Technology - general
Why do chimpanzees throw stones at trees?
07 Mar 2016
Big and small numbers are processed in different sides of the brain
07 Mar 2016
Small numbers are processed in the right side of the brain, while large numbers are processed in the left side of the brain, new research suggests
Good news too can lead to a ‘broken heart’!
03 Mar 2016
Chinese scientists make mouse sperm in lab
27 Feb 2016
One-step process to convert CO2 and water directly into liquid hydrocarbon fuel
23 Feb 2016
A simple and inexpensive new sustainable fuels technology could potentially help limit global warming by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to make fuel
So cool: low-temperature flames could bring low emissions
20 Feb 2016
On the International Space Station in 2013, astronauts were astonished to learn that something like cool flames were formed after the extinction of a hot droplet flame in zero gravity
New hardware to expand fast fibre-to-the-home
20 Feb 2016
The cost of deploying fast fibre connections straight to homes could be dramatically reduced by new hardware designed and tested by researchers
Superconductivity: footballs with no resistance
20 Feb 2016
Biofuel tech straight from the farm
19 Feb 2016
Imaging with an “optical brush”
By By Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office | 18 Feb 2016
Researchers at the MIT Media Lab have developed a new imaging device that consists of a loose bundle of optical fibres, with no need for lenses or a protective housing
New method reduces need for fish in experiments
18 Feb 2016
Limit to smallness spells obit for Moore’s law
16 Feb 2016
Moore’s Law predicates that computer chips will keep getting smaller at a steady rate – but now they cannot be shrunk much further before the physics fails, and new chip advances will be app-based rather than following the ‘smaller is better’ dictum