Technology - general
Some people’s brains wired for success: study
01 Oct 2015
Laser powered razor developed
30 Sep 2015
US scientists create mind-reading interface
26 Sep 2015
Research on "unboiling" eggs bags the Ig Nobel Prize
25 Sep 2015
The researchers discovered how to change the properties of a cooked hen’s egg to return the egg to its previous liquid state
Engineers invent transparent coating that cools solar cells to boost efficiency
23 Sep 2015
The hotter solar cells become, the less efficient they are at converting sunlight to electricity, a problem that has long vexed the solar industry. Now, Stanford engineers have developed a transparent overlay that increases efficiency by cooling the cells even in full sunlight
Why other people's skin always feels softer
18 Sep 2015
Supercomputer predicts death with 95% probability
15 Sep 2015
The system collects data on patients every three minutes, measuring everything from oxygen levels to blood pressure, warning of the impending death of a patient
Now take selfies with faraway friends
15 Sep 2015
Photos of Pluto from New Horizons spacecraft wow scientists
14 Sep 2015
According to scientists, the photos show more diverse landscape than what had been earlier imagined
Brain cells get tweaked 'on the go'
12 Sep 2015
New way to peer into pores
12 Sep 2015
Using magnetic permeability to store information
11 Sep 2015
Soon, you may drive a car from a wheelchair!
08 Sep 2015
After gathering dust for some six years, the first car that can be driven directly from a wheelchair is in production, and expected to be on the road inside 18 months
Saving rural India’s “liquid cash”
By By Rob Matheson, MIT News Office | 08 Sep 2015
Out-of-the-box thinking led to the development of a thermal "battery" around which ex-MIT students built an entire chilling system that reduces milk spoilage and boosts yields in villages
Metallic gels produce tunable light emission
By By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 07 Sep 2015
A new family of luminescent materials could find broad uses in chemical and biological detectors