Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science

Credit: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Specifically, the device can capture biomechanical energy from the motion of the human ...

Argonne teams up with Altair to manage use of upcoming Aurora supercomputer

Credit: Argonne National Laboratory The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has teamed up with the global technology ...

A super-fast ‘light switch’ for future cars and computers

Credit: Haffner C, et al 2019 Self-driving cars have become better and more reliable in recent years. Before they might ...

Toward new types of bioinspired dynamic materials

Credit: Politecnico di Torino The ability to conceive and develop new types of materials has determined the development of humanity ...

Designer lens helps see the big picture

This humidity digester breathes in atmospheric water and exhales energy

Credit: National University of Singapore Integrating a super moisture-absorbent gel with light-active materials, researchers in Singapore have developed a humidity ...

New water-based optical device revolutionizes the field of optics research

A new method of modulating light using water as a medium, called giant optical modulation, which is less expensive and ...

NASA tracks Typhoon Kalmaegi affecting Northern Philippines

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of Typhoon Kalmaegi as it moved into the Luzon Strait ...

Computer science and engineering professor receives $3.5 million NSF grant

Mahmut Kandemir will use the grant to improve widely used workflow management systemCredit: Penn State College of Engineering In order ...

NASA identifies new Atlantic Tropical Storm Sebastien

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of newly formed Tropical Storm Sebastien, located northeast of the ...

University of Maryland, Baltimore County wins DOE’s 2019 CyberForce Competition

Credit: Argonne National Laboratory After a long suspenseful day, University of Maryland, Baltimore County earned the top spot as national ...

Study on surface damage to vehicles traveling at hypersonic speeds

Credit: University of Illinois Department of Aerospace Engineering Vehicles moving at hypersonic speeds are bombarded with ice crystals and dust ...

SwRI-developed direction-finding antenna wins 2019 R&D 100 Award

AF-369 VHF/UHF terrestrial antenna boosts sensitivity and accuracy, reduces costCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Nov. 19, 2019 -- ...

Tiny filters help detect cancerous blood cells

A computer model is used to guide the design of tiny pillars in a microfluidic device used to detect malignant ...

The first high-speed straight motion of magnetic skyrmion at room temperature demonstrated

Credit: Takaaki Dohi and Shunsuke Fukami Researchers at Tohoku University have, for the first time, successfully demonstrated a formation and ...

CUHK Faculty of Engineering develops browser-based analysis framework observer

Detecting malicious click interception and mitigating web security threatCredit: The Chinese University of Hong Kong To investigate the problem of ...

Clean carbon nanotubes with superb properties

Scientists at Aalto University, Finland, and Nagoya University, Japan, have found a new way to make ultra-clean carbon nanotube transistors ...

Simultaneous measurement of biophysical properties and position of single cells in a microdevice

Credit: SUTD Tracking the lateral position of single cells and particles plays an important role in evaluating the efficiency of ...

Trash talk hurts, even when it comes from a robot

Discouraging words from machines impair human game playCredit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH--Trash talking has a long and colorful history of ...

UMass Amherst food scientist receives Nils Foss award in Denmark