Research

Researchers Tout Coal As Key Element In Future Electronics

As world moves away from burning coal, US scientists develop way to make electronics from the fossil fuel

8 years ago

Salesforce Buys Deep Learning Startup MetaMind

MetaMind's services will shut down June 4 as Benioff gobbles up deep learning technology to boost Salesforce services with artificial…

8 years ago

Ditch Traffic Lights In Favour Of Connected Cars, Say Researchers

MIT researchers claim communicating vehicles would ease through intersections far more efficiently

8 years ago

Microsoft Opens Up Minecraft For AI Testing

Microsoft's AIX aims to allow researchers to train artificial intelligence agents within the game's complex world

8 years ago

3D Printed ‘Sneezometer’ Can Help Diagnose Asthma

University of Surrey creates 3D printed sneezometer which makes it cheaper and easier to detect respiratory diseases

8 years ago

Computer Brain Control Helps Paraplegic Man Walk Again

A man paralysed in both legs has walked again after he used a computer to bypass his damaged spinal cord

8 years ago

These Ultrathin Chips Could Lead To Super-Efficient Computers

Ultra thin laptops of the future could become a lot thinner, after MIT breakthrough with chip construction

8 years ago

UK Universities Open £23m IoT Research Hub

Government, universities and industry band together for Internet of Things hub, to drive innovation and research

8 years ago

EMC And Irish University Launch Digital Research Centre For Regulated Industries

The collaborative digital transformation research centre for regulated industries launched by EMC and University College Cork is said to be…

8 years ago

Larry Page Reveals More About Alphabet

Rare public talk from Google co-founder sees Project Loon hailed and more details on Alphabet, which Page says will foster…

9 years ago

UK And China Snuggle Up For Green Tech Collaboration

State visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping yields collaboration agreement for tech and creative industries

9 years ago

Jaguar Land Rover Announces £11m Driverless Car Plan

The car maker is to collaborate with the EPSRC on developing autonomous car technologies

9 years ago

IBM Opens Watson Health HQ, Expands Watson Health Cloud

Big Blue opened new headquarters for its Watson Health unit in Cambridge, Mass., and expanded the Watson Health Cloud with…

9 years ago

Google To Work With Sanofi On Diabetes Sensors

Partnership with French firm aims to improve diabetes care through continuous monitoring

9 years ago

Alphabet Allows An Ex-Google To Concentrate On The Moonshots Of A Brave New World

BLOG: With Google X free to fly without the restrictions of tentative shareholders, Google's anticipated future projects will really start…

9 years ago

Robot With Bacteria Brains Developed By Scientist

Forget artifical intelligence - scientist develops technique for bacteria to control the behaviour of robots

9 years ago

David Cameron Wants To Increase Spending On RAF Drones

Prime Minister urges defence chiefs to plough more cash into RAF Reaper drones to combat IS threat

9 years ago

MIT System Automatically Repairs Security Bugs In Code

The CodePhage research system solves crashes by 'grafting' security checks from a 'donor' program

9 years ago

Will Robots Replace Border Guards At Airports?

Aeroplane passengers in the future could be greeted by robot border guards instead of immigration officers

9 years ago

BBC Toys With Mind Control Headset For iPlayer

Beam me up Scotty! Headset that reads brainwaves being developed to control BBC iPlayer platform

9 years ago

Boffin Reveals Folding Battery Powered By Bacteria

Breakthrough design could mean smaller, more powerful batteries than ever before

9 years ago

Apple Wants To Start Testing Your DNA

iPhone maker teaming up with hospitals to launch initial tests using ResearchKit platform

9 years ago

‘Ageing Population’ Causing Health Nanotechnology Boom

Increased governmental support and higher R&D spending will also help medical nanotech reach $8.5bn by 2019

9 years ago

Digital Hearts Stored For Big Data Research

Doctors can access 1,600 digital hearts for research as big data cross into medical environment

9 years ago

Bill Gates Touts Omniprocessor For Electricity and Water From Human Waste

Bill Gates drinks fresh water made from human waste, and surprisingly it doesn't taste like urine

9 years ago

Smartphone Use Alters The Human Brain

Smartphones use is altering the human brain, but not in the sinister way scaremongers would have you believe

9 years ago

Digital Catapult Boss Urges UK Commitment In IoT Race

The UK could lose out if it slips in the global race to develop the Internet of Things

9 years ago

MIT Lands Major Cyber-Security Funding Injection

American academic centres land the largest ever private funding deal for cyber-security research

9 years ago

Scientists Develop Safer Child-Friendly Battery Coating

Scientists invent coating to prevent visits to hospital A&E departments due to battery ingestion

9 years ago