Technology - general
Nanopores could take the salt out of seawater
12 Nov 2015
A nanometer-thick sheet of molybdenum disulfide riddled with nanopores, is specially designed to let high volumes of water through but keep salt and other contaminates out
Microbes map path toward renewable energy future
12 Nov 2015
MIT engineers develop hydrogel superglue that is 90% water
10 Nov 2015
The hydrogel, which is a transparent, rubber-like material, can adhere to surfaces such as glass, silicon, ceramics, aluminum, and titanium with a toughness comparable to the bond between tendon and cartilage on bone
Fingerprinting ivory
09 Nov 2015
Amplifying — or removing — visual variation
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 09 Nov 2015
New lithium air batteries could be 10x more powerful than current batteries
05 Nov 2015
A new technology could free everything from smartphones to electric cars from the limits placed by lithium ion batteries
A basis for all cryptography
03 Nov 2015
A tool that would provide a secure foundation for any cryptographic system may be close at hand
Towards a smarter grid
31 Oct 2015
The smart grid will also be much more distributed than the current network, which controls a relatively small number of generators to provide power to millions of passive endpoints