Technology - general

Beating battery drain

28 Oct 2014

Google teams up with Oxford University to research AI

24 Oct 2014

Following its acquisition of the secretive AI firm DeepMind, Google has allied with Oxford University to research artificial intelligence

Seismic network being installed to measure effects of ocean waves on Antarctic ice shelves

24 Oct 2014

Angling chromium to let oxygen through

22 Oct 2014

A new semiconducting material works at temperatures low enough to improve fuel-cell efficiency

Major breakthrough could help detoxify pollutants

22 Oct 2014

Could technology transform GP consultations

21 Oct 2014

Snakes and snake-like robots show how sidewinders conquer sandy slopes

21 Oct 2014

Identifying long-distance threats – new 3D technology could improve CCTV images

21 Oct 2014

Researchers are developing 3D imaging technology to make it easier to identify suspicious objects from a long way off

Babies' interest in human faces linked to callous and unemotional traits

20 Oct 2014

Colourful carbon monoxide sensor could help save lives

20 Oct 2014

Ultra-fast charging batteries that last 20 years developed

20 Oct 2014

An app for animals who teach people

18 Oct 2014

Collapsible wings help birds cope with turbulence

18 Oct 2014

Heroes don’t deliberate before they act

18 Oct 2014

Engineers develop tiny, sound-powered chip to serve as medical device

17 Oct 2014

Superconducting circuits, simplified

By By Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office | 17 Oct 2014

ZAP! Spacecraft discovers Saturn’s moon Hyperion is charged

17 Oct 2014

Cassini spacecraft received the equivalent of a 200 volt electric shock from the electrostatically charged surface of Saturn’s moon, Hyperion, confirming that objects in the outer Solar System can have charged surfaces, according to UCL research

Collapsible wings help birds cope with turbulence

17 Oct 2014

Stanford scientists create a 'smart' lithium-ion battery that warns of potential fire hazards

16 Oct 2014

Mars One (and done?)

By By Jennifer Chu,| MIT News Office | 15 Oct 2014

MIT team independently assesses the technical feasibility of the proposed Mars One mission, involving sending four astronauts on a one-way trip to Mars, where they would spend the rest of their lives building the first permanent human settlement