Particles emitted by consumer 3D printers could hurt indoor air quality
Credit: Allison Carter Consumer-grade 3D printers have grown in popularity in recent years, but the particles emitted from such devices ...
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Stanford-made exhibit plunges people in the world of microbes
Credit: ©Exploratorium, www.exploratorium.edu Wandering through the exhibits of the Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco in spring 2018, visitors had ...
Smartphone typing speeds catching up with keyboards
A study of over 37,000 users shows that the 'typing gap', the difference typing speeds between mobile devices and physical ...
Intertwined: How digital and open innovation are shaping our shared future
Open data is revolutionising how we collect, store, distribute, use and reuse data, but not everyone is convinced of its ...
RUDN University mathematicians help improve efficiency of data centers using Markov chains
Credit: RUDN University RUDN University mathematicians created a model of maximum efficiency of data centers. It is based on a ...
Silicon technology boost with graphene and 2D materials
Credit: ICFO / F. Vialla Silicon semiconductor technology has done marvels for the advancement of our society, who has benefited ...
Curved nanochannels allow independent tuning of charge and spin currents
Credit: Das et al, Nano Letters To increase the efficiency of microchips, 3D structures are now being investigated. However, spintronic ...
SMART announces successful way to commercially manufacture integrated Silicon III-V Chips
MIT's research enterprise in Singapore has developed a commercially viable way to create new Silicon III-V Chips, paving the way ...
Engineers produce water-saving crop irrigation sensor
New technology responds to the global need to regulate water consumption in agricultureCredit: UConn Engineering A team of University of ...
‘Valley states’ in this 2D material could potentially be used for quantum computing
Physicists manipulate energy valleys in tungsten disulfide, with potential applications in quantum computingCredit: Credit: Douglas Levere / University at Buffalo ...
Nano bulb lights novel path
Rice University engineers create tunable, nanoscale, incandescent light sourceCredit: The Naik Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 19, 2019) - What ...
$7.5 M DOD grant to study information latency
Credit: Virginia Tech Information latency is a measure of how quickly or slowly networked devices transmit information. When the information ...
New technologies for 6G modems
Researchers develop a spectrally efficient signal technology, which involves changing the shape of the transmitted signalsCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg ...
Scientists create fully electronic 2-dimensional spin transistors
Credit: Talieh Ghiasi et al. Physicists from the University of Groningen constructed a two-dimensional spin transistor, in which spin currents ...
DOE awards ORNL researchers more than $11 million to advance quantum technologies
Credit: Jason Richards/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sept. 16, 2019--Three researchers at the Department ...
NSF $1.4 million grant will help develop cyberinfrastructure across Midwest
Credit: University of Missouri COLUMBIA, Mo. - To help solve the world's grand challenges, researchers often rely on powerful computer ...
Penn engineers’ new topological insulator reroutes photonic ‘traffic’ on the fly
Dynamic data routing could make for faster photonic chips that use their entire footprintCredit: University of Pennsylvania Topological insulators are ...
Generic mobile phone chargers escalate risk of burn, electrocution
Credit: Annals of Emergency Medicine Electric currents generated by mobile phone chargers, particularly from lower-cost generic manufacturers, are causing serious ...
Supercomputers use graphics processors to solve longstanding turbulence question
Credit: Thomas Angus / Imperial College London Advanced simulations have solved a problem in turbulent fluid flow that could lead ...
Magnetic eyelashes: A new source of MRI artifacts
Cosmetic product degrades MRI and presents patient hazardCredit: American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) Leesburg, VA, July 24, 2019--A new cosmetic ...