Science
How artificial intelligence is gaining a foothold in medical fields
New book explores the ongoing evolution in the application of artificial intelligence within healthcare and radiologyCredit: Springer Nature Switzerland AG...
New research initiative will power up Europe’s battery revolution
A world moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy will rely more and more on energy storage and in particular...
Electrically-heated silicate glass appears to defy Joule’s first law
Experiments show electric field can modify silicate glass, causing parts to melt while remaining solid elsewhere; discovery suggests heat in...
Exposing flaws in metrics for user login systems
Rutgers study could lead to tighter computer, smartphone and internet securityCredit: Can Liu/Rutgers University-New Brunswick How good is the research...
Most laptops vulnerable to attack via peripheral devices, say researchers
Many modern laptops and an increasing number of desktop computers are much more vulnerable to hacking through common plug-in devices...
Entangling photons of different colors
NIST researchers develop a novel chip-based device for quantum communicationCredit: S. Kelley/NIST Some of the most advanced communication systems now...
Jacob Job lands grant from the National Geographic Society to study songbirds, humans
Credit: William A. Cotton/CSU Photography Jacob Job spends a lot of time each year in the great outdoors, recording the...
New study reveals when a superconductor truly becomes super
Scientists confirm existence of 'quantum critical point' in copper-oxide-based superconductors and believe it could be the moment when superconductivity occursCredit:...
130,000 years of data show peatlands store carbon long-term
First study of the extent of global peatland and carbon storage over the last 130,000 years fills in key knowledge...
Study: Political parties sideline minority voters, leave other orgs to pick up the slack
Outreach by nonpartisan institutions increases nonwhite voter participation A vote is a vote is a vote, supposedly, with each citizen...
Avoiding the crack of doom
New imaging technique reveals how mechanical damage begins at the molecular scaleCredit: NIST Just as a journey of 1,000 miles...
OSU ramping up research to better predict wildfire behavior
Credit: David Blunck, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - On the heels of Oregon's most expensive wildfire season ever in...
Faster method to read quantum memory
Scientists at Aalto University and VTT have developed a faster way to read information out of qubits, the basic building...
Graphite offers up new quantum surprise
University of Manchester researchers have observed an unusual quantum Hall effect in the old three-dimensional material Researchers at The University...
Laser drill leads to world record in plasma acceleration
Novel concept marks milestone for future applications of compact particle accelerators Using a laser to drill through a plasma, scientists...
The secret behind witchweed’s devastating ability to steal nutrients from crops
Hopes for developing a new method to control the parasitic Striga weedCredit: Kobe University Commonly known as "witchweed", the parasitic...
Laser ‘drill’ sets a new world record in laser-driven electron acceleration
Scientists working at Berkeley Lab's BELLA Center nearly double their previous record set in 2014Credit: Carlo Benedetti/Berkeley Lab Combining a...
An easier way to engineer plants
MIT-led team uses nanoparticles to deliver genes into plant chloroplastsCredit: The researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT researchers have developed a...
Super Typhoon Wutip’s 25 mile-wide eye seen by NASA-NOAA satellite
Credit: NOAA/NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Cyclone Wutip has strengthened into a powerful super...
A new spin in nano-electronics
HZDR researchers succeed in controlling extremely short-wavelength spin wavesCredit: HZDR / Juniks In recent years, electronic data processing has been...