Technology - general

Self-sculpting sand

03 Apr 2012

New algorithms could enable heaps of ‘smart sand’ that can assume any shape, allowing spontaneous formation of new tools or duplication of broken mechanical parts

South Pole Telescope data shedding light on dark energy

03 Apr 2012

Including ads in mobile apps poses privacy, security risks: study

02 Apr 2012

Reducing cash bite of wind power

By By Megan Fellman | 02 Apr 2012

New study of buildings suggests additional approaches to energy efficiency

By By Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office | 30 Mar 2012

New 3D solar panel design doubles solar energy

By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 28 Mar 2012

Innovative designs from an MIT team that extend the solar cells upward in three-dimensional configurations can more than double the solar power generated from a given area

Research to commence on intelligent building exteriors

27 Mar 2012

ICAR blames BT cotton for farmers' misery

26 Mar 2012

Nuclear fusion simulation shows high-gain energy output

26 Mar 2012

6 leading MIT researchers to address EmTech sessions in Bangalore

24 Mar 2012

Basket ball playing robot vies for FIRST honours

22 Mar 2012

Organic farming without cabbage flies

22 Mar 2012

Polycrystalline diamond drill bits open up options for geothermal energy

22 Mar 2012

A biplane to break the sound barrier

By By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 22 Mar 2012

Cheaper, quieter and fuel-efficient biplanes could put supersonic travel on the horizon

Research offers new way to see inside solids

20 Mar 2012

Greenhouse gas can find a home underground

By David L. Chandler | 20 Mar 2012

Researchers send "wireless" message using elusive particles

17 Mar 2012

Researchers have for the first time sent a message through 240 metres of stone using a beam of neutrinos - nearly massless particles that travel at almost the speed of light

Research team advances science of carbon accounting

17 Mar 2012

Guiding robot planes with hand gestures

By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 14 Mar 2012

As robot planes are increasingly used for routine air missions, researchers at MIT are working on a system that would enable them to follow the same types of gestures

Nerve gas litmus test could sense airborne chemical weapons

13 Mar 2012

New discovery is key to understanding neutrino transformations

12 Mar 2012

Fibre laser points to woven 3D displays

By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 12 Mar 2012

Internet censorship revealed through the haze of malware pollution

By By Jan Zverina | 09 Mar 2012

Nanotrees harvest the sun’s energy to turn water into hydrogen fuel

By By Catherine Hockmuth | 09 Mar 2012

New method for estimating parameters may boost biological models

07 Mar 2012