Technology - general

Big data approach identifies Europe’s most dangerous human and domestic animal pathogens

04 Sep 2014

Scientists create renewable fossil fuel alternative using bacteria

03 Sep 2014

Researchers have engineered the harmless gut bacteria E.coli to generate renewable propane

Google to launch quantum computing initiative in association with NASA and USRA

03 Sep 2014

A research team led by physicist John Martinis from the University of California, Santa Barbara, will join Google to start work on a project to build new quantum information processors based on superconducting electronics

Eco-friendly, energy-dense sugar battery developed to power the world's gadgets

02 Sep 2014

A Virginia Tech research team has developed a battery that runs on sugar and has an unmatched energy density, a development that could replace conventional batteries with ones that are cheaper, refillable, and biodegradable

Nano-forests to reveal secrets of cells

02 Sep 2014

Tata group, Panasonic join hands for water purification system: report

30 Aug 2014

Do we live in a 2-D hologram?

30 Aug 2014

A unique experiment at the US Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory called the Holometer has started collecting data that will answer some mind-bending questions about our universe - including whether we live in a hologram

Ten teams in finals of $10 mn diagnostics device development competition

30 Aug 2014

Diagnostics enables reliable deliveries by drones

By By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 30 Aug 2014

New algorithm lets drones monitor their own health during long package-delivery missions. By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office

Study shows potential of salt in renewable energy generation

27 Aug 2014

Programmed to fold: RNA Origami

25 Aug 2014

Running on waste heat: thermoelectric devices turn waste heat into electricity

23 Aug 2014

Genetics used to improve plants for bioenergy

23 Aug 2014

Recycling old batteries into solar cells

22 Aug 2014

A system proposed by researchers at MIT recycles materials from discarded car batteries - a potential source of lead pollution - into new, long-lasting solar panels that provide emissions-free power

Transparent solar panel

21 Aug 2014

A team of researchers at Michigan State University has developed a new type of solar concentrator that when placed over a window creates solar energy while allowing people to actually see through the window

Water leads to chemical that gunks up

21 Aug 2014

Enhancing biofuel yields from biomass with novel new method

20 Aug 2014

Bacterial nanowires: not what we thought they were

19 Aug 2014

Biomimicry enables researchers to change butterfly colours in six generations

18 Aug 2014

To eat or not to eat

18 Aug 2014

Only 8.2% of our DNA is ‘functional’

14 Aug 2014

This figure is very different from one given in 2012, when some scientists involved in the ENCODE (Encyclopedia of DNA Elements) project stated that 80 per cent of our genome has some biochemical function

Construction of Large Synoptic Survey Telescope to see "first light" in 2019

14 Aug 2014

IBM unveils chip that mimics human brain to process data

08 Aug 2014

The technology could enable a new generation of intelligent sensor networks that mimic the brain’s abilities for perception, action, and cognition

Extracting audio from visual information

08 Aug 2014

Researchers at MIT, Microsoft, and Adobe have developed an algorithm that can reconstruct an audio signal by analysing minute vibrations of objects depicted in video

Brainwaves can predict audience reaction for television programming

07 Aug 2014

By analysing the brainwaves of 16 individuals as they watched mainstream television content, researchers were able to accurately predict the preferences of large TV audiences