Technology - general
Catching criminals comes a step closer
19 Dec 2012
Making fuels and household chemicals from sugar
19 Dec 2012
New big data survey shows potential for business
13 Dec 2012
Tasty and gluten-free
11 Dec 2012
Wireless communication’s crystal ball
11 Dec 2012
Keeping ship hulls free of marine organisms
08 Dec 2012
Study finds security indicators sacrificed to accommodate small screens
07 Dec 2012
How unsafe are mobile browsers? Unsafe enough that even cyber-security experts are unable to detect when their smartphone browsers have landed on potentially dangerous websites, reveals new research
Machines made with built-in copy protection
06 Dec 2012
Pirated goods cost billions, and expensive industrial goods like machining systems are becoming a growing target. Scientists are turning the tables on the forgers by studying their methods and developing anti-counterfeit solutions.
Chinese typewriters used predictive text 50 years back
By By Max McClure | 03 Dec 2012
By reorganising the typewriter's characters into ready-made clusters of commonly used words, Mao-era Chinese typists solved problems that cell phones only came to recently.
Researchers advance the performance of thought-controlled computer cursors
By By Kelly Servick | 24 Nov 2012
Stanford researchers have designed the fastest, most accurate mathematical algorithm yet for brain-implantable prosthetic systems that can help disabled people manoeuvre computer cursors with their thoughts.
DuPont expanding Hyderabad knowledge centre
21 Nov 2012
Airborne particles smuggle pollutants to far reaches of globe
21 Nov 2012
Pollution from fossil fuel burning and forest fires reaches all the way to the Arctic, even though it should decay long before it travels that far
Detective work using terahertz radiation
21 Nov 2012
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