Archive for the ‘Research’ Category

MIT Genius Stuffs 100 Processors Into Single Chip

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Forget dual-core and quad-core processors: A semiconductor company promises to pack 100 cores into a processor that can be used in applications that require hefty computing punch, like video conferencing, wireless base stations and networking. By comparison, Intel’s latest chips are expected to have just eight cores. With a revolutionary new ...

Royal Society Makes 350 Years Of Sciene Papers Freely Available Online

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

BBC reports that the world's oldest scientific academy, the Royal Society, has made its historical journal, which includes over 8000 scientific papers, permanently free to access online. You can reach all the old journal articles from this page at the Royal Society by selecting a journal and going to past issues." [caption ...

Mobile Phone Brain Cancer Link Rejected

Saturday, October 22nd, 2011

Further research has been published suggesting there is no link between mobile phones and brain cancer. The risk mobiles present has been much debated over the past 20 years as use of the phones has soared. The latest study led by the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Denmark looked at more than ...

Future Tech: Visible Light Communications

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

Visible Light Communication uses light emitting diodes (LEDs), for the dual role of illumination and data transmission. Using the visible light spectrum, which is free and less crowded than other frequencies, wireless services can be piggy-backed over existing lighting installations. With this leading edge technology, data ...

An Artificial Leaf Invented Which Can Solve Power Crisis

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

[caption id="attachment_535" align="alignright" width="300" caption="An important step toward realizing the dream of an inexpensive and simple “artificial leaf,” a device to harness solar energy by splitting water molecules, has been accomplished by two separate teams of researchers at MIT"][/caption] Scientists have created the world's first practical artificial leaf that can ...

A Neurochip That Can Communicate With Brain

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

The University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine scientists who proved it is possible to cultivate a network of brain cells that reconnect on a silicon chip—or the brain on a microchip—have developed new technology that monitors brain cell activity at a resolution never achieved before. Developed with the ...