Science

July 25, 2019

NASA finds tropical cyclone Ann over the great barrier reef

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Australia's world-famous Great Barrier Reef is located in...

SUTD researchers demystify centralization in cryptocurrency mining

Credit: SUTD Blockchain technology has been considered as the most revolutionizing invention since the Internet. Due to its immutable nature...

MDI biological laboratory receives $30,000 to support organoid course

Course will provide extensive laboratory training in organoid technologyCredit: Leif Oxburgh Laboratory at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute. BAR...

Army research supports communications in smart cities

ADELPHI, Md. -- The U.S. Army is researching how to leverage smart cities of the future where networks of sensors...

Brain-controlled, non-invasive muscle stimulation allows chronic paraplegics to walk

Brain-controlled, non-invasive muscle stimulation allows chronic paraplegics to walk again and exhibit partial motor recoveryCredit: Walk Again Project - Associação...

New study finds people are using Twitter to bridge political divides

Given the current atmosphere of political polarization, conventional wisdom suggests that conversations about politics - especially those taking place online...

A new sensor for light, heat and touch

Thermodiffusion assisted pyroelectrics -- Enabling rapid and stable heat and radiation sensingCredit: Thor Balkhed Inspired by the behaviour of natural...

Ground-breaking 5G-enabled Tourism Experience to be showcased

The University of Bristol's Smart Internet Lab led the team behind the 5G-enabled Tourism Experience Catalyst project that will be...

Signals to noise in acoustic vehicles alerting systems

Experts will discuss the health and safety concerns of making quiet cars louder at the 177th Acoustical Society of America...

NASA-NOAA satellite catches Tropical Cyclone Ann threatening Queensland

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Southern...

NASA funds aviation research on a new fuel concept

Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Aerospace Engineering Researchers at the University of Illinois are leading a newly...

BTI scientists create new genomic resource for improving tomatoes

Researchers from Boyce Thompson Institute published a tomato pan-genome in Nature Genetics, finding nearly 5,000 new genes and establishing a...

Quantum world-first: researchers reveal accuracy of two-qubit calculations in silicon

Credit: UNSW Sydney For the first time ever, researchers have measured the fidelity - that is, the accuracy - of...

Room for thought: Brain region that watches for walls identified