Many modern technological advances and devices are based on understanding quantum mechanics. Compared to semiconductors, hard disk drives or lasers, quantum devices are different in...
Credit: Chen-Yu Liu, Physics Department, Indiana University WASHINGTON, D.C., May 30, 2017 -- All matter making up the stars, our planet and life upon it...
Credit: Brandon Martin/Rice University Engineers working to add "muscle sense" to prosthetic limbs found that tactile feedback on the skin allowed blindfolded test subjects to...
Credit: ESO/L. Calçada The unique optical system of ESO's Extremely Large Telescope consists of five mirrors, each of which represents its own significant engineering challenge....
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 30, 2017 -- Today's computers provide storage of tremendous quantities of information with extremely large data densities, but writing and retrieving this...
Credit: Credits: NASA/Desiree Stover NASA's special "Webb-cam" kept an eye on the development of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center...
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH - A new interactive design tool developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute enables both novices and experts to build...
Columbus, Ohio (May 30, 2017) - Twenty Ohio high school students were selected to attend the Ohio Supercomputer Center's 28th annual Summer Institute, June 4-16...
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team Tropical Cyclone Mora formed in the Bay of Bengal and in just two days it strengthened into...
Credit: Credits: NASA/W.Hrybyk NASA technologists produced telescope mirrors with the highest reflectance ever reported in the far-ultraviolet spectral range. Now, they're attempting to set an..
(American Institute of Physics) A research group in Singapore has used computer simulations to further probe the behaviors of skyrmions, gaining insight that can help...
(University of Pittsburgh) Research at the University of Pittsburgh into a more energy-efficient catalytic process to produce olefins, the building blocks for polymer production, could...
Credit: Stefan Pusch/DKFZ Many malignancies develop as a result of genetic alterations in individual cells. These gene mutations often cause altered proteins that give new,...
Credit: Microsoft Research WASHINGTON -- If you've ever tried to take a picture in a dark restaurant, you know that it is difficult to get...
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The combination of pembrolizumab and the checkpoint inhibitor known as epacadostat is leading to promising responses and is generally well...
