Technology - general

How to stop leaks — the way blood does

By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 09 Jan 2013

Scintillating star: More sparkle with two eyes

08 Jan 2013

How the kilogram has put on weight

08 Jan 2013

Using a state-of-the-art Theta-probe XPS machine, a research team has shown the original kilogram is likely to be tens of micrograms heavier than it was when the first standard was set in 1875

Coral Records Suggest that Recent El Nino Activity Rises Above Noisy Background

07 Jan 2013

Smart search engines for news videos

05 Jan 2013

Romper suit to protect against sudden infant death

04 Jan 2013

Researchers demonstrate record-setting p-type transistor

By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 04 Jan 2013

The new transistor also features what’s called a trigate design, which could solve some of the problems that plague computer circuits at extremely small sizes

Airborne scientists search distant stars for complex organic molecules

03 Jan 2013

Smartphones turn into secure, versatile keys

03 Jan 2013

Chemical analysis of vessels reveals cheesemaking 7,000 years ago

24 Dec 2012

Using lipid biomarker and stable isotope analysis, researchers examined preserved fatty acids trapped in the fabric of the pottery and showed that the sieves had been used for processing dairy products

Soybeans a source of valuable chemical

22 Dec 2012

MIT researchers discover a new kind of magnetism

By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 20 Dec 2012

Following up on earlier theoretical predictions, MIT researchers have now demonstrated experimentally the existence of a fundamentally new kind of magnetic behaviour, adding to the two previously known states of magnetism

AI computer programme develops video game

19 Dec 2012

The inspiration for an artificially intelligent computer program that could create games grew out of work aimed at making computers more creative and inventive

Catching criminals comes a step closer

19 Dec 2012

Making fuels and household chemicals from sugar

19 Dec 2012

Researchers contribute to instrument for remotely measuring hurricane intensity

15 Dec 2012

Rice uses light to remotely trigger biochemical reactions

14 Dec 2012

Rice uses light to remotely trigger biochemical reactions

14 Dec 2012

Rice uses light to remotely trigger biochemical reactions

14 Dec 2012

New big data survey shows potential for business

13 Dec 2012

Tasty and gluten-free

11 Dec 2012

Wireless communication’s crystal ball

11 Dec 2012

Optical communications make data centres more efficient

10 Dec 2012

Keeping ship hulls free of marine organisms

08 Dec 2012

Study finds security indicators sacrificed to accommodate small screens

07 Dec 2012

How unsafe are mobile browsers? Unsafe enough that even cyber-security experts are unable to detect when their smartphone browsers have landed on potentially dangerous websites, reveals new research