Tag: Research/Development

January 28, 2021

Credit: Evgeny Nikolaev and Anton Lioznov/Skoltech Mass spectrometers are widely used to analyze highly complex chemical and biological mixtures. Skoltech ...

Using zirconium as an additive in super-strong composite materials

January 28, 2021

Introducing a layer of zirconium atoms between sheets of aluminum oxide and tungsten carbide creates exceptionally strong composite materialsCredit: Katsuyuki ...

NPS Railgun Lab propels technology leaders, alumnus into award-winning research

Credit: Courtesy Asset Since its establishment approximately two years ago, the Naval Postgraduate School's Railgun Laboratory - the largest of ...

Optical scanner design for adaptive driving beam systems can lead to safer night driving

Scientists couple adaptive driving beam technology with an electronically controllable optical scanner, enabling better road safety for drivers and pedestriansCredit: ...

Focusing on field analysis

Microscopy systems using customized chips could expand on-site identification of pathogensCredit: Viri et al. The development of cost-efficient, portable microscopy ...

Forests with diverse tree sizes and small clearings hinder wildland fire growth

Novel 3D computational study links observable forest characteristics with fire behavior and reveals how forest structure propagates fireCredit: Courtesy of ...

Pitt researcher receives ARPA-E grant to ‘innervate’ pipelines

Credit: Paul Ohodnicki When you stub your toe, a chain of nerves sends a signal from your toe to your ...

Estonian researchers and the company GScan make security control faster and safer

Credit: Airika Harrik/ERR Researchers of the University of Tartu (UT) and the start-up GScan received 7.5 million euros from the ...

Making wheat and peanuts less allergenic

Credit: Credit: Jonathan Windham The United States Department of Agriculture identifies a group of "big eight" foods that causes 90% ...

Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award

Credit: Virginia Tech Mechanical engineering Assistant Professor Pinar Acar has received an Air Force Office of Scientific Research Investigator Research Program award, a three-year ...

Stuart H. Orkin receives the 2021 ISSCR Tobias Lecture Award

Credit: ISSCR Skokie, IL-- The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) awards the 2021 Tobias Lecture Award to Stuart ...

Janet Rossant receives the 2021 ISSCR Achievement Award

Credit: Gairdner Foundation Skokie, IL--The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) will award its 2021 Achievement Award to Janet ...

How does incident solar radiation affect urban canyons?

Prediction of the upward-to-downward reflection ratio of glass bead retro-reflective material applied to the outer walls of buildingsCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) ...

Brain-to-brain communication demo receives DARPA funding

Wireless linkage of brains may soon go to human testingCredit: Photo by Tommy LaVergne/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. 25, 2021) ...

UTSA holds virtual groundbreaking for School of Data Science

Credit: UTSA JANUARY 25, 2021 -- UTSA today marked the groundbreaking of its $90 million School of Data Science and ...

How will seafarers fare once automated ships take over? Scientists predict the future

Scientists simulate trends in maritime employment over the next 15 years following ship automationCredit: Korea Maritime and Ocean University Artificial ...

Great potential for the tiniest structures

EU research network aims to drive generation of nanostructures with finely focused ion beamsCredit: HZDR A finely focused ion beam ...

Highly functional membrane developed for producing freshwater from seawater