Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science

Credit: Monash University Monash University researchers have developed technology that can deliver clean water to thousands of communities worldwide. This ...

Microfluidics device helps diagnose sepsis in minutes

When time matters in hospitals, automated system can detect an early biomarker for the potentially life-threatening conditionCredit: Felice Frankel A ...

Stretch-sensing glove captures interactive hand poses accurately

Researchers to present innovative glove at SIGGRAPH 2019Credit: © ETH Zurich. Capturing interactive hand poses in real time and with ...

100 days, 100 nights: Sensor network reveals telltale patterns in neighborhood air quality

Berkeley Lab deploys custom-built sensors for 100 days and nights to track black carbon pollutionCredit: Berkeley Lab Black carbon, commonly ...

Is Instagram behavior motivated by a desire to belong?

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 23, 2019--Does a desire to belong and perceived social support ...

Anonymizing personal data ‘not enough to protect privacy,’ shows new study

With the first large fines for breaching EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regulations upon us, and the UK government ...

Finding alternatives to diamonds for drilling

Using computational methods, scientists have plotted a highly accurate map to guide the synthesis of new, cheaper materials tough enough ...

NASA finds depression strengthen into Tropical Storm Dalila

Credit: NASA/NRL Satellite imagery on July 22 showed that wind shear was preventing the Eastern Pacific Ocean's Tropical Depression 5 ...

NASA analyzes new Atlantic depression’s tropical rainfall

Credit: Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL Tropical Depression 3 has formed about off the eastern coast of central Florida. NASA analyzed the rainfall ...

‘Kneeding’ a break: First evidence ACL injuries an overuse failure

Repetitive knee stress and lack of rest are major causes of ACL failure according to new research. The peak age ...

Cancer lab on chip to enable widespread screening, personalized treatment

Tiny devices based on microfluidics could use bodily fluids to analyze and help treat tumorsCredit: Florina Silvia Iliescu WASHINGTON, D.C., ...

Hidden dynamics detected in neuronal networks

Scientists from Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University show that neuronal networks can assume a second, previously unknown critical modeCredit: ...

Succeed in sensitivity increase and noise reduction of accelerometer

Sensitivity over 100 times, noise less than one-tenthCredit: Sensors and Materials, Daisuke Yamane A significant increase in the demand of ...

Facebook can help college students with lower confidence build relationships

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Facebook can help first-semester college students maintain relationships with high school friends and assist them in creating ...

NASA sees outside winds affecting new tropical Eastern Pacific depression

Credit: NASA/NRL A new tropical depression formed in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, far enough away from the coast so that ...

Vampire algae killer’s genetic diversity poses threat to biofuels

Multiple species of pathogen challenge commercial algae productionCredit: Seth Steichen and Judith K. Brown, Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, ...

Search for new semiconductors heats up with gallium oxide

Credit: ACS Nano CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- University of Illinois electrical engineers have cleared another hurdle in high-power semiconductor fabrication by ...

Ben-Gurion U. researchers develop new chip for superior forensic blood residue detection

Credit: Dani Machlis, Ben-Gurion U. BEER-SHEVA, Israel - July 22, 2019 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have ...

Scientists from Samara Polytech learned to control the oil lens

New method will ensure environmental safety in oil productionCredit: @SAMARAPOLYTECH Reconstruction of factories (the construction of modern parks and the ...

NIST physicists create record-setting quantum motion