinction in just 5-10 years
18 Aug 2016
The ubiquitous banana – one of the world’s top five staple foods – could become extinctinct in just five to 10 years due to fast-advancing fungal diseases, scientists have warned
Five ways bioengineers want to use 3-D printing
16 Aug 2016
Now that 3D printing has made it easier to generate custom-made prosthetics, bioengineers are looking ahead at manufacturing actual cellular material
New computer programme replicates handwriting
13 Aug 2016
Scientists develop quick-destructing battery to power ‘transient’ devices
08 Aug 2016
A relatively new field of study called “transient electronics” is expected to lead to the development of self-destructing electronic devices