Technology - general
Microbes map path toward renewable energy future
12 Nov 2015
MIT engineers develop hydrogel superglue that is 90% water
10 Nov 2015
The hydrogel, which is a transparent, rubber-like material, can adhere to surfaces such as glass, silicon, ceramics, aluminum, and titanium with a toughness comparable to the bond between tendon and cartilage on bone
Fingerprinting ivory
09 Nov 2015
Amplifying — or removing — visual variation
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 09 Nov 2015
New lithium air batteries could be 10x more powerful than current batteries
05 Nov 2015
A new technology could free everything from smartphones to electric cars from the limits placed by lithium ion batteries
A basis for all cryptography
03 Nov 2015
A tool that would provide a secure foundation for any cryptographic system may be close at hand
Towards a smarter grid
31 Oct 2015
The smart grid will also be much more distributed than the current network, which controls a relatively small number of generators to provide power to millions of passive endpoints
Clothes we wear are riddled with toxins: study
30 Oct 2015
New ATM does away with using cards
28 Oct 2015
New ATM does away with using cards
28 Oct 2015
Are cars nanotube factories on wheels?
21 Oct 2015
It’s solid: storing hydrogen in a new form
21 Oct 2015
New LCD technology could make eyeglasses history
21 Oct 2015
Devesh Mistry, an Indian-origin researcher in the UK is developing an adjustable artificial lens, made from the same material found in smartphone and TV screens, which could improve vision in older people with presbyopia and cataract
Quantum physics meets genetic engineering
By David L Chandler | MIT News Office | 19 Oct 2015
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