Technology - general
EU and US regulators approve Google-Motorola merger
14 Feb 2012
Regulators have warned Google that they would monitor its use of Motorola Mobility’s portfolio of 17,000 patents, particularly those that are deemed standards essential
A robot sketches portraits
13 Feb 2012
Breakthrough in designing cheaper, more efficient catalysts for fuel cells
By By Robert Sanders | 10 Feb 2012
Transmitted electrons show diffraction patterns in an SEM
By By Tim Palucka | 10 Feb 2012
Electrical engineers build “no-waste” laser
10 Feb 2012
New model predicts speed of spreading valleys
06 Feb 2012
Low-cost photovoltaic panels from plant material may be alternative to traditional solar cells
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 04 Feb 2012
Wireless power could popularise electronic vehicles
02 Feb 2012
Stanford researchers have designed a new technology that could lead to wireless charging of electric vehicles while they cruise down the highway.
Fuel from market waste makes methane car fuel
01 Feb 2012
Mushy tomatoes, brown bananas and overripe cherries — to date, waste from wholesale markets has ended up on the compost heap at best. In future it will be put to better use: Researchers from Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft have developed a new facility that ferments this waste to make methane, which can be used to power vehicles.
Experiments provide some answers on fighting fires in space
By By Ioana Patringenaru | 01 Feb 2012
Laser hints at how universe got its magnetism
30 Jan 2012
What drove the lunar dynamo?
By By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 28 Jan 2012
Research supports theory that the moon’s molten core is likely to have been sustained by an alternative power source