Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite and radar imagery revealed that Tropical Storm Arthur remains poorly organized. ...

Meeting of minds as Oden and Turing Institutes sign MOU

Two leading institutes join forces to advance data-centric engineering and scientific machine learning researchCredit: Oden Institute A Memorandum of Understanding ...

NRL conducts first test of solar power satellite hardware in orbit

Credit: Image Courtesy of U.S. Naval Research Laboratory WASHINGTON -- U.S. Naval Research Laboratory engineers launched PRAM, the Photovoltaic Radio-frequency ...

Early Bird uses 10 times less energy to train deep neural networks

Novel training method could shrink carbon footprint for greener deep learningCredit: Y. Lin/Rice University HOUSTON -- (May 18, 2020) -- ...

Physicists offer a new ‘spin’ on memory

A research team led by the University of Arizona reports a discovery that opens new possibilities in the development of ...

A theoretical boost to nano-scale devices

Researchers calculate the quasi-Fermi levels in molecular junctions applying an initio approach. -Credit: Yong-Hoon Kim, KAIST Semiconductor companies are struggling ...

UCLA physicists develop world’s best quantum bits

Credit: Stuart Wolpert A team of researchers at UCLA has set a new record for preparing and measuring the quantum ...

Technology makes tissues elastic and lasting for easier imaging

Credit: Chung Lab/MIT When there's a vexing problem to be solved, people sometimes offer metaphorical advice such as "stretching the ...

SwRI opens new automotive Catalyst Technology Center

Facility expands catalyst testing capacity, reducing costs and turnaround timeCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- May 18, 2020 -- ...

Story tips: Mining for COVID, rules to grow by and the 3D connection

Credit: Dasha Herrmannova/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Computing - Mining for COVID-19 connections Scientists have tapped the ...

Emissions from road construction could be halved using today’s technology

Credit: Skanska The construction sector accounts for a quarter of carbon dioxide emissions, in Sweden and globally. Researchers from Chalmers ...

Efficient, ‘green’ quantum-dot solar cells exploit defects

Quantum-dot approach shows promise for a new type of toxic-element-free, inexpensive, defect-tolerant solar cellsCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory Novel quantum ...

Riddled with holes: Making flexible thin-film electronics more durable

Scientists explain how perforating flexible electrodes with micrometer-sized holes makes them resistant to bending and foldingCredit: DGIST The prospect of ...

Double helix of masonry — Researchers discover the secret of Italian renaissance domes

Credit: Vittorio Paris and Attilio Pizzigoni, University of Bergamo; Sigrid Adriaenssens, Princeton University In a collaborative study in this month's ...

Brazilian startup develops technology for monitoring of patients with suspected COVID-19

Based on the Internet of Things, the system was developed in a project supported by FAPESP. Patients can be advised ...

Using big data to design gas separation membranes

Columbia engineers apply machine learning techniques to narrow down and speed up the development of new materials for removing CO2 ...

Observation of intervalley transitions can boost valleytronic science and technology

UC Riverside-led research shows these transitions can emit lightCredit: Erfu Liu, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- An international research team ...

NASA analyzes developing System 90L in Straits of Florida

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL A low-pressure area designated as System 90L appears to be developing in the Straits of Florida, located ...

Faster and more effective scene understanding

Credit: Source: Abhinav Valada People, bicycles, cars or road, sky, grass: Which pixels of an image represent distinct foreground persons ...

Light, fantastic: the path ahead for faster, smaller computer processors