Science

July 25, 2019

‘Robot blood’ powers machines for lengthy tasks

ITHACA, N.Y. - Researchers at Cornell University have created a system of circulating liquid -- "robot blood" -- within robotic...

Spotting objects amid clutter

New approach quickly finds hidden objects in dense point clouds, for use in driverless cars or work spaces with robotic...

Emberion launches hyperspectral array sensor at Laser World of Photonics

Credit: Emberion / Graphene Flagship Emberion was one of the first spinouts of the Graphene Flagship. It was founded in...

Green light for CASUS, the institute for data intensive systems research

Germany's Federal Government and the Free State of Saxony invest in shaping structural change on the German-Polish borderCredit: HZDR With...

Dynamic collaboration behind new research into best way of using biologging tags

Methods used to design F1 cars and spacecraft have played a crucial role in new research into the tags used...

Timed release of turmeric stops cancer cell growth

Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - A Washington State University research team has developed a drug delivery system using curcumin, the...

A chemical approach to imaging cells from the inside

Researchers develop a new microscopy system for creating maps of cells, using chemical reactions to encode spatial informationCredit: Weinstein et...

Plants’ oil-production accelerator also activates the brakes

Scientists discover seemingly paradoxical mechanism for regulating oil synthesisCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--Scientists studying plant biochemistry at the U.S....

Self-healing software project — NSF career award

Credit: Virginia Tech For Na Meng, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering, a...

Multi-mobile (M2) computing system makes android & iOS apps sharable on multiple devices

The M2 system integrates cameras, displays, microphones, speakers, sensors, and GPS to improve audio conferencing, media recording, and Wii-like gaming,...

KIST gets robot to trap ball without coding

Robots learn to imitate human movements from surface electromyograms of muscles; robots successfully learn to trap a dropped ball like...

Discovery of a ‘holy grail’ with the invention of universal computer memory

Credit: Lancaster University A new type of computer memory which could solve the digital technology energy crisis has been invented...

How you lock your smartphone can reveal your age: UBC study

Credit: University of British Columbia Older smartphone users tend to rely more on their phones' auto lock feature compared to...

The intersection of vision and language

Computer science doctoral student Xin Wang wins Best Student Paper award at top AI conference Nine thousand two hundred artificial...

South Big Data Hub receives second round of NSF funding

$4 million will support continued innovation and problem-solving in the Southern data science community The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently...

UTA researcher studying flood-control solutions for southeast Texas

Water plansCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington researcher who has done extensive research on Texas watersheds received...

Scientists chart course toward a new world of synthetic biology

Engineering/synthetic biology can improve many aspects of life, but needs federal supportCredit: Engineering Biology Research Consortium, UC Berkeley Genetically engineered...

From one brain scan, more information for medical artificial intelligence

System helps machine-learning models glean training information for diagnosing and treating brain conditionsCredit: Amy Zhao/MIT CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT researchers...

Insilico Medicine to present at the Ageing, Health & Rejuvenation Nature Conference

Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, June 19, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a biotech company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing...

8,000 cyber security experts to attend 9th Annual Cyber Week Conference at Tel Aviv University