Category: Communication & Hi-Tech
Combustibile da acqua e idrogeno grazie all’energia solare: diciamo addio al petrolio…
Che i combustibili fossili non possano rappresentare il futuro energetico del nostro Pianeta è ormai risaputo. Il loro impatto ambientale è devastante [...]
Computer Code Sheds New Light on the Early Universe
New and better multidisciplinary research in nuclear and particle physics and cosmology has led to the development of a more accurate computer code to [...]
Twitter denies #SaveTwitter rumors of shutting down in 2017
Twitter denied on Thursday rumors that the social media messaging service will be shutting down in 2017, denouncing the claim as [...]
These are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2016
A diverse range of breakthrough technologies, including batteries capable of providing power to whole villages, “socially aware” artificial inte [...]
Infrastrutture: le vere rivoluzioni. Lo spiega il Prof. Massimo Merlino
Negli ultimi anni della mia docenza a Genova, verso la fine del decennio ’90, mi recai in visita per il locale Parco Tecnologico al Politecnico di [...]
Limerick firm Teckro raises $6m in funding
An early investor into Facebook and AirBnb has led a $6m (€5.4m) investment round into Limerick-based life sciences firm Teckro.
Teckro, which de [...]
Designers come out for Apple in patent fight with Samsung
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) deserved the hundreds of millions of dollars in damages Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) paid for infringing patented des [...]
La cinese Hanergy indica la strada per l’auto solare?
Hanergy, azienda produttrice di fotovoltaico a film sottile, ha presentato al salone dell’auto di Pechino la "Hanergy Solar R", un modello che, second [...]
Dublin software firm sold for €2.15bn
Dublin-based software company Fleetmatics is to be bought for $2.4bn (€2.15bn) in cash by Verizon, the US telecoms giant.
The deal comes weeks af [...]
Fail-Safe Nuclear Power
Cheaper and cleaner nuclear plants could finally become reality—but not in the United States, where the technology was invented more than 50 years ago [...]