Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science

Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST JILA physicists and collaborators have demonstrated the first next-generation "time scale" -- a system that incorporates data ...

Toll roads are good for the environment, Russian scientists confirm

Researchers developed a method to calculate the number of stops trucks make along their routes; the method confirms that toll ...

Composite metal foam outperforms aluminum for use in aircraft wings

Credit: Afsaneh Rabiei The leading edges of aircraft wings have to meet a very demanding set of characteristics. New research ...

Novel method turns any 3D object into a cubic style

3D stylization algorithm to be presented at SIGGRAPH AsiaCredit: SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 One of the fast-growing areas in virtual reality/augmented ...

Researchers watch quantum knots untie

After first reporting the existence of quantum knots, Aalto University & Amherst College researchers now report how the knots behaveCredit: ...

Symbol of change for AI development

Credit: 2019 Maxat Kulmanov A mathematical framework that bridges the gap between high-level human-readable knowledge and statistical data has been ...

Ceramic industry should use carbon reducing cold sintering process says new research

Credit: University of Warwick A new techno-economic analysis, by a team led by a researcher from WMG at the University ...

A technology to transform 2D planes into 3D soft and flexible structures

A technology to transform 2D planes into 3D soft and flexible structures by engineering adhesion between thin-filmsCredit: DGIST DGIST announced ...

Silencing RNA nanotherapy shows promise against pancreatic cancer

A Washington University-University of South Florida preclinical study finds that the novel nanoparticle delivers gene-level treatment to suppress KRAS-driven cancer ...

Real texture for lab-grown meat

Researchers grow muscle cells on edible fibersCredit: Harvard University Lab-grown or cultured meat could revolutionize food production, providing a greener, ...

$1.2 million in grants to fund search for diabetes cure

Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - A biomedical engineering professor at Binghamton University, State University ...

New research center aims to make electronics more secure

Six American universities will work with government and industry to thwart efforts by hackers, counterfeiters and terrorists to exploit security ...

NASA-NOAA satellite finds overshooting tops, gravity waves in Tropical Storm Nestor

Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/UWM-CIMSS, William Straka III NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided night-time and infrared views of developing Tropical Storm Nestor ...

NASA-NOAA satellite finds Tropical Storm Neoguri consolidating

Credit: Credit: NASA /NRL NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center with a visible image ...

Novel nanoprobes show promise for optical monitoring of neural activity

New approach for studying neural circuits offers advantages over both microelectrodes and fluorescence-based optical techniques that require genetic modificationsCredit: Carolyn ...

It’s electric: WVU breaks new ground in developing transportable, carbon-neutral energy source

Credit: Paige Nesbit/West Virginia University Electricity is something we rarely think about -- we expect it to be there, flowing ...

NASA-NOAA satellite observes development of Tropical Storm Octave

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided infrared data that showed the development of Tropical Storm Octave in the ...

Deep learning method that transforms shapes to be presented at SIGGRAPH Asia

Turning chairs into tablesCredit: ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Turning a chair into a table, or vice versa, might sound like ...

Lifestyle is a threat to gut bacteria: Ötzi proves it

A study that was published today in Cell Host & Microbe explored for the first time the variation and evolution ...

All plastic waste could become new, high-quality plastic through advanced steam cracking