Technology - general

Researchers use world's smallest diamonds to make wires 3 atoms wide

28 Dec 2016

Solved: mystery that was holding back development of next-generation solar cells

27 Dec 2016

Building Better Batteries

27 Dec 2016

Champagne owes its taste to the finely tuned quality of its bubbles

26 Dec 2016

The hidden inferno inside your laser pointer

26 Dec 2016

Electron-photon small-talk could have big impact on quantum computing

24 Dec 2016

Report finds additional radioactive materials in gas-well drill cuttings

24 Dec 2016

Over 50% of women avoiding pregnancy due to Zika in Brazil

23 Dec 2016

Brain: the last frontier

23 Dec 2016

Scientists build bacteria-powered battery on single sheet of paper

22 Dec 2016

The manufacturing technique reduces fabrication time and cost, and the design could revolutionize the use of bio-batteries as a power source in remote, dangerous and resource-limited areas

Driverless platoons

22 Dec 2016

Laser pulses help scientists tease apart complex electron interactions

21 Dec 2016

Scientists bear witness to birth of an ice cloud

21 Dec 2016

Robots to increasingly replace ‘regular’ sex between people: experts

20 Dec 2016

Questions that will face regulators involve how much data to allow robots to collect about their human partners and send back to their manufacturers

Carbon dots dash toward ‘green’ recycling role

19 Dec 2016

Everyone has brown eyes; other colours are illusions

19 Dec 2016

Researchers uncover why morning people should not work at night

19 Dec 2016

Internet use in class tied to lower test scores

17 Dec 2016

Warning: Surfing the internet in class is now linked to poorer test scores, even among the most intelligent and motivated of students

Manipulating brain activity to boost confidence

16 Dec 2016

Alternative fuel cell technology reduces cost

14 Dec 2016

Alternative fuel cell technology reduces cost

14 Dec 2016

Water: finding the normal within the weird

14 Dec 2016

Sawdust reinvented into super sponge for oil spills

13 Dec 2016

The lowly sawdust has been chemically modified to make it exceptionallyoil-attracting, absorbing up to five times its weight in oil and staying afloat for at least four months

Men should avoid rock music when playing board games, say scientists

13 Dec 2016

How do we keep GPS safe from sabotage?

10 Dec 2016