Spider silk can create lenses useful for biological imaging
When properly cured, lenses built on dragline spider silk generate a special type of light jet that can image large ...
Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science
Seeing is believing: Effectiveness of facemasks
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers use flow visualization to qualitatively test facemasks and social distancingCredit: Florida Atlantic ...
US policy arm of major computing association urges suspension of facial recognition technology
Statement cites threats to rights of society's most vulnerable populationsCredit: Association for Computing Machinery The Association for Computing Machinery's US ...
Could your computer please be more polite? Thank you
Carnegie Mellon method automatically makes requests more politeCredit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH--In a tense time when a pandemic rages, politicians ...
Researchers catch a wave to determine how forces control granular material properties
Credit: Johns Hopkins University Stress wave propagation through grainy, or granular, materials is important for detecting the magnitude of earthquakes, ...
Using cellular networks to detect at-risk areas for spread of COVID-19
Data from existing wireless networks can pinpoint potential hotspotsCredit: Colorado State University In the fight against COVID-19, researchers at Colorado ...
Team dramatically reduces image analysis times using deep learning, other approaches
Credit: Harshad Vishwasrao and Damian Dalle Nogare, NIH WOODS HOLE, Mass. - A picture is worth a thousand words -but ...
Faster processing makes cutting-edge fluorescence microscopy more accessible
NIH researchers put complex, high-resolution data within reach for many more scientistsCredit: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Scientists ...
No keys to the kingdom: New single sign-on algorithm provides superior privacy
Researchers develop cryptographic scheme that completely hides your personal information from third parties when using single sign-on systems.Credit: Tokyo University ...
Sandia weapons program meets safety, design requirements
Review shows B61-12 Life Extension Program work can move forward confidentlyCredit: Photo by Randy Montoya, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. ...
Analysis of complex geometric models made simple
Monte Carlo method dispenses with troublesome meshesCredit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH--Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an efficient new ...
Artificial intelligence identifies, locates seizures in real-time
Treating the brain as a network allows researchers to extract more meaningful data from EEGsCredit: Li Lab Researchers from Washington ...
NASA-NOAA satellite animation shows the end of Tropical Cyclone Boris
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite imagery provided a look ...
Laser-welded sugar: Sweet way to 3D-print blood vessels
Intricate sugar networks dissolve to create pathways for blood in lab-grown tissuesCredit: Photo by Brandon Martin/Rice University HOUSTON -- (June ...
Computing collaboration reveals global ripple effect of shifting monsoons
Credit: Moetasim Ashfaq and Adam Malin/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Scientists from the Department of Energy's Oak ...
German federal funding for research on the differentiation of style and topic in text data
German Ministry of Education and Research is funding Sophie Burkhardt to establish a Computer Science junior research group investigating how ...
Human Brain Project announces new phase
Credit: Forschungszentrum Jülich The Human Brain Project (HBP) announces the start of its final phase as an EU-funded FET Flagship. ...
Stanford-led team shows how to store data using 2D materials instead of silicon chips
Researchers have invented a way to slide atomically-thin layers of 2D materials over one another to store more data, in ...
Multifunctional nanofiber protects against explosions
Material could protect soldiers, firefighters, astronauts and moreCredit: Grant Gonzalez/Harvard SEAS Since World War I, the vast majority of American ...
Lose weight of fusion reactor component
Design optimization using a topology optimization techniqueCredit: National Institute for Fusion Science The group of associate professor Hitoshi Tamura and ...
