Physicists create Star Wars style holograms
The image of Princess Leia, imploring "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope", holds an iconic status in the ...
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Catalyst advance removes pollutants at low temperatures
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - Researchers at Washington State University, University of New Mexico, Eindhoven University of Technology, and Pacific ...
Despite general support for police use of body-worn cameras, impacts may be overestimated
Police use of body-worn cameras is growing rapidly in the United States. New research that looked at 70 studies of ...
Energy monitor can find electrical failures before they happen
Sensor can monitor wiring in a building or ship, and signal when repairs are needed A new system devised by ...
Radioactive material detected remotely using laser-induced electron avalanche breakdown
New method developed by UMD researchers could be scaled up to improve security at ports of entryCredit: R. Schwartz/H. Milchberg/U. ...
Open source software helps researchers extract key insights from huge sensor datasets
Hannover MesseCredit: Credit: Oliver Dietze Professor Andreas Schütze and his team of experts in measurement and sensor technology at Saarland ...
Kicking neural network automation into high gear
A new area in artificial intelligence involves using algorithms to automatically design machine-learning systems known as neural networks, which are ...
How virtual reality may provide a new non-invasive therapy for autism
Pitt researchers receive $550,000 NSF CAREER award to develop new brain-computer therapy method for people with autismCredit: Murat Akcakaya PITTSBURGH ...
Dynamic hydrogel used to make ‘soft robot’ components and LEGO-like building blocks
Credit: Wong Lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Using a new type of dual polymer material capable of responding ...
Hannover Messe: Motorless pumps and self-regulating valves made from ultrathin film
Credit: Credit: Oliver Dietze The valves and pumps being developed by the research group led by Professor Stefan Seelecke at ...
NIST researchers boost intensity of nanowire LEDs
Credit: NIST Nanowire gurus at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that, ...
Involving companies in the planning of flexible exploitation of health data
In Finland, the health data collected in national registries already serves fairly well the needs of clinical care and academic ...
Low-cost and energy efficient recording of biodiversity soundscapes
Scientist unveil low-cost solution for an audio recorder in a wireless sensor network that records the ecosystem's soundsCredit: C.M. Leung ...
Improved control of big power in little motors
An approximate high gain observer for speed-sensorless estimation of induction motors Little motors power everything from small comforts, such as ...
Project aims to tame noise from supersonic military jets with ‘swirl’ technology
Credit: Zhi Wang LAWRENCE -- It's cliché to describe something very noisy as "louder than a jet engine." But supersonic ...
Tagged by scientists, bluefin tuna passing submerged listening lines help reveal species’ survival
Technology creates an 'EasyPass' tollbooth for giant bluefin tuna; sheds light on natural mortality, migration of world's most lucrative fishCredit: ...
Fish-inspired material changes color using nanocolumns
Credit: Zhiren Luo, NC State University Inspired by the flashing colors of the neon tetra fish, researchers have developed a ...
Novel sensor system improves reliability of high-temperature humidity measurements
Hannover MesseCredit: Photo credit: Oliver Dietze A new sensor system developed in Saarbrücken, Germany can not only carefully control drying ...
Want in on nanotechnology? Capitalize on collaborative environments
New study shows that partnerships could assist successful technology transfer and possibly, breakthroughs in innovationCredit: Raphael Zingg (Waseda University) and ...
Human microbiome metabolites tip the scale in intestinal E. coli infections
Human Organ Chips uncover human microbiome metabolites that enhance colon injury by enterohemorrhagic E. coli in human-mouse comparative studyCredit: Wyss ...
