Technology - general
Detecting gases wirelessly and cheaply
By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | 13 Dec 2014
MIT chemists have devised a new way to wirelessly detect hazardous gases and environmental pollutants, using a simple sensor that can be read by a smartphone
Study shows embryos can learn
12 Dec 2014
Chemists fabricate novel rewritable paper
06 Dec 2014
The human eye can see ‘invisible’ infrared light
06 Dec 2014
Any science textbook will tell you we can't see infrared light, since it is outside the visual spectrum, but an international team of researchers has found that under certain conditions the retina can sense infrared light
Researchers create world’s fastest camera
05 Dec 2014
This camera doesn’t look like a Kodak or Cannon; rather, it is a series of devices envisioned to work with high-powered microscopes and telescopes to capture dynamic natural and physical phenomena
Computer model enables design of complex DNA shapes
By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | 04 Dec 2014
MIT biological engineers have created a new computer model that allows them to design the most complex three-dimensional DNA shapes ever produced
Horses, rhinos originated in India; study
03 Dec 2014
New device could make large biological circuits practical
By Researchers have made great progress in recent yea | 01 Dec 2014
Engineers invent high-tech mirror to beam heat away from buildings into space
01 Dec 2014
A new ultra-thin multi-layered material can cool buildings without air conditioning by radiating warmth from inside the buildings into space while also reflecting sunlight to reduce incoming heat
Volunteers invited to join the hunt to break the Higgs boson 'barrier'
28 Nov 2014
Online volunteers are being asked to spot tiny explosions that could be evidence for new particles that will require new models of physics
Cornell chemists develop new polymer using CO2
26 Nov 2014
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