USC computer scientist to explain socially intelligent robots on Feb. 17
WHAT: A University of Southern California computer scientist will present her research on socially assistive robots on Friday, Feb. 17 ...
Accelerated chlorophyll reaction in microdroplets to reveal secret of photosynthesis
Credit: DGIST DGIST announced that the research team of the fellow Hong-Gil Nam and the research team of Professor Richard ...
New ‘blood biopsies’ with experimental device may improve cancer diagnosis and follow-up
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (Feb. 13, 2017) - A team of investigators from Cedars-Sinai and UCLA is using a new ...
New software will standardize data collection for great white sharks
Credit: Sara Andreotti, Identifin The lack of a standardized procedure for collecting data about elusive and hard to find species ...
Organo-metal compound seen killing cancer cells from inside
Credit: University of Warwick Cancer cells seen to be targeted and killed from the inside with metal-based compound discovered by ...
Will androids dream of quantum sheep?
Credit: Mile Gu and Jayne Thompson / Centre for Quantum Technologies, Singapore The word 'replicant' evokes thoughts of a sci-fi ...
A new platform to study graphene’s electronic properties
Credit: IBS Graphene's unusual electronic structure enables this extraordinary material to break many records of strength, electricity and heat conduction. ...
Russian scientists created a new technology for varicose treatment
Credit: Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers of the Center for Advanced Studies of Peter the Great St. Petersburg ...
Next-gen dark matter detector in a race to finish line
Credit: Henrique Araújo /Imperial College London The race is on to build the most sensitive U.S.-based experiment designed to directly ...
Pioneering partnership model in the McMaster innovation ecosystem
Credit: Jin Lee Hamilton, Ont., Canada. -- McMaster University's innovative experimental co-location between an academic research centre and a rapidly ...
New research shows that proteins are ‘virtually’ knotted
Credit: University of Bristol Many of the processes essential to life involve proteins - long molecules which 'fold' into three-dimensional ...
The ultimate green technology
Credit: John Ulan for the University of Alberta Imagine patterning and visualizing silicon at the atomic level, something which, if ...
How evolution alters biological invasions
Credit: Peter J. Morin Biological invasions pose major threats to biodiversity, but little is known about how evolution might alter ...
UTSA study describes drug that could prevent infertility in cancer patients
A new study led by Brian Hermann, assistant professor of biology at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), ...
Mismatched eyes help squid survive ocean’s twilight zone
Credit: Photo credit: Kate Thomas DURHAM, N.C. -- From eyes the size of basketballs to appendages that blink and glow, ...
Passengers take mobile measure of comfort for railway companies
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have developed a smartphone app that allows passengers to measure ride comfort themselves using ...
UMD physicist improves method for designing fusion experiments
Credit: Matt Landreman "Measure twice, cut once" is an old carpenter's proverb--a reminder that careful planning can save time and ...
Mexican bracero exclusion failed to raise wages or employment for domestic farm workers in the US
In a joint study, researchers at Dartmouth College and the Center for Global Development have found that the policy of ...
Children’s National urologist receives NIH R01 grant
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON - Children's National Health System Urologist Michael Hsieh, M.D., was awarded a National Institutes ...
New data from NOAA GOES-16’s Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS) instrument
Credit: NASA The new Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS) instrument onboard NOAA's GOES-16 is working and successfully sending data back ...
