Technology - general

Researchers show how our sense of smell evolved, including in cave men

06 Jul 2015

‘Smart Handpumps’ to bring a reliable water service to rural Africa

06 Jul 2015

Researchers stretch a thin crystal to get better solar cells

04 Jul 2015

Crystalline semiconductors such as silicon can catch photons and convert their energy into electron flows. New research shows that a little stretching could give one of silicon's lesser-known cousins its own place in the sun

Mould unlocks new route to biofuels

04 Jul 2015

One out of three globally lack access to sanitation facilities: WHO

02 Jul 2015

New electron microscopes captures images at sub nanometer resolution

01 Jul 2015

Study finds Google prioritises own services over rivals

30 Jun 2015

The study revealed that Google favoured search results that directed users to Google content over results that pointed to competitors

A fishy stink heightens critical thinking

29 Jun 2015

A nose-wrinkling fishy smell does more than tell humans to keep a safe distance: It makes them better thinkers

Breakthrough research could spur faster, cheaper internet

29 Jun 2015

Alumnus’s throwable tactical camera gets commercial release

By By Rob Matheson, MIT News Office | 29 Jun 2015

Researchers stretch a thin crystal to get better solar cells

27 Jun 2015

Encryption for everyone

27 Jun 2015

Laboratory made blood to be tested in the UK in two years

26 Jun 2015

A winning sanitation solution

25 Jun 2015

Theory turns to reality for nonlinear optical metamaterials

25 Jun 2015

Theory turns to reality for nonlinear optical metamaterials

25 Jun 2015

Powering desalination with the sun

By By Julia Sklar, MIT News correspondent | 25 Jun 2015

Almost 60 per cent of India's groundwater is noticeably salty, but none of the filtration devices in the market do anything to mitigate the saltiness. An MIT student makes a village-scale desalination system that runs on solar power makes water drinkable

Single-catalyst water splitter produces clean-burning hydrogen 24/7

25 Jun 2015

Toward tiny, solar-powered sensors

By By Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office | 24 Jun 2015

A new ultralow-power circuit doubles the efficiency of energy harvesting to more than 80 per cent, whereas previous ultralow-power converters that used the same approach had efficiencies of only 40 or 50 per cent