Technology - general
Fuel made from organic waste
29 Jun 2017
Engineers design a robotic gripper for cleaning up space debris
29 Jun 2017
Right now, about 500,000 pieces of human-made debris whizzing around space, orbiting our planet at speeds up to 17,500 miles per hour pose a threat to satellites, space vehicles and astronauts aboard those vehicles
Hey Siri, an ancient algorithm may help you grasp metaphors
28 Jun 2017
Study tracks the cognitive steps humans have taken over centuries to create and comprehend metaphoric language
Water exists as two different liquids
27 Jun 2017
Chatter in the deep brain spurs empathy in rats
24 Jun 2017
Switchable DNA mini-machines store information
23 Jun 2017
New 3-D display takes the eye fatigue out of virtual reality
23 Jun 2017
Although AR and VR devices are starting to hit the market, they remain mostly a novelty because eye fatigue makes them uncomfortable to use for extended periods. A new type of 3D display could solve this long-standing problem by greatly improving the viewing comfort of these wearable devices.
Algae: the final frontier
22 Jun 2017
Freshwater from salt water using only solar energy
20 Jun 2017
Results from an earlier prototype showed the technology could produce as much as six liters of freshwater per hour per square meter of solar membrane