Technology - general
So cool: low-temperature flames could bring low emissions
20 Feb 2016
On the International Space Station in 2013, astronauts were astonished to learn that something like cool flames were formed after the extinction of a hot droplet flame in zero gravity
New hardware to expand fast fibre-to-the-home
20 Feb 2016
The cost of deploying fast fibre connections straight to homes could be dramatically reduced by new hardware designed and tested by researchers
Superconductivity: footballs with no resistance
20 Feb 2016
Biofuel tech straight from the farm
19 Feb 2016
Imaging with an “optical brush”
By By Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office | 18 Feb 2016
Researchers at the MIT Media Lab have developed a new imaging device that consists of a loose bundle of optical fibres, with no need for lenses or a protective housing
New method reduces need for fish in experiments
18 Feb 2016
Limit to smallness spells obit for Moore’s law
16 Feb 2016
Moore’s Law predicates that computer chips will keep getting smaller at a steady rate – but now they cannot be shrunk much further before the physics fails, and new chip advances will be app-based rather than following the ‘smaller is better’ dictum
Women better than men at writing computer code
15 Feb 2016
Researchers have found that computer code written by women has a higher approval rating than that written by men - but only if their gender is not identifiable, indicating that a 'glass ceiling' still exists for women
Women better than men at writing computer code
15 Feb 2016
Researchers have found that computer code written by women has a higher approval rating than that written by men - but only if their gender is not identifiable, indicating that a 'glass ceiling' still exists for women
Scientists create mini-brains to test new drugs
13 Feb 2016
While researchers have been using mini-brains to test for different types of diseases, Johns Hopkins researcher Dr Thomas Hartung is among the new wave of scientists to use mini brains to conduct neurological research
Scientists detect gravitational waves predicted by Einstein hundred years ago
12 Feb 2016
For the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of space-time called gravitational waves, arriving at the earth from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe, which opens an unprecedented new window onto the cosmos
New lens ready for its close-up
12 Feb 2016
Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein's prediction
12 Feb 2016
For the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of space-time called gravitational waves, arriving at the earth from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe, which opens an unprecedented new window onto the cosmos
Ligo confirms predictions of gravitational waves
12 Feb 2016
Record for fastest data rate set
12 Feb 2016
Researchers in the UK have achieved a rate of 1.125 Tb/s as part of research on the capacity limits of optical transmission systems, designed to address the growing demand for fast data rates
Smile and a horse will smile with you – literally
11 Feb 2016
Man’s favourite neigh-sayer can not only tell whether a human might be in a bad mood, it can do so from a photograph as well