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MIT boffins promote solar-fuel cell combo

MIT boffins promote solar-fuel cell combo

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have combined solar and fuel cell technologies to create what is being hailed as a clean energy breakthrough..
Andrew Charlesworth Aug 6 2008 7:34AM Hardware
Nasa boffins reveal aurora trigger

Nasa boffins reveal aurora trigger

Nasa scientists have uncovered the precise event that triggers the auroras of light at the Earth's polar regions.
Staff Writers Jul 30 2008 8:14AM Hardware
Japanese boffins develop long-life Flash

Japanese boffins develop long-life Flash

Flash memory chips with a potential lifetime of hundreds of years have been developed by Japanese scientists.
Simon Burns Jul 15 2008 9:18AM Hardware
US boffins tout personal identity verification

US boffins tout personal identity verification

US engineers have developed software that can be used with Windows and Linux systems to perform log-ins, digital signing and verification.
Robert Jaques Jul 15 2008 9:18AM Security
British boffins build electric speed machine

British boffins build electric speed machine

A British firm has developed a new electric sports car that can outrace a Jaguar XKR from 0-60mph.
Iain Thomson Jul 10 2008 9:05AM Hardware
Boffins build artificial DNA

Boffins build artificial DNA

Japanese scientists claim to have created the world's first artificial DNA, a development that brings DNA computing much closer..
Iain Thomson Jul 9 2008 9:07AM Hardware
Boffins promise flexible laptops

Boffins promise flexible laptops

Pioneering work to develop next-generation plastics could pave the way for electronic billboards, flexible laptops and high-definition television screens only 1cm thick.
Robert Jaques Jul 3 2008 6:45AM Hardware
Dutch boffins work on open source smart card

Dutch boffins work on open source smart card

Dutch Boffins at Radboud University in Nijmegen are developing new privacy-protecting smart cards for public transport, using good old open sauce.
Sylvie Barak Jun 20 2008 10:39AM Security
Boffins tout computer models to save forests

Boffins tout computer models to save forests

Improved modelling methods and better ways of analysing information could help save the world's forests, according to scientists at Microsoft Research Cambridge, Princeton University and Universidad de Alcalá in Madrid..
Matt Chapman Jun 16 2008 3:23PM Hardware
Boffins take Wi-Fi security back to school

Boffins take Wi-Fi security back to school

US academics are to examine live wireless network traffic across a university campus in an effort to learn how best to maintain data security..
Robert Jaques Jun 12 2008 7:37AM Security
Boffins tackle random scanning worms

Boffins tackle random scanning worms

Scientists may have found a new way to combat random scanning internet worms such as the notorious Code Red and SQL Slammer infections.
Robert Jaques Jun 5 2008 10:17PM Security
Boffins toy with carbon nano-ribbons

Boffins toy with carbon nano-ribbons

Chemists at Stanford University have developed a new way to make transistors out of carbon nano-ribbons, which could be used to make cooler and faster computer chips..
Staff Writers May 30 2008 2:09PM Hardware
Boffins find 'new class of superconductor'

Boffins find 'new class of superconductor'

US researchers believe that they have discovered an entirely new kind of superconductor..
Robert Jaques May 30 2008 7:47AM Hardware
Boffins take gigapixel photos using ordinary camera

Boffins take gigapixel photos using ordinary camera

Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a device that lets a standard digital camera take pictures with a resolution of 1-gigapixel (1,000-megapixels)..
Iain Thomson May 17 2008 3:04PM Hardware
Fujitsu boffins outline the future of IT

Fujitsu boffins outline the future of IT

Technologists at Fujitsu Siemens Computers are predicting that the computing power within a PC will have increased a million-fold in 25 years time.
IT Week May 16 2008 4:05PM Hardware
Boffins aim to mass produce nanowire circuits

Boffins aim to mass produce nanowire circuits

An international team of scientists has developed a new technique for fabricating nanowire photonic and electronic integrated circuits that could be suitable for high-volume commercial production..
Robert Jaques May 12 2008 7:30AM Hardware
US boffins design 'iPod supercomputer'

US boffins design 'iPod supercomputer'

Researchers from the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have suggested building a supercomputer based on low-power embedded microprocessors to improve global climate change predictions..
Robert Jaques May 8 2008 7:18AM Hardware
Boffins grow nanowires at low temperatures

Boffins grow nanowires at low temperatures

US researchers have patented a "breakthrough" low-temperature, catalyst-free technique for growing copper nanowires..
Robert Jaques Apr 30 2008 7:32AM Hardware
Boffins build military computing glove

Boffins build military computing glove

A US firm has developed a glove that allows soldiers to manipulate a computer and still be ready to fight..
Iain Thomson Apr 30 2008 7:32AM Hardware
Boffins research 'fast and slow' light

Boffins research 'fast and slow' light

Scientists have come a step closer to super-fast optical computing thanks to European research into the mysterious properties of "fast and slow" light..
Robert Jaques Apr 26 2008 10:22AM Hardware

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