Science
Ancient intervention could boost dwindling water reserves in coastal Peru
Nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountains, Peru's coastal region relies on surface water from the Andes for...
Phones and wearables combine to assess worker performance
Mobile-sensing and consumer tech upgrade the employee review Credit: Shayan Mirjafari HANOVER, N.H. - June 24, 2019 -Using smartphones, fitness...
Your brain activity can be used to measure how well you understand a concept
Credit: Water tower at Olcott Beach, NY, by Ad Meskens; image was modified by Joshua S. Cetron and used under...
New York Genome Center awarded $1.5M CZI grant for single-cell analysis toolkit
Combining multimodal methods to identify disease-causing genes of interest and extract more information at significantly reduced cost NEW YORK, NY...
Chan Zuckerberg initiative awards $68 million to support the Human Cell Atlas
New grants support networks of scientists from diverse disciplines who study a variety of healthy human organsCredit: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative...
UTA working to develop longwave infrared photonic device technology
Nanophotonic devicesCredit: UT Arlington A research team from The University of Texas at Arlington is working with the Army Research...
Neural networks taught to recognize similar objects on videos without accuracy degradation
Andrey Savchenko, Professor at the Higher School of Economics (HSE University), has developed a method that can help to enhance...
Scientists map huge undersea fresh-water aquifer off US Northeast
Biggest such known formation; could signal resources worldwideCredit: Kerry Key In a new survey of the sub-seafloor off the U.S....
‘Sneezing’ plants contribute to disease proliferation
Credit: Virginia Tech Virginia Tech researchers discovered that wheat plants "sneezing" off condensation can vastly impact the spread of spore-borne...
Keeping children safe in the ‘Internet of Things’ age
Credit: Micro:Bit Educational Foundation Children need protection when using programmable Internet computing devices - and Lancaster University scientists have drawn...
Researchers discover traditional fluid flow observations may miss the big picture
Credit: FIGURE ADAPTED with permission from the cover of J. Phys. Chem. B 2019, 123, 21, 4587-4593. Copyright © 2019...
Innovalia Group joins co-creation laboratory 5TONIC
Exploring the use of 5G for metrology applicationsCredit: © IMDEA Networks Institute The objective of this collaboration is the experimentation...
Mondavi Center receives grant to integrate the arts, humanities and science in new courses
Partnership is with the UC Davis Humanities Institute, University Honors and First-Year Seminars programsCredit: UC Davis Photo by Gregory Urquiaga...
PSI imaging helps with rocket launches
Credit: Copyright ESA/CNES/ARIANESPACE-Service Optique CSG; JM Guillon Rockets from the European Space Agency ESA fly into space with support from...
Hydrogen-natural gas hydrates harvested by natural gas
A recent study has suggested a new strategy for stably storing hydrogen, using natural gas as a stabilizerCredit: KAIST A...
PolyU wins two global innovation awards at TechConnect 2019
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University It is the third year in a row that PolyU research teams snatched the...
Next-gen solar cells spin in new direction
Phosphorene shows efficiency promise A nanomaterial made from phosphorus, known as phosphorene, is shaping up as a key ingredient for...
Blue pigment from engineered fungi could help turn the textile industry green
A new platform for producing blue pigment could provide a sustainable alternative to conventional synthetic dyes and open the door...
Washable electronic textiles to usher in an era of even smarter wearable products
Transistors connected with twisted electrodes maintain functionality even after being bent and washed over 1,000 times and can activate LED...
National emergency alerts potentially vulnerable to attack
On October 3, 2018, cell phones across the United States received a text message labeled "Presidential Alert." The message read:...