Technology - general

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

Flying drones could soon re-charge whilst airborne with new technology

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

Researchers mine "user data" from smartphone smudge

15 Nov 2016

Scientists develop new AI system for faster extraction of data from the internet

15 Nov 2016

Seedless fruits an underestimated tool for improving food security: research

11 Nov 2016

Scientists conceptualise light-driven motors to power nanorobots of the future

11 Nov 2016

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

Simulation brings global 100% green power system alive for the first time

10 Nov 2016

India, Japan sign MoU for marine-earth science and technology

09 Nov 2016

Researchers hack light bulbs using a drone

07 Nov 2016

NASA's NavCube could support an X-ray communications demonstration in space

05 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

Titan is gorges: Moon features steep, liquid-filled canyons

02 Nov 2016

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