Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science

Aerospace engineers are developing technology to repair and refuel stranded satellites in space.Credit: Andrew Higley/UC Creative Services When satellites break, ...

Startup developing AI for TB detection; secures federal business innovation grant

Diascopic LLC secures NIH SBIR grant to bring to market their diagnostic platform that incorporates artificial intelligence for digital TB ...

Three Penn faculty named 2019 AAAS Fellows

Carolyn Gibson, Sampath Kannan, and Ellen Puré are among a cohort of 443 distinguished scientists recognized with the honor from ...

Satellite tracking Guam’s Tropical Storm Kammuri

Credit: Credit: NOAA /NRL The National Weather Service in Guam has posted warnings as Tropical Storm Kammuri lingers nearby. The ...

NASA finds heavy rain potential in Tropical Storm Rita

Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson NASA analyzed the cloud top temperatures in Tropical Storm Rita using infrared light to determine ...

Virginia Tech faculty named American Association for Advancement of Science fellows

Credit: Virginia Tech Five scientists from Virginia Tech were named as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of ...

Thousands of medieval manuscripts now online in full color through digitization project

Scholars and aficionados can search, download and study 160,000 pages of high-resolution, full-color manuscripts dating to the ninth century, thanks ...

Ternary acceptor and donor materials increase photon harvesting in organic solar cells

Adding a semiconducting polymer donor or non-fullerene acceptor component to binary organic solar cells enhances spectral response for better photon ...

SwRI president, CEO Adam Hamilton named AAAS Fellow

Honorees recognized for distinguished efforts to advance scienceCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Nov. 26, 2019 -- Southwest Research ...

New study shows unique magnetic transitions in quasicrystal-like structures

Scientists showed for the first time the presence of unique magnetic transitions in peculiar structures similar to quasicrystalsCredit: Tokyo University ...

UTA conducting pioneering research on concrete pipes reinforced with synthetic fibers

Sustainable pipes that last for a centuryCredit: UT Arlington The chair of the Civil Engineering Department at The University of ...

UTA civil engineer studying threats to industry, environment posed by severe flooding

Investigating economic, environmental impacts of natural disastersCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington civil engineer is determining how ...

Hourglass-shaped silicon nanowire photodiodes with increased absorption of light developed

-Top: Image of SEM The near-infrared light is a light source with the shortest wavelength, indicated outside of the red ...

UK science engineering company ready to take Purdue heating technology to the market

Credit: Alconbury Weston Limited WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A novel heating technology based on materials commonly used in the aerospace ...

Nuclear reactors with a newly proposed barrier could’ve withstood Chernobyl and Fukushima

Credit: Country of Rosatom In the aftermath of the notorious accidents in the history of nuclear energy at Three Mile ...

NASA spots first tropical cyclone of Southern Pacific season

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL The tropical cyclone season in the Southern Pacific Ocean has kicked off with Tropical Cyclone Rita, and ...

FAU receives $1.3 million grant from Florida Division Of Emergency Management

FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science and FDEM project will create framework for flood risk managementCredit: Florida Atlantic University ...

Researchers reach milestone in quantum standardization

Credit: University of Waterloo Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a method that could pave the way to ...

Study paves way to better understanding, treatment of arthritis

Credit: Brian Bay, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University research has provided the first complete, cellular-level look ...

Is cyberbullying common among adults?