Technology - general
Lead out, tin in for cheap solar cell
03 May 2014
Researchers at Oxford University have demonstrated that the lead in solar cells based on lead halide perovskites can be replaced with tin
System converts tabular data into touch-friendly format
By BY Byron Spice | 03 May 2014
Stanford scientists create circuit board modeled on the human brain
By By Tom Abate | Stanford Engineering | 03 May 2014
Stone Age hunter-gatherers were assimilated by farmers
28 Apr 2014
A genomic analysis of eleven Stone-Age human remains from Scandinavia has revealed that Stone Age farmers assimilated local hunter-gatherers - and that the farmers outnumbered them
Brewing up sustainability: microbes treat and extract power from waste water
By By Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | 26 Apr 2014
Scientists develop new way to make food Ingredient from rice bran oil
By By Marcia Wood | 25 Apr 2014
US scientists develop butter-like product from rice bran oil
25 Apr 2014
Unlike some shortening and margarines, the extract is free of trans fats, which contribute to increased risk of heart disease
Personal touch signature makes mobile devices more secure
24 Apr 2014
A new system that provides security by monitoring how user touches the screen has been developed to make data in mobile devices more secure
Halving hydrogen
By By Mary Beckman, PNNL, | 24 Apr 2014
Computer maps 21 distinct emotional expressions — even “happily disgusted”
23 Apr 2014
The study more than triples the number of facial expressions researchers can use to track the origins of emotions in the brain
Today’s Antarctic region once as hot as California, Florida
By By Eric Gershon | 23 Apr 2014
Computer scientists learn to predict which photos will 'go viral' on Facebook
By Tom Abate | Stanford Engineering | 22 Apr 2014
Computer scientists learn to predict which photos will 'go viral' on Facebook
By Tom Abate | Stanford Engineering | 22 Apr 2014
Neuromorphic computing "roadmap" envisions analog path to simulating human brain
22 Apr 2014
Although a human brain functions on a mere 20 watts of electrical energy, a digital computer that could approximate human cognitive abilities would require tens of thousands of integrated circuits (chips) and a hundred thousand watts of electricity or more – levels that exceed practical limit
Plugging the hole in Hawking’s black hole theory
19 Apr 2014
Recently physicists have been poking holes again in Stephen Hawking’s black hole theory – including Hawking himself
Would-be ATM robbers may soon get hot-foam shock
17 Apr 2014
A molecular approach to solar power
17 Apr 2014
A team at MIT and Harvard University has come up with a material that can absorb the sun's heat and store that energy in chemical form, ready to be released again on demand
Relieving electric vehicle range anxiety with improved batteries
16 Apr 2014
Electric vehicles could travel farther and more renewable energy could be stored with lithium-sulphur batteries that use a unique powdery nanomaterial