Technology - general

Horses can read human emotions, Sussex research shows

11 Feb 2016

Smile and a horse will smile with you – literally

11 Feb 2016

Man’s favourite neigh-sayer can not only tell whether a human might be in a bad mood, it can do so from a photograph as well

Energy-friendly chip can perform powerful artificial-intelligence tasks

09 Feb 2016

Cockroach inspires robot that squeezes through cracks

09 Feb 2016

Lithium battery catalyst found to harm key soil microorganism

06 Feb 2016

Battery technology could charge up water desalination

06 Feb 2016

Hack-proof RFID chips

05 Feb 2016

Indian scientists help develop hack-proof credit cards

05 Feb 2016

Researchers have designed an RFID chip that prevents so-called side-channel attacks, which analyse patterns of memory access or fluctuations in power usage when a device is performing a cryptographic operation, in order to extract its cryptographic key

New chip fabrication approach

01 Feb 2016

Depositing different materials within a single chip layer could lead to more efficient computers

“Bursting” cells gain the brain’s attention for life-or-death decisions

01 Feb 2016

Moon was created by a head-on collision between Earth and a forming planet

30 Jan 2016

Graphene composite could keep wings ice-free

29 Jan 2016

New calibration tool to help astronomers look for habitable exoplanets

29 Jan 2016

Origami may be new key to structures small and large

29 Jan 2016

Delivering the internet of the future - at the speed of light and open sourced

28 Jan 2016

Internet at speed of light on the horizon

28 Jan 2016

For the first time, revolutionary internet technologies may enable internet traffic to travel at the speed of light, while being completely open and programmable, say scientists

India, Russia sign pact on research projects

28 Jan 2016

Realistic data needed to evolve the 21st century power grid

27 Jan 2016

Polymer breakthrough could revolutionise water purification

25 Jan 2016

Microwaved nanotubes come up clean

23 Jan 2016

Researchers pinpoint the drivers for low-priced PV systems in the United States

23 Jan 2016

Converting solar energy into electric power via photobioelectrochemical cells

23 Jan 2016

Discovery of consoling behaviour in rodents may benefit autism research

22 Jan 2016

Researchers have discovered for the first time that like humans, rodents too console others who they sense to be in distress

Scientists discover blueprint of body's heat sensor

20 Jan 2016

Stanford researchers develop first self-cooling lithium-ion battery

13 Jan 2016

Researchers at Stanford University have developed the first lithium-ion battery that shuts down when it reaches higher temperatures and restarts once it had cooled