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India becomes associate member of CERN
22 Nov 2016
India and the European Organisation for Nuclear Research on Tuesday signed an agreement making India an associate member state of CERN, the world's largest nuclear and particle physics laboratory
Terminally ill girl wins right to cryogenic preservation
19 Nov 2016
A terminally ill 14-year-old girl in the UK who wanted her body to be preserved in case she could be cured in the future won a historic legal fight shortly before her death
A step toward biodegradable plastics
19 Nov 2016
Would banning of 'killer robots' actually stop robots from killing?
16 Nov 2016
By looking at killer robots we are forced to address questions that are set to define the coming age of automation, artificial intelligence and robotics, says University of buffalo researcher Tero Karppi
A new way to image solar cells in 3-D
16 Nov 2016
New technology to make solar cells cheaper
16 Nov 2016
The new fabrication method involves adding a small amount of the element indium into one of the cell layers during fabrication, increasing the cell's power output by as much as 25 per cent
Older women do have memory issues – but fewer than men
10 Nov 2016
In a new study, researchers compared the memory capabilities of middle-aged women and men, and found that women outperform their male counterparts across all measures
Researchers hack light bulbs using a drone
07 Nov 2016
Hubble successor James Webb Space Telescope set for final trials
05 Nov 2016
Unlike the Hubble, the Webb telescope is being placed in orbit around the sun, rather than the Earth. It will follow the Earth's path, but nearly a million miles farther from the sun
These plants can detect explosives
03 Nov 2016
By embedding leaves with carbon nanotubes, MIT engineers have transformed spinach plants into sensors that can detect explosives and wirelessly relay that information to a handheld device
Fuel from sewage is the future – and it’s closer than thought
03 Nov 2016
The technology, hydrothermal liquefaction, mimics the geological conditions the Earth uses to create crude oil, using high pressure and temperature to achieve in minutes something that takes nature millions of years
Study suggests some Los Angeles earthquakes due to oil production in early 20th century
02 Nov 2016
Historical sleuthing has turned up evidence for a possible link between oil production and a handful of damaging earthquakes that took place in the Los Angeles Basin during its oil boom in the early 20th century, according to a new study
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