Science

July 25, 2019

Deshpande Symposium honors leaders in entrepreneurship education

International conference draws participants from around the world LOWELL, Mass. - More than 300 leaders in educating the next generation...

Discovery of field-induced pair density wave state in high temperature superconductors

Credit: MPI CPfS, artist credit to K. Fujita, Brookhaven National Lab Superconductors are quantum materials that are perfect transmitters of...

£120,000 project to eliminate freight train carbon emissions

Huddersfield's Institute of Railway Research will work with industrial partners to develop environmentally-beneficial hybrid locomotivesCredit: Direct Rail Services RAIL and...

Bacteria such as E. coli detected in minutes by new technology from Warwick University

Scientists at the University of Warwick have shown that bioelectrical signals from bacteria can be used to rapidly determine if...

Could playing computer games improve your peripheral vision?

Researchers have found a significant improvement in the peripheral awareness of people who played computer games specially designed around using...

Beekee box: A network without the internet or electricity!

Researchers at UNIGE have designed a box that allows users to log on to a learning platform without an internet...

Eliminating infamous security threats

Speculative memory side-channel attacks are security vulnerabilities in computers for which no efficient solutions have been found. Existing solutions only...

A deorbit kit for satellites based on low work-function tethers

Project E.T.PACK, coordinated by UC3MCredit: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) Satellites equipped with this kit in the future will...

New tool can pinpoint origins of the gut’s bacteria

Credit: UCLA Samueli Engineering A UCLA-led research team has developed a faster and more accurate way to determine where the...

Electronic inhaler monitoring reduces hospitalizations, ER visits in patients with COPD

Credit: Cleveland Clinic Tuesday, June 11, 2019, Cleveland: In one of the first-of-its-kind studies, Cleveland Clinic researchers found that the...

Behind the magic: Making moving photos a reality

Credit: University of Washington People moving in and out of photographs used to be reserved for the world of Harry...

Research reveals sustainable method to produce lifesaving opiate antidotes at reduced cost

Cost of current method limits availability and generates harmful waste productsCredit: Howard Berg ST. LOUIS, MO, June 11, 2019 -...

Penn engineers design nanostructured diamond metalens for compact quantum technologies

Credit: Ann Sizemore Blevins At the chemical level, diamonds are no more than carbon atoms aligned in a precise, three-dimensional...

‘Shield’ of sea creature inspires materials that can handle their own impact