Technology - general

Rothamsted Research submits application to Defra for permission to carry out GM field trial

By By Jagdeep Worah | 24 Jan 2014

Experiments to produce fish oil from plants gather pace

By By Jagdeep Worah | 24 Jan 2014

The particular fish oils that benefit the health of both fish and humans, called EPA and DHA, are not in fact produced by fish themselves but instead accumulated by eating marine microbes

Focus research on water, energy and environment: CNR Rao

24 Jan 2014

The eminent scientist who has been conferred honorary doctorates by 60 universities from around the world, wants Indian scientists to solve societal problems

Access to guns triples suicide risk

23 Jan 2014

Someone with access to firearms is three times more likely to commit suicide and nearly twice as likely to be the victim of a homicide as someone who does not

How to tap the sun’s energy through heat as well as light

By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 20 Jan 2014

New approach developed at MIT could generate power from sunlight efficiently and on demand. By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office

Hackers use refrigerator to send spam in cyber attack

18 Jan 2014

Both sides of brain are used in speech: study

18 Jan 2014

In a discovery that goes against prevailing concepts of brain activity involved in speech,researchers show have shown that all parts of speech are functional in both sides of the brain

Sensor tells winemakers if grapes contain the right microorganisms

17 Jan 2014

Ford, Georgia Tech debut new solar car concept

16 Jan 2014

Ford Motor's C-MAX Solar Energi Concept harnesses the power of the sun by parking under a special concentrator that acts like a magnifying glass, directing intensified rays from the sun onto solar panels on the parked vehicle’s roof below

Mystery solved: how nerve impulse generators get where they need to go

16 Jan 2014

Drone designed to help clean up Fukishima

15 Jan 2014

Turning up the heat on enzyme design

15 Jan 2014

3D printing set to rustle up delectable savouries

By By Vivek Dev | 14 Jan 2014

3D printers canbe used to produce gastronomical delights that would not be possible to make by conventional means

University collaborates with Affymetrix on genotyping arrays for sustainable wheat production

14 Jan 2014

Building ‘belt’ offers cheap, quick repair of earthquake damage

14 Jan 2014

Algae to crude oil: Million-year natural process takes minutes in the lab

13 Jan 2014

Battery development may extend range of electric cars

11 Jan 2014

A novel design for a critical part of lithium-sulphur batteries has been shown to significantly extend the technology's lifespan, bringing it closer to commercial use

3D printing poised to change consumer buying patterns in a big way

10 Jan 2014

Disordered materials hold promise for better batteries

10 Jan 2014

MIT researchers find that contrary to conventional wisdom, cathodes made of disordered lithium compounds can perform better than perfectly ordered ones.