Rising income inequality has set off fierce political and economic debates, but one important angle hasn’t been explored adequately. We need to ask whether market forces themselves might lim... Read more
To meet our everyday needs in an increasingly multifaceted technological world is a challenge that pushes researchers to find innovative tools using a multidisciplinary approach. We inhabit... Read more
One persistent criticism of the tech industry is that it no longer works on big ideas. For all of Silicon Valley’s talk of changing the world, critics say, Google and Facebook mainly hire ar... Read more
“While our process is not yet optimised, we estimate that an ammonia decomposition reactor no bigger than a two-litre bottle will provide enough hydrogen to run a mid-range family car.... Read more
Admit it: Sometimes you just want to punch your PC, or slap your smartphone, or knock your notebook. We all get riled by technology once in a while, with all those feeble batteries, endless... Read more
The most important word in the technology industry is “innovation.” It is also the most dangerous. Silicon Valley companies lobby for relief from government regulation and tax so they may in... Read more
This is not a miracle solution, but it could make a big contribution The history of renewable energy is strewn with miraculous technologies that seemed to promise limitless, cheap, low-carbo... Read more
Graphene for energy use is emerging as an exciting topic of research, with breakthrough discoveries hitting the headlines every week. Supercapacitors, the new paradigm for portable energy, a... Read more
A pair of University of Cincinnati researchers has seen the light – a bright, powerful light – and it just might change the future of how building interiors are brightened. In fact, that lig... Read more
“In the future, we can do all of this 3-D video conferencing on the phone,” Nik Karpinsky quickly tapped out a few computer commands until Zeus, in all his bearded and statuesque glory, appe... Read more
Research into a new type of laser will dramatically improve future devices used for sensing and in communications, according to scientists at the University of Bath. In a paper recently publ... Read more
Diverting just a portion of the world’s food waste to waste-to-energy systems could free up large amounts of landfill space while powering vehicles and heating homes Food waste is inde... Read more
“The discovery of this superhard superconductor demonstrates that new compounds can be brought into existence by revisiting seemingly well-studied systems,” A Binghamton University scientist... Read more
Researchers from the University of Alicante’s Department of Civil Engineering, have developed an innovative protection system for building works, suitable for use on the edges of the surface... Read more
Currently, a significant fraction of the engineering cost and launch mass of space systems is required exclusively to enable the system to survive launch. This is particularly true for syste... Read more