Are our oil and gas pipelines safe during an earthquake?
The research shows that current methods used for calculating stress received by the underground pipelines during an earthquake are incorrect.Credit: ...
Tag: Calculations/Problem-Solving
Discount on charging electric cars helps to solve traffic jams
Credit: C. Cenedese Charging electric cars can put a strain on the electricity grid. And commuting to work by car ...
Machine learning at speed
Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Anastasia Serin. Inserting lightweight optimization code in high-speed network devices has enabled a KAUST-led collaboration to ...
South Korea data helps create framework to identify COVID-19 vulnerable areas worldwide
Credit: TTUHSC Though the U.S. and South Korea recorded their first official COVID-19 case on the same day, January 20, ...
Understanding fruit fly behavior may be next step toward autonomous vehicles
Could the way drosophila use antennae to sense heat help us teach self-driving cars make decisions?Credit: Gallio lab With over ...
UCF study shows masks, ventilation stop COVID spread better than social distancing
The results indicate masks and proper ventilation may be key to allowing more capacity in schools, businesses and other indoor ...
Scientists show technology can save people from shark bites
The deployment of personal electronic deterrents is an effective way to prevent future deaths and injuriesCredit: Professor Corey Bradshaw, Flinders ...
Unique AI method for generating proteins will speed up drug development
Credit: Pixabay/Yen Strandqvist, Chalmers University of Technology Artificial Intelligence is now capable of generating novel, functionally active proteins, thanks to ...
NIST develops privacy-preserving ‘encounter metrics’ that could slow down future pandemics
Credit: B. Hayes/NIST When you bump into someone in the workplace or at your local coffee shop, you might call ...
The imaginary part of quantum mechanics really exists!
Credit: Source: USTC For almost a century, physicists have been intrigued by the fundamental question: why are complex numbers so ...
Tuning in the noise? New electromagnetic circuit simulator visualizes radiation phenomena
Researchers develop highly accurate numerical method for electromagnetic noise that considers both conduction phenomena within conductors and radiation phenomena outside ...
A European monitoring and warning system on natural hazards for aviation
Credit: Pixabay Volcanic eruptions, forest fires, electromagnetic radiation from the Sun or electrical storms, and sandstorms are among the phenomena ...
What is the probability of ships becoming beset in ice in Arctic waters?
Credit: Photo: Arctia Ltd Statisticians have calculated the probability of ships of different Polar Ship Categories becoming beset in ice ...
Cutting-edge scale-out technology from Toshiba will take Fintech and Logistics to new level
Multi-chip architecture points way to continued increases in performance of Toshiba's optimization computer; potential to create a game-changing shift in ...
Tracking cosmic ghosts
Frontera supercomputer, a community resource for IceCube Neutrino Observatory research, enables the discovery of new high-energy particleCredit: IceCube Collaboration The ...
Danish computer scientist has developed a superb algorithm for findin
Credit: University of Copenhagen One of the most classic algorithmic problems deals with calculating the shortest path between two points. ...
Successful trial shows way forward on quieter drone propellers
Researchers have published a study revealing their successful approach to designing much quieter propellersCredit: RMIT University Researchers have published a ...
Covid-19: How to do lockdown? Russian scientists may have an answer
Researchers modified the existing SIR class pandemic prediction model.Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University A painful tradeoff between a ...
Research addresses the complex problems of malaria
Credit: W. Robert Shaw of Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Everyone knows 2 + 2 = 4, ...
Comet or asteroid: What killed the dinosaurs and where did it come from?
New theory explains possible origin of the Armageddon-causing object.Credit: Credit not required. This is a public domain image. It forever ...
