Technology - general
Researchers close to brewing morphine from sugar
20 May 2015
A research team has developed key steps needed to turn sugar-fed yeast for producing morphine and potentially other drugs, including antibiotics and anti-cancer therapeutics
Self-folding structure could slash energy use in buildings
18 May 2015
The structure could flatten automatically during sunny periods to simultaneously collect energy and shade the building, then use part of the collected energy to fold away when cloudy
Computation bringing 3-D imaging to light
18 May 2015
Image capture is no longer about just taking a picture; it’s about capturing an image, and using machine learning and computation to post-process the image, in the blink of an eye
Technology shortening human attention span
15 May 2015
Tracking photosynthesis from space
15 May 2015
Tortoise approach works best in evolution
14 May 2015
Soft robot to swim through Europa's oceans
13 May 2015
Smarter computer brains that are more like our own
13 May 2015
For the first time, a circuit of about 100 artificial synapses was proved to perform a simple version of a typical human task: image classification
App makes short work of getting user of bed
11 May 2015
An earthquake warning system in our pockets?
11 May 2015
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