Technology

40 years ago, a technique now used for detecting tiny quantities of molecules, in situations from crime scene forensic analysis, to drug detection, to establishing the origins of works of art, was…

As the world population grows, one terrific science and technology solution to expensive and environmentally damaging fertilizers would be enabling all of the world's crops to take nitrogen from…

Who ever guessed that sugar could be the downfall of the Bubonic Plague? Diagnosing the presence of Yersinia pestis, the cause of the zoonotic disease also called the Black Death, may soon be much…

Some people are worried that unthinking, uncaring robots will be part of our future.  They are concerned about a Cylon uprising or maybe a Terminator, but that is unlikely to happen any time…

Researchers using  ‘metagenomics’,  the open-ended sequencing of DNA from samples without the need for culture or target-specific amplification or enrichment, have recovered tuberculosis (…

Oceans cover 70 percent of the earth's surface and compared to terrestrial ecosystems, the animal and plant species concealed under water have been researched relatively little.   An…

Heart tissue sustains irreparable damage in the wake of a heart attack but because cells in the heart cannot multiply and the cardiac muscle contains few stem cells, the tissue is unable to repair…

An “intelligent knife”, dubbed the iKnife (naturally) can tell surgeons whether the tissue they are cutting is cancerous or not. In operating room situations, the iKnife diagnosed tissue samples from…

A saying in the Old West was that God made men, but Sam Colt made them equal. Well, not completely equal, but his invention of the revolver certainly made life better for flintlock pistol owners.…

A group at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory have developed a novel way of charging mobile phones - using urine as the power source to generate electricity. Lead author Dr. Ioannis Ieropoulos from the…