Technology - general

Bugs produce diesel on demand

24 Apr 2013

Researchers capture waste heat, use it to power devices

By By Matthew Chin and Bill Kisliuk | 23 Apr 2013

Natural gas power plants receive a solar booster shot

23 Apr 2013

New technique could enable a major boost in solar-cell efficiency

22 Apr 2013

Building quantum states with individual silicon atoms

22 Apr 2013

An aircraft made entirely by a 3D printer takes flight

19 Apr 2013

Engineers at the University of Southampton have designed and flown the world’s first ‘printed’ aircraft, which could revolutionise the economics of aircraft design

Quantum cryptography: secure communications using better single-photon emitter

18 Apr 2013

Cyber Research Institute launched to curb cyber threats to the UK

18 Apr 2013

To investigate new ways of automatically analysing computer software to reduce its vulnerability to cyber threats

Cyber Research Institute launched to curb cyber threats to the UK

18 Apr 2013

To investigate new ways of automatically analysing computer software to reduce its vulnerability to cyber threats

New software could alleviate wireless traffic

16 Apr 2013

Bose-Einstein condensates evaluated for communicating among Quantum computers

15 Apr 2013

'Sonic lasso' catches cells

10 Apr 2013

Academics have demonstrated for the first time that a “sonic lasso” can be used to grip microscopic objects, such as cells, and move them about.

Fuel from algae comes closer to commercialisation

09 Apr 2013

An advanced solar biofuels pilot plant designed to develop microalgae-based systems as a source of clean fuel has entered production in Brisbane, Australia

Researchers develop world’s smallest antenna

08 Apr 2013

Gordon supercomputer crunches Large Hadron data

08 Apr 2013

The curse of Tutankhamen: how a modern myth was born

06 Apr 2013

The curse of Tutankhamen, spawned by the "mysterious" deaths of the archaeologists who "desecrated his sacred tomb", is now far more famous than the original Egyptian king

New tool promises private photo sharing

06 Apr 2013

Researchers working on new 3-D chip cooling technology

05 Apr 2013

A longer life for lithium-sulfur batteries

05 Apr 2013

Long predicted atomic collapse state observed in graphene

02 Apr 2013

Organisation trumps size in primate brain evolution

02 Apr 2013

Another step toward quantum computers: using photons for memory

By By Eric Gershon | 02 Apr 2013

Scientists at Yale University have found a new way to manipulate microwave signals that could aid the long-term effort to develop a quantum computer

Study: ‘Waste heat’ may economize CO2 capture

01 Apr 2013

Watching fluid flow at nanometer scales

By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 01 Apr 2013

Aerial drones could become part of daily lives

30 Mar 2013