EduSense: Like a FitBit for your teaching skills
CMU researchers develop comprehensive classroom sensing systemCredit: Carnegie Mellon University While training and feedback opportunities abound for K-12 educators, the ...
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2D antimony holds promise for post-silicon electronics
Engineers at The University of Texas at Austin find new material for manufacturing even smaller computer chips to replace silicon.Credit: ...
Single discrimination events alter college students’ daily behavior
Credit: Addie Bjornson/University of Washington Discrimination -- differential treatment based on an aspect of someone's identity, such as nationality, race, ...
£3m Cyber-SHIP Lab offers opportunity to address maritime cyber security challenges
Credit: University of Plymouth A unique new research facility designed to address the key cyber security challenges facing the shipping ...
NTU Singapore researchers create quantum chip 1,000 times smaller than current setups
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a quantum communication chip that is 1,000 times smaller than ...
Stanford increasing access to 3D modeling through touch-based display
Credit: Farrin Abbott/Stanford News Service With the goal of increasing access to making, engineers at Stanford University have collaborated with ...
Compact depth sensor inspired by spiders
Metalens sensor could be used for microrobotics, augmented reality, wearable devicesCredit: (Video courtesy of Qi Guo and Zhujun Shi/Harvard University) ...
Newly created magnets are cheaper, more effective and ‘smarter’
Ferromagnets, or more precisely, magnets -- are extremely demanded materials in modern electronics. The magnets present in almost every device ...
Cutting-edge robot makes short work of gardening chores
Credit: Radim Tylecek / University of Edinburgh A gardening robot has been developed that can self-navigate and automatically prune roses ...
One step toward using insulating antiferromagnetic materials in future computers
Physicists at Mainz University and cooperation partners observe reading and writing of digital information with antiferromagnetic materialsCredit: Ill./©: Lorenzo Baldrati, ...
Pushy robots learn the fundamentals of object manipulation
Systems 'learn' from novel dataset that captures how pushed objects move, to improve their physical interactions with new objectsCredit: Image ...
New research center aims to make electronics more secure
Six American universities will work with government and industry to thwart efforts by hackers, counterfeiters and terrorists to exploit security ...
Double layer of graphene helps to control spin currents
New type of transistor one step closerCredit: S. Omar, University of Groningen In order to make transistors that operate using ...
First demonstration of a 1 petabit per second network node
Gathering the latest advancements in optical fiber telecommunications technology towards practical petabit-class backbone networksCredit: National Institute of Information and Communications ...
Assembler robots make large structures from little pieces
Systems of tiny robots may someday build high-performance structures, from airplanes to space settlementsCredit: Image courtesy of Benjamin Jenett Today's ...
Controlling superconducting regions within an exotic metal
Credit: EPFL Superconductivity has fascinated scientists for many years since it offers the potential to revolutionize current technologies. Materials only ...
Developing smart prosthetic sockets to improve comfort and performance
Credit: Virginia Tech As a physically active college student Trevor LeMaster is no stranger to bodily aches and pains. He ...
Lithuanian researchers developed new technology for precision grinding
By experimenting with tungsten carbide a team of researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania, created an innovative technology ...
NTU Singapore start-up unveils robot with human-like dexterous grip
Credit: NTU Singapore A robotics technology start-up from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) named Eureka Robotics, has unveiled a ...
Military drills for robots
Army researchers test human-like robotsCredit: US Army photo ADELPHI, Md. -- Army researchers tested ground robots performing military-style exercises, much ...