Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science

Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering More portable, fully wireless smart home setups. Lower power wearables. Batteryless ...

UTA’s Konsta-Gdoutos elected fellow of European Academy of Sciences

Civil engineering professor and cementitious expert honored by prestigious academyCredit: UT Arlington Maria Konsta-Gdoutos of The University of Texas at ...

University of Illinois researchers demonstrate new capability for cooling electronics

Air jet impingement cooling of electronic devices using additively manufactured nozzlesCredit: Bill King, Mechanical Science & Engineering, Grainger Engineering For ...

Pancreatic cancer ‘time machine’ exposes plot twist in cell growth and invasion

Credit: Purdue University image/Stephanie Venis, Hye-ran Moon and Bumsoo Han WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Pancreatic cancer has one of the ...

Towards a sustainable future — Novel technology to measure energy conversion efficiency

Scientists formulate a new innovation that can measure thermal energy to understand more about the processes of energy-converting systems like ...

Cyber researchers at Ben-Gurion University fool autonomous vehicle systems with phantom images

Credit: Cyber@bgu BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL...February 18, 2020 - Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's (BGU) Cyber Security Research Center have ...

Off-grid sanitation systems show promise, despite toilet paper

Systems approaching viability in field tests of Duke-led Gates Foundation 'reinvent the toilet' projectCredit: Brian Hawkins, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. ...

Highly sensitive sensors show promise in enhancing human touch

Ultrathin crack-based sensors operate on a principle similar to a spider's sense organ and display remarkable sensitivity to movementCredit: Rongrong ...

LTE vulnerability: Attackers can impersonate other mobile phone users

They can thus start a subscription at the expense of others or publish secret company documents under someone else's identityCredit: ...

Neuroscience opens the black box of artificial intelligence

Computer scientists use brain research methods for a better understanding of AICredit: Jana Dünnhaupt/University of Magdeburg Computer scientists at Otto ...

New artificial neural network model bests MaxEnt in inverse problem example

New artificial neural network model may serve as a basis for solving inverse problemsCredit: @EPFL Numerical simulations, generally based on ...

Ultrasound device improves charge time and run time in lithium batteries

The device brings lithium metal batteries one step closer to commercial viabilityCredit: David Baillot/University of California San Diego Researchers at ...

Fast-charging, long-running, bendy energy storage breakthrough

February 17, 2020

Credit: Dr Zhuangnan Li (UCL) While at the proof-of-concept stage, it shows enormous potential as a portable power supply in ...

NASA catches the re-birth of zombie tropical cyclone Francisco

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL The low-pressure area that had once been Tropical Cyclone Francisco has been lingering in the Southern Indian ...

NASA finds ex-Tropical Cyclone Uesi’s rains affecting New Zealand

Credit: NASA/NRL Although it is now an "ex-tropical cyclone," Uesi continues to generate some moderate rainfall, especially in its southern ...

Does graphene cause or prevent the corrosion of copper? New study finally settles the debate

Scientists in Korea are first to observe an unprecedented way in which graphene forms a hybrid layer that prevents copper ...

WWI helmets protect against shock waves just as well as modern designs

French Adrian helmet suggests simple geometry may save brains from overhead blastsCredit: Joost Op 't Eynde, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. ...

Hydropower dams cool rivers in the Mekong River basin, satellites show

Credit: Rebecca Gourley/University of Washington Hydropower dams, which use flowing water to turn a series of turbines to generate electricity, ...

A smart jumpsuit provides information on infants’ movement and development

Credit: Sampsa Vanhatalo A new innovation makes it possible, for the first time, to quantitatively assess children's spontaneous movement in ...

Demonstration of world record transmission capacity over a 38-core 3-mode optical fiber