Technology - general

Breakthrough in perovskite solar cell technology

02 Jul 2018

Self-heating, fast-charging battery makes electric vehicles climate-immune

30 Jun 2018

Carbon dioxide-to-methanol process improved by catalyst

30 Jun 2018

New nerve gas detector built with legos and a smartphone

28 Jun 2018

Researchers have designed a way to sense dangerous chemicals using, in part, a simple rig consisting of a smartphone and a box made from Lego bricks, which could help first responders and scientists in the field identify deadly and difficult-to-detect nerve agents such as VX and sarin

First step to lasting wheat health

27 Jun 2018

'Workhorse' lithium battery could be more powerful thanks to new design

26 Jun 2018

Chip upgrade helps miniature drones navigate

25 Jun 2018

Drones could be used to detect dangerous 'butterfly' landmines in post-conflict regions

23 Jun 2018

Buildings as power stations -- data shows they work: They generate more energy than they consume

23 Jun 2018

Chameleon-inspired nanolaser changes colors

22 Jun 2018

Inspired by nature, researchers have developed a novel nanolaser that changes colours using the same mechanism as chameleons; this could help in advances in flexible optical displays in smartphones and televisions, wearable photonic devices and ultra-sensitive sensors that measure strain

Using bloodstains at crime scenes to determine age of a suspect or victim

21 Jun 2018

Fingerprints of harmful molecules could be detected non-invasively via black silicon

21 Jun 2018

Seawater yields first grams of yellowcake

21 Jun 2018

Cement-less fly ash binder makes concrete 'green'

20 Jun 2018

Using gold nanoparticles to trigger sequential unfolding of 3D structures

19 Jun 2018

Large outdoor study shows biodiversity improves stability of algal biofuel systems

19 Jun 2018

New method makes weather forecasts right as rain

19 Jun 2018

Critical plant gene takes unexpected detour that could boost biofuel yields

18 Jun 2018

System allows surveillance cameras to 'talk' to the public through individual smartphones

18 Jun 2018

Orange, tea tree & eucalyptus oils sweeten diesel fumes

18 Jun 2018

TNT could be headed for retirement after 116 years on the job

16 Jun 2018

Computer program looks five minutes into the future

15 Jun 2018

AI senses people's pose through walls

15 Jun 2018

X-ray vision has long seemed like a far-fetched sci-fi fantasy, but over the last decade researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (has continually gotten us closer to seeing through walls

Orange peels may hold secret to airborne medicine, safer bridges

14 Jun 2018

Making the oxygen we breathe, a photosynthesis mechanism exposed

14 Jun 2018