Tag: Biomedical/Environmental/Chemical Engineering

January 14, 2021

Credit: Associate Professor Takumi Higaki A research group from Kumamoto University, Japan has developed a highly sensitive technique to quantitatively ...

A climate in crisis calls for investment in direct air capture, news research finds

January 14, 2021

Wartime-level funding for a fleet of CO2 scrubbers could slow warming, but stopping climate change still requires deep cuts in ...

UTA faculty member to study underground gas leaks, work with first responders

Detecting and repairing large gas leaksCredit: UT Arlington A civil engineering associate professor at The University of Texas at Arlington ...

Research to advance environmental sound classification wins IEEE Best Paper Award

Credit: NYU Tandon BROOKLYN, New York, January 13, 2021 - The paper "Deep Convolutional Neural Networks and Data Augmentation for ...

The cancer microbiome reveals which bacteria live in tumors

Researchers clean up data to identify the bugs betterCredit: Anders Dohlman, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers at Duke ...

Shine on: Avalanching nanoparticles break barriers to imaging cells in real time

Study co-led by Berkeley Lab and Columbia Engineering could lead to simple, high-resolution bioimaging in real time by overcoming a ...

Bacteria carried by mosquitos may protect them against pesticides

Common bacteria naturally transmitted between insects found to make them less susceptible to insecticides used to control their numbersCredit: University ...

Shell scientist honored for research on how nature can help reduce carbon footprint

Christian A. Davies, Ph.D., has been named the recipient of the 2021 Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Technology Innovation ...

University of Texas researcher recognized for pioneering work utilizing nanotechno

Guihua Yu, Ph.D. Named 2021 Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award recipient in EngineeringCredit: TAMEST (The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and ...

Tapping the brain to boost stroke rehabilitation

Clinical trial suggests brain-machine interface coupled with robot offers increased benefits for stroke survivorsCredit: University of Houston Stroke survivors who ...

Scientists have synthesized an unusual superconducting barium superhydride

Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech A group of scientists from Russia, China, and the United States predicted and then experimentally ...

Exciting times for efficient heavy-atom-free OLEDs

An international team including researchers from Osaka University reports a novel hybrid emitter that could revolutionize the design of OLEDsCredit: ...

Making hydrogen energy with the common nickel

Credit: POSTECH To resolve the energy crisis and environmental issues, research to move away from fossil fuels and convert to ...

Machine learning accelerates discovery of materials for use in industrial processes