Technology - general
Genome of 700,000-year-old horse sequenced
01 Jul 2013
High-speed internet from the ceiling lamps
29 Jun 2013
A new technolgy makes it possible to use standard off-the-shelf LED room lights for data transmission, with data throughput with data throughput rates of up to 3 Gbit/s being reached in laboratory experiments
Making computers from a pencil trace
29 Jun 2013
Making computers from a pencil trace
29 Jun 2013
Large-scale quantum chip validated
28 Jun 2013
SLAC X-rays brings alive lost 200-year-old aria
By By Thomas Sumner | 27 Jun 2013
A 200-year-old opera by composer Luigi Cherubini can now be heard in full for the first time in centuries, after scientists blasted X-rays at the damaged musical score to peek at the musical notes hidden beneath a layer of smudgy black
4,000-year old Egyptian statue in UK museum rotates by itself
27 Jun 2013
An ancient Egyptian statue has left staff at Manchester Museum puzzled after it started slowly rotating inside its glass case
Getting the carbon out of power plant emissions
26 Jun 2013
Getting the carbon out of power plant emissions
26 Jun 2013
New way to improve antibiotic production
26 Jun 2013
Measuring in the extreme
26 Jun 2013
A microscopic atom cloud that is colder than outer space could help improve our ability to make precision measurements for the development of next-generation rotational sensors and GPS.
Plants use maths to regulate food reserves
26 Jun 2013
New scheme for quantum computing
25 Jun 2013
Managing ‘internal clocks’ of post-harvest vegetables for health
24 Jun 2013
Vegetables and fruits don’t die the moment they are harvested; they respond to their environment for days, light can be used to coax them to make more cancer-fighting antioxidants at certain times of day
Almost half of mobile apps access privacy-sensitive data on iOS devices, computer scientists find
22 Jun 2013
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Apple, which was the preserve of the cooler Himalayan region in India, is now everywhere – in the East, the West and the South - thanks to one enterprising Himachal farmer, Hariman Sharma.
The cost of neglecting water transport
03 Feb 2025
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Crypto Currencies Trying To Undermine Global Financial System
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US President Donald Trump, it seems, is the latest to join the frenzy for personal or corporate currency, with $TRUMP, or what they call a meme coin, giving a further boost to his crypto image.
As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
By Axel Miller | 16 Jan 2025
The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.
The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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