Technology - general
New polymer creates safer fuels
05 Oct 2015
Volcanos near Mumbai caused dinosaur extinction
03 Oct 2015
New research suggests that dinosaurs, wiped out 66 million years ago, faced a double whammy of an asteroid or comet hit followed by intensified volcanic activity in a mountainous region of India known as the Deccan Traps
Making batteries with mushrooms
01 Oct 2015
Reserachers have created a new type of lithium-ion battery anode using portabella mushrooms that could be key to making efficient batteries that could power cell phones and electric vehicles
Some people’s brains wired for success: study
01 Oct 2015
Laser powered razor developed
30 Sep 2015
US scientists create mind-reading interface
26 Sep 2015
Research on "unboiling" eggs bags the Ig Nobel Prize
25 Sep 2015
The researchers discovered how to change the properties of a cooked hen’s egg to return the egg to its previous liquid state
Engineers invent transparent coating that cools solar cells to boost efficiency
23 Sep 2015
The hotter solar cells become, the less efficient they are at converting sunlight to electricity, a problem that has long vexed the solar industry. Now, Stanford engineers have developed a transparent overlay that increases efficiency by cooling the cells even in full sunlight
Why other people's skin always feels softer
18 Sep 2015
Supercomputer predicts death with 95% probability
15 Sep 2015
The system collects data on patients every three minutes, measuring everything from oxygen levels to blood pressure, warning of the impending death of a patient
Now take selfies with faraway friends
15 Sep 2015
Photos of Pluto from New Horizons spacecraft wow scientists
14 Sep 2015
According to scientists, the photos show more diverse landscape than what had been earlier imagined