Technology - general

More carbon dioxide leads to lower cloud formation

06 Sep 2012

Scripps researchers pinpoint hot spots as earthquake trigger points

05 Sep 2012

Organic farms not necessarily better for environment

04 Sep 2012

Organic cereals generate higher greenhouse gas emissions per unit of product than their conventionally farmed counterparts, new analysis led by Oxford University scientists has shown

“Marsquake” technology being developed for NASA to study Martian seismic activity

By By Colin Smith | 04 Sep 2012

Weird chemistry: study identifies prime source of ocean methane

03 Sep 2012

Making Web applications more efficient

By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 01 Sep 2012

A new system that automatically streamlines database access patterns can make large Web applications up to three times as fast

Increase in global air pollution: atmospheric model calculates changes in air quality over the coming decades

01 Sep 2012

Custom-controlled climate on airplanes

30 Aug 2012

Differences in the genomes of related plant pathogens

30 Aug 2012

Mars can be made habitable: top scientist

29 Aug 2012

3D movies in your living room – without the glasses

29 Aug 2012

3D movies in your living room – without the glasses

29 Aug 2012

Batteries from world’s thinnest material could power tomorrow’s electric cars

27 Aug 2012

New technology increases concentrated solar conversion efficiency by 60 %

27 Aug 2012

A promising technology uses superconducting magnets to increase the efficiency of conversion from sunlight to electricity by stripping electrons from high-energy plasma jets

Gibbons use soprano techniques in forests: Study

24 Aug 2012

US to test road safety vehicle-to-vehicle communication

23 Aug 2012

Wireless devices fitted on vehicles would signal each other, warning their drivers of potential dangers such as cars speeding through red lights

‘Microthrusters’ that could propel small satellites

23 Aug 2012

Teaching a microbe to make fuel

By By David L Chandler, MIT News Office | 22 Aug 2012

Genetically modified organism could turn carbon dioxide or waste products into a gasoline-compatible transportation fuel.

Researchers reveal behaviour of the tiniest water droplets

17 Aug 2012

Plants exhibit a wide range of mechanical properties, engineers find

16 Aug 2012

An MIT researcher has compiled data on the microstructures of a number of different plants, from apples and potatoes to willow and spruce trees, and has found that plants exhibit an enormous range of mechanical properties, depending on the arrangement of a cell wall’s four main building blocks: cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin and pectin