Technology - general
Could Computers Reach Light Speed?
28 Jul 2015
Light waves trapped on a metal's surface travel nearly as fast as light through the air and far enough to possibly be useful for ultra-fast electronic circuit interconnects
Facebook helps discover new carnivorous plant
28 Jul 2015
Firms “underinvest” in long-term cancer research: study
28 Jul 2015
Pharmaceutical firms “underinvest” in long-term research to develop new cancer-fighting drugs due to the greater time and cost required to conduct such research
China building world’s largest radio telescope
25 Jul 2015
China is building the world’s biggest radio telescope, the Five hundred metre Aperture Spherical Telescope, which is being assembled in Guizhou Province, southwest China
New study shows how nanoparticles can clean up environmental pollutants
By By Jonathan Mingle | MIT News correspondent | 25 Jul 2015
Nanomaterials and UV light can “trap” chemicals for easy removal from soil and water
Mosquitoes use smell to see their hosts
24 Jul 2015
Birmingham Quran manuscript dated among the oldest in the world
24 Jul 2015
Thanks to modern scientific methods, a Quran manuscript in the UK has been dated among the oldest in the world - close to the time of Prophet Muhammad, who is generally thought to have lived between AD 570 and 632
Researchers find prawn solution to spread of deadly disease
22 Jul 2015
A Stanford-led study finds that freshwater prawns can serve as an effective natural solution in the battle against a potentially deadly parasitic disease that infects about 230 million people