UVA engineering-led team unveils ‘Tunabot,’ first robotic fish to keep pace with a tuna
With a better understanding of how fish move, researchers eventually could develop faster, more efficient propulsion systems for manned and...
NASA infrared data shows heavy rain potential along gulf from Imelda
Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson One of the ways NASA researches tropical cyclones is using infrared data that provides temperature information....
Shedding light on dark matter
UD computer scientist co-leads $1 million project to identify and localize dark-matter particlesCredit: Photo courtesy the XENON collaboration Dark matter...
Winning-at-all-costs in the workplace: Short-term gains could spell long-term disaster
Credit: San Diego State University Organizations endorsing a win-at-all-costs environment may find this management style good for the bottom-line, but...
Anthony Fitzpatrick receives $2.84M to decipher origins of brain disorders
Funding will support combined use of recent Nobel Prize-winning technology with a powerful new imaging method; lays groundwork for detecting,...
Platinum-graphene fuel cell catalysts show superior stability over bulk platinum
Credit: Allison Carter Films of platinum only two atoms thick supported by graphene could enable fuel cell catalysts with unprecedented...
Stevens team closes in on ‘holy grail’ of room temperature quantum computing chips
Photons interact on chip-based system with unprecedented efficiencyCredit: Stevens Institute of Technology To process information, photons must interact. However, these...
New tool improves beekeepers’ overwintering odds and bottom line
Credit: ARS-USDA TUCSON, ARIZONA, September 18, 2019--A new tool from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) can predict the odds that...
Scientists set to start $10M project to create health diagnosis tool for bees
York University to develop 'BeeCSI' tool to help Canada's rapidly declining honey beesCredit: York University TORONTO, September 18, 2019 -...
Geophysicists challenge conventional view of the cause of porosity in weathered rock
Pores, or empty spaces, in rock are critically important for sustaining life on EarthCredit: R. Callahan (Carlisle, Pa., Sept. 18,...
NOAA helps UT Marine Science Institute rebound from Hurricane Harvey
Credit: University of Texas at Austin PORT ARANSAS, Texas - After more than two years of roof repairs, window installations...
NASA-NOAA satellite studies tropical storm Kiko’s center
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Hurricane Kiko weakened to a tropical storm, but...
NASA-NOAA satellite provides forecasters a view of tropical storm Jerry’s structure
Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL Tropical Storm Jerry is the latest in a line of tropical cyclones to develop in the North...
Study points to new drug target in fight against cancer
Research shows how a cancer-linked protein blocks key mitochondrial gatewayCredit: CTBP/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Sept. 18, 2019) -- Researchers have...
UMD-led study captures six galaxies undergoing sudden, dramatic transitions
Zwicky Transient Facility observations reveal surprising transformations from sleepy LINER galaxies to blazing quasars within monthsCredit: (Left; infrared & visible...
Army research uncovers law-like progression of weapons technologies
Regular trends applied to explore potential future systemsCredit: US Army graphic ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Sept. 18, 2019) -- Anticipating...
Danforth center expands advanced bioimaging laboratory
New cutting-edge technologies will accelerate discoveryCredit: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center LOUIS, MO, September 18, 2019 - The Donald Danforth...
Deep dive for dark matter may aid all of data science
National Science Foundation backs Rice-led effort to create science-aware artificial intelligenceCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Sept. 18, 2019) --...
$7.5 M DOD grant to study information latency
Credit: Virginia Tech Information latency is a measure of how quickly or slowly networked devices transmit information. When the information...
NASA’s wide view of major hurricane Humberto’s massive Atlantic ‘tail’
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Aqua satellite is one in a fleet of NASA satellites that provide data for research....
