Technology - general

Improving storage in batteries used in cellphones, iPods

21 Jul 2014

Steam from the sun

By By Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office | 21 Jul 2014

A new sponge-like material structure developed at MIT generates solar energy directly into steam

A-maize-ing double life of a genome

19 Jul 2014

Oxford University researchers captured a ‘genetic snapshot’ of maize as it existed 10 million years ago when the plant made a double of its genome

Tech start up Air Type develops ‘keyboardless keyboard’

16 Jul 2014

Tech start up Air Type develops ‘keyboardless keyboard’

16 Jul 2014

Scientists track quantum errors in real time: step toward age of quantum computing

14 Jul 2014

Discovery provides insights on how plants respond to elevated CO2 Levels

14 Jul 2014

IBM announces $3 bn for chip research for cloud, big data systems

12 Jul 2014

IBM says these investments will push it's semiconductor innovations into advanced technology leadership required for the future

Bosch’s hybrid battery stores wind power for 40 homes for a week

11 Jul 2014

Silicon sponge improves lithium-ion battery performance

11 Jul 2014

Silicon sponge improves lithium-ion battery performance

11 Jul 2014

Researchers discover ‘Nano-pixels’ that promise thin, flexible high-res displays

11 Jul 2014

Flying snakes — how do they do it?

08 Jul 2014

New research investigates the workings behind the flight and whether they can be applied to mechanical issues

Chemists develop magnetically responsive liquid crystals

08 Jul 2014

Yale team finds a straighter path in light absorption

05 Jul 2014

Hollow-fibre MOF membranes could cut separation costs, energy use

05 Jul 2014

New study discovers biological basis for magic mushroom ‘mind expansion’

04 Jul 2014

Yale scientists look to living cells to develop novel self-actuating materials

03 Jul 2014

Engineers envision an electronic switch just three atoms thick

By By Tom Abate | Stanford Engineering | 01 Jul 2014

The secrets of children’s chatter: research shows boys and girls learn language differently

01 Jul 2014

Girls and boys learn to use language differently; while girls were more likely to remember words, boys were more likely to create words and sentences in ‘real-time

India setting up world's second-largest gamma ray telescope in Ladakh

28 Jun 2014

The telescope is fitted with over 1,300 specialised diamond-turned mirrors that can capture gamma rays that hit the earth’s atmosphere from space more than 100 million light years away

Scientists create cheap, rechargeable organic battery

26 Jun 2014

The new battery – which uses no metals or toxic materials – is intended for use in power plants, where it can make the energy grid more resilient and efficient by creating a large-scale means to store energy for use as needed