Technology - general

Toyota developing innovative technology to help visually impaired

08 Mar 2016

Gene behind grey hair, various hair types identified

08 Mar 2016

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

Convert science into technology fast, urges C N R Rao

04 Mar 2016

Knowledge may soon be fed directly into your brain!

04 Mar 2016

Good news too can lead to a ‘broken heart’!

03 Mar 2016

Fossil find reveals just how big carnivorous dinosaur may have grown

01 Mar 2016

Chinese scientists make mouse sperm in lab

27 Feb 2016

Using thin or obese avatars in motion-controlled gaming can influence physical activity

26 Feb 2016

Why is breaking bad habits hard? Our brains are biased by past rewards

24 Feb 2016

CERN delegation discusses issues related to India's associate membership

24 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

Dartmouth researchers invent 'magic wand' to improve healthcare, cybersecurity

22 Feb 2016

Designing computers that let us think with our hands

22 Feb 2016

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

Moving electrons around loops with light: A quantum device based on geometry

20 Feb 2016

Superconductivity: footballs with no resistance

20 Feb 2016

Biofuel tech straight from the farm

19 Feb 2016

Two-stage power management system boosts energy-harvesting Efficiency

18 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

Cotton candy machines may hold key for making artificial organs

18 Feb 2016

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