Technology - general
Plants exhibit a wide range of mechanical properties, engineers find
16 Aug 2012
An MIT researcher has compiled data on the microstructures of a number of different plants, from apples and potatoes to willow and spruce trees, and has found that plants exhibit an enormous range of mechanical properties, depending on the arrangement of a cell wall’s four main building blocks: cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin and pectin
Smart wireless power outlets
14 Aug 2012
New router enhances the precision of woodworking
By By Helen Knight, MIT News correspondent | 11 Aug 2012
Extreme plasma theories put to the test
09 Aug 2012
Hawkes’ Super Falcon set for `hydrobatics' at Lake Tahoe
07 Aug 2012
DeepFlight Super Falcon is expected to accomplish an underwater loop like a fighter plane in a 300 ft diameter circle underwater
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute licenses novel “magnetohydrodynamics” solar power technology
07 Aug 2012
Writing graphics software gets much easier
04 Aug 2012
New proteins inhibit HIV infection in cell cultures
By By Helen Dodson | 30 Jul 2012
New proteins inhibit HIV infection in cell cultures
By By Helen Dodson | 30 Jul 2012
A novel eye writing device
30 Jul 2012
Glasses-free 3-D TV looks nearer
28 Jul 2012
Stanford scientists use microbes to make 'clean' methane
By By Mark Shwartz | 25 Jul 2012
Most methane comes from natural gas, a fossil fuel. Stanford and Penn State scientists are taking a greener approach using microbes that can convert renewable electricity into carbon-neutral methane
Stanford-SLAC team uses X-ray imaging to observe running batteries in real time
24 Jul 2012
Scientists at Stanford and SLAC are using X-ray technology to observe lithium-sulphur batteries in action, which can theoretically store five times more energy at a much lower cost. Their findings could lead to improvements in this promising power source for electric vehicles
The hippocampus as a decision-maker
20 Jul 2012
Autonomous robot maps ship hulls for mines
20 Jul 2012
Chips with self-assembling rectangles
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 19 Jul 2012
Researchershave developed a new approach to creating the complex array of wires and connections on microchips, using a system of self-assembling polymers that could lead to a way of making more densely packed components on memory chips and other devices
Finger-spacing increases swimming speeds
17 Jul 2012
Sailing with nerves of glass
17 Jul 2012
Tracking animal epidemics through road network
16 Jul 2012
Swarming drones could save lives at sea
10 Jul 2012
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