Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences has gone in this twelfth edition to Charles Bennett, Gilles ...

How a new quantum approach can develop faster algorithms to deduce complex networks

Scientists conduct numerical simulations on complex networks to gain insight into a powerful quantum mechanics-inspired algorithmCredit: Tokyo University of Science ...

How computational linguistics helps to understand how language works

The paper by Gemma Boleda, ICREA research professor with the Department of Translation and Language Sciences has been published in ...

Plastic from wood

X-ray analysis points the way to lignin-based components made to measureCredit: KTH Stockholm, Marcus Jawerth The biopolymer lignin is a ...

Cyber toolkit a ‘complete package’ for detectives, companies

Credit: Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A growing number of law enforcement agencies from across the world want ...

How do you make adhesives for electronics, vehicles, and construction tougher?

Credit: Jonathan Wilker/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Make them tougher by making them weaker. That's the proposed solution from ...

To predict an epidemic, evolution can’t be ignored

Credit: Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering When scientists try to predict the spread of something across populations--anything from a coronavirus ...

Study maps landmarks of peripheral artery disease to guide treatment development

Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Novel biomedical advances that show promise in the lab often fall short ...

Space weather model gives earlier warning of satellite-killing radiation storms

Two-day notice lets satellite operators take protective measures against energetic electronsCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March 2, ...

Technology provides a new way to probe single molecules

Precision measurements can aid understanding of disease, infection and vaccinesCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. --- Biology can be murky, and ...

NASA finds ex-Tropical Cyclone Esther moving back inland

Credit: NASA Worldview Ex-Tropical Cyclone Esther just won't give up. The storm formed in the South Pacific Ocean, tracked across ...

Tackling 5G-based mobile computing and cloud computing security concerns head-on

Credit: Alvin Lee SMU Office of Research & Tech Transfer - In a June 2019 report, telecommunications equipment provider Ericsson ...

Speak math, not code

Credit: Rebecca Tan SMU Office of Research & Tech Transfer - Have you ever followed a recipe to bake some ...

ITMO scientists develop new algorithm that can predict population’s demographic history

ITMO Scientists develop an algorithm that makes population history models for people and animals more accurate and easier to generateCredit: ...

The flagship of the International Winter School 2020 is the ‘Two Capitals’ joint course

The 'Two Capitals' joint course of SPbPU and RUDNCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic ...

Cloud data speeds set to soar with aid of laser mini-magnets

Credit: Dr Olof Johansson Tiny, laser-activated magnets could enable cloud computing systems to process data up to 100 times faster ...

The ‘Monday effect’ is real — and it’s impacting your amazon package delivery

Researchers find the 'Monday effect' -- that letdown of returning to work after a weekend -- along with other factors, ...

Unraveling turbulence

February 28, 2020

New insights into how fluids transform from order to disorderCredit: Video courtesy of Harvard SEAS Turbulence is everywhere -- it ...

Physiotherapy could be done at home using virtual reality

February 28, 2020

Credit: University of Warwick Current Physiotherapy techniques require patients to complete exercises at home, which doesn't include much guidance Virtual ...

Robot research honored