Technology - general
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.
3D-printed products fly RAF Tornado fighter jets
06 Jan 2014
The parts are being produced by BAE engineers for four squadrons of Tornado GR4 aircraft at RAF Marham in Norfolk
New research will allow more reliable dating of major past events
06 Jan 2014
Academics have developed a new method which will allow key past events to be dated more accurately.
Researchers aim to produce device to translate dog’s thoughts into plain English
04 Jan 2014
A group of Scandinavian researchers is attempting to develop a gadget capable of translating what a dog was thinking into plain English
New system uses low-power Wi-Fi signal to track moving humans — even behind walls
By By Helen Knight, MIT News correspondent | 02 Jan 2014
The comic-book hero Superman uses his X-ray vision to spot bad guys lurking behind walls and other objects. Now we could all have X-ray vision, thanks to researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Images reflected in eyes of people photographed could be useful in forensic investigations
30 Dec 2013
Novel membrane for climate protection and medicine technology
30 Dec 2013
Polymer scientists develop a membrane for separating and enriching gas, which could have applications in heart-lung machines and in more efficient gas filters
Batteries as they are meant to be seen
27 Dec 2013
New research in non-toxic flame retardants
26 Dec 2013
New data compression method reduces big-data bottleneck
By By Matthew Chin | 24 Dec 2013
Researchers have developed a new data compression method that outperforms existing techniques
Exploring bacteria as a fuel source
18 Dec 2013
New app makes light work of lifting heavy loads
17 Dec 2013
'Wet' computer server could cut internet waste
17 Dec 2013
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