Science
CLEAR at UTA continues collaboration with the Apache Corporation
Analyzing surface, groundwaterCredit: UT Arlington The Collaborative Laboratories for Environmental Analysis and Remediation at The University of Texas at Arlington...
63rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting to kick-off in Baltimore from March 2 — 6, 2019
BALTIMORE, MD - As science becomes increasingly interdisciplinary, the Biophysical Society (BPS) Annual Meeting continues its long-held reputation for bringing...
New strategy improves efficiency of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 21, 2019--The efficiency of CRISPR genome editing tools targeted to...
SNoOPI: A flying ace for soil moisture and snow measurements
Credit: Credits: NASA/W. Hrybyk Work has begun on a new CubeSat mission that will demonstrate for the first time a...
Can mixing household cleaners kill you? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2019 -- When the bathroom starts looking grimy, and it's time to...
Robot teams to explore foreign worlds
Researchers plan to interconnect autonomous machines for joint execution of difficult tasks in the deep sea or on MarsCredit: Graphics:...
Aquatic microorganism could inspire soft robots able to move fast in narrow spaces
The elegant movements of Euglena, unicellular organisms that adapt their body deformations according to the environment, could be a model...
The safety guide to nuclear plant design and operation
Nuclear power plant safety book also honors the legacy of Professor Larry HochreiterCredit: World Scientific Design-Basis Accident Analysis Methods for...
How to freeze heat conduction
Physicists have discovered a new effect, which makes it possible to create excellent thermal insulators which conduct electricity; such materials...
New weapon to combat counterfeit goods: use your smartphone to check for fake merchandise
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have invented a chemical fingerprint that, when used with a phone app, reveals whether...
Carbon nanotubes can be produced in a new way by twisting ribbon-like graphene
Graphene is a material made of a single layer of carbon atoms. It is closely related to carbon nanotubes, which...
Danish researchers behind AI-driven customer support in a class of its own
In just one year, researchers from the University of Copenhagen's Department of Computer Science have developed an advanced customer service...
The ‘Laminar Express’: USU engineers dissect the two-seam fastball
Credit: USU News Release -- LOGAN, UTAH -- The worlds of engineering and baseball have collided. Researchers at Utah State...
High-performance grout aims to encapsulate Hanford secondary waste
Credit: Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. - After seeing initial success in developing an ultra high-performance grout to potentially...
2 Rice faculty members awarded Sloan Research Fellowships
Torres, Yi selected for work in ocean sciences, physicsCredit: Photo courtesy of Dawn Harmer/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory HOUSTON -- (Feb....
Development of nonvolatile spintronics-based 50uW microcontroller unit operating at 200MHz
Credit: Tohoku University Researchers at Tohoku University have announced the development of a nonvolatile microcontroller unit (MCU) which achieves both...
Researchers develop new compound that offers superior therapeutic approach to treat MS
Researchers show compounds based on chloroindazole reduce inflammation as well as promote neuroprotection and remyelination, improving the primary symptoms in...
Russian physicists trained the oscillatory neural network to recognize images
Credit: Andrei Velichko Physicists from Petrozavodsk State University have proposed a new method for oscillatory neural network to recognize simple...
AI may be better for detecting radar signals, facilitating spectrum sharing
Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST When vacationers buy a stake in a beachfront timeshare, they decide in advance who gets to use...
Automated speed enforcement doesn’t just reduce collisions — it helps reduce crime
Credit: Credit: Shewkar Ibrahim It's widely accepted that automated photo enforcement programs targeting speeding help reduce collisions and promote safe...