Technology - general
Batteries that “drink” seawater could power long-range underwater vehicles
19 Jun 2017
Open Water Power’s battery that "drinks" in sea water to operate is safer and cheaper, and provides a tenfold increase in range, over traditional lithium-ion batteries used for unpiloted underwater vehicles
Wireless charging of moving electric vehicles overcomes major hurdle
15 Jun 2017
If electric cars could recharge while driving down a highway, it would virtually eliminate concerns about their range and lower their cost, perhaps making electricity the standard fuel for vehicles
Recycled tyres create stronger concrete
14 Jun 2017
Using the polymer fibres from tyres has the unique benefit of potentially improving the resilience of concrete and extending its lifespan
How the brain recognizes what the eye sees
10 Jun 2017
Batteries from scrap metal
10 Jun 2017
Hubble telescope confirms Einstein's General Theory of Relativity
08 Jun 2017
Einstein predicted that whenever light from a distant star passes by a closer object, gravity acts as a kind of magnifying lens, brightening and bending the distant starlight. This has been confirmed in a 2017 study believed to be the first report of a particular type of Einstein's "gravitational microlensing" by a star other than the sun