Technology - general

New solar-cell design based on dots and wires

By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 26 Mar 2013

Researchers make breakthrough in race to create 'bio-batteries'

26 Mar 2013

Breakthrough in race to create 'bio-batteries'

26 Mar 2013

Scientists at the University of East Anglia have made an important breakthrough in the quest to generate clean electricity from bacteria.

Compact radar takes an inside view

25 Mar 2013

World’s biggest study of food allergies gets underway

23 Mar 2013

The world's biggest ever study of allergies, spearheaded by Britain's University of Manchester, officially got underway on Friday, 22 March 2013.

Men more likely than women to commit scientific fraud

22 Mar 2013

Male scientists are far more likely to commit fraud than females and the fraud occurs across the career spectrum, from trainees to senior faculty

Breakthrough in electricity storage: New large and powerful redox flow battery

16 Mar 2013

Predicted state of atomic collapse seen for first time

By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 16 Mar 2013

Atomic collapse, a phenomenon first predicted in the 1930s based on quantum mechanics and relativistic physics but never before observed, has now been seen for the first time in an “artificial nucleus” simulated on a sheet of graphene

Nine-month infants display people prejudices

By By Bill Hathaway | 15 Mar 2013

After another near miss, Stanford professor wants to find asteroids that threaten Earth

By By Bjorn Carey | 15 Mar 2013

CERN researchers say new particle discovered is Higgs boson

14 Mar 2013

Japan becomes first country to extract iced 'gas'

13 Mar 2013

In a dramatic breakthrough, Japanese researchers have extracted gas from methane hydrates from beneath the sea, for the first time ever, through a technology that could radically change the world's energy outlook

Making cloud computing more efficient

By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 13 Mar 2013

For database-driven applications, new software could reduce hardware requirements by 95 per cent while actually improving performance

Scientists calculate carbon footprint of grid-scale battery technologies

By By Mark Shwartz | 12 Mar 2013

Developing grid-scale storage batteries to store surplus renewable power and deliver it on demand, would consume such vast amounts of fossil fuel that it could negate some of the environmental benefits of new solar and wind farms

Promiscuous enzymes may be recruited to aid industry, medical fields

11 Mar 2013

Modified bacteria turn waste into fat for fuel

07 Mar 2013

Non-glaring photovoltaic installations

06 Mar 2013

MIT researchers develop solar-to-fuel roadmap for crystalline silicon

By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 05 Mar 2013

Heating with powder and plastic wastes

05 Mar 2013

UK commits £88 mn for the world’s largest telescope

04 Mar 2013

The British government is taking a leading role in the construction of the world’s largest telescope in Chile for which it is contributing £88 million ($132 million).

Researchers experiment with shape-changing GHOSTS to change the face of digital display units

04 Mar 2013

ORNL begins implementation of new californium-252 production contract

02 Mar 2013

Fujitsu unveils futuristic walking cane for the elderly

01 Mar 2013

The cane provides mobile navigation and health management services for the elderly who have difficulty leaving their homes but can now adopt an active lifestyle

Biometric traces enable bank cards identify cardholders

01 Mar 2013

Based on the chronological progression of the pen’s position, which is traced onto a graphic tablet or touchscreen while signing, the system ascertains if the cardholder’s signature is genuine