Technology - general
Plants exhibit a wide range of mechanical properties, engineers find
16 Aug 2012
An MIT researcher has compiled data on the microstructures of a number of different plants, from apples and potatoes to willow and spruce trees, and has found that plants exhibit an enormous range of mechanical properties, depending on the arrangement of a cell wall’s four main building blocks: cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin and pectin
Smart wireless power outlets
14 Aug 2012
New router enhances the precision of woodworking
By By Helen Knight, MIT News correspondent | 11 Aug 2012
Extreme plasma theories put to the test
09 Aug 2012
Hawkes’ Super Falcon set for `hydrobatics' at Lake Tahoe
07 Aug 2012
DeepFlight Super Falcon is expected to accomplish an underwater loop like a fighter plane in a 300 ft diameter circle underwater
Writing graphics software gets much easier
04 Aug 2012
New proteins inhibit HIV infection in cell cultures
By By Helen Dodson | 30 Jul 2012
New proteins inhibit HIV infection in cell cultures
By By Helen Dodson | 30 Jul 2012
A novel eye writing device
30 Jul 2012
Glasses-free 3-D TV looks nearer
28 Jul 2012
Stanford scientists use microbes to make 'clean' methane
By By Mark Shwartz | 25 Jul 2012
Most methane comes from natural gas, a fossil fuel. Stanford and Penn State scientists are taking a greener approach using microbes that can convert renewable electricity into carbon-neutral methane
Stanford-SLAC team uses X-ray imaging to observe running batteries in real time
24 Jul 2012
Scientists at Stanford and SLAC are using X-ray technology to observe lithium-sulphur batteries in action, which can theoretically store five times more energy at a much lower cost. Their findings could lead to improvements in this promising power source for electric vehicles
The hippocampus as a decision-maker
20 Jul 2012
Autonomous robot maps ship hulls for mines
20 Jul 2012
Chips with self-assembling rectangles
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 19 Jul 2012
Researchershave developed a new approach to creating the complex array of wires and connections on microchips, using a system of self-assembling polymers that could lead to a way of making more densely packed components on memory chips and other devices