Internet of things sensors could connect via ambient radio waves
Internet of things (IoT) systems usually link networks of sensors via radio, but radios demand battery power thus limiting usability. Disney Research has determined that...
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International forum ‘International Polytechnic Week 2017’
Credit: Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University International Forum "International Polytechnic Week 2017" will take place May 22-27, 2017 at Peter the Great St. Petersburg...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Donna blanket Vanuatu
Credit: Credits: NASA The 80 plus islands that make up the nation of Vanuatu were blanketed by the clouds of Tropical Cyclone Donna when NASA's...
Discovery of new transparent thin film material could improve electronics and solar cells
A team of researchers, led by the University of Minnesota, have discovered a new nano-scale thin film material with the highest-ever conductivity in its class....
Internet of things sensors could connect via ambient radio waves
Internet of things (IoT) systems usually link networks of sensors via radio, but radios demand battery power thus limiting usability. Disney Research has determined that...
Trash into treasure: Sandia could help biofuel pay for itself with goods made from waste
Credit: Photo by Dino Vournas EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- A recent discovery by Sandia National Laboratories researchers may unlock the potential of biofuel waste -- and...
Extinction of Alpine plants may remain undetectable for a long time
Credit: Photo: ©Stefan Dullinger For alpine plant species, climate change presents a special challenge: To escape increased greenhouse warming, the species have to move to...
A mutation giving leaves with white spots has been identified
Credit: Niels Sandal, Aarhus University Garden and potted plants with white spots on their leaves are so popular that they are specially selected for this...
Poultry feed with arsenic more problematic than assumed?
Supplements containing arsenic have been banned in the European Union since 1999 and in North America since 2013. In many countries they are still added...
Scientists track porpoises to assess impact of offshore wind farms
SOLOMONS, MD (MAY 5, 2017)--A new study by scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Cornell University and Duke...
International forum ‘International Polytechnic Week 2017’
Credit: Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University International Forum "International Polytechnic Week 2017" will take place May 22-27, 2017 at Peter the Great St. Petersburg...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Donna blanket Vanuatu
Credit: Credits: NASA The 80 plus islands that make up the nation of Vanuatu were blanketed by the clouds of Tropical Cyclone Donna when NASA's...
Discovery of new transparent thin film material could improve electronics and solar cells
A team of researchers, led by the University of Minnesota, have discovered a new nano-scale thin film material with the highest-ever conductivity in its class....
Internet of things sensors could connect via ambient radio waves
Internet of things (IoT) systems usually link networks of sensors via radio, but radios demand battery power thus limiting usability. Disney Research has determined that...
CCNY physicists demonstrate photonic hypercrystals for control of light-matter interaction
Control of light-matter interaction is central to fundamental phenomena and technologies such as photosynthesis, lasers, LEDs and solar cells. City College of New York researchers...