Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science

Credit: Oliver Dietze At the beginning of June, the German Weather Service counted 177,000 lightning bolts in the night sky ...

Translating proteins into music, and back

By turning molecular structures into sounds, researchers gain insight into protein structures and create new variationsCredit: Zhao Qin and Francisco ...

New unprinting method can help recycle paper and curb environmental costs

Rutgers-led study shows the benefits of removing toner with pulses of intense xenon lightCredit: Rajiv Malhotra/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Imagine if ...

Study: Social robots can benefit hospitalized children

Interacting with a robotic teddy bear invented at MIT boosted young patients' positive emotions, engagement, and activity level A new ...

Lessons from Columbine: New technology provides insight during active shooter situations

Credit: Eric Dietz/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Run, hide, fight. It has become a mantra for how to act ...

Managing the ups and downs of coffee production

Credit: César Elias Botelho National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuaria de Minas Gerais Each day, ...

A new ‘golden’ age for electronics?

Materials that shrink when heated -- changing colour from black to golden -- could save expensive electronics from heat damageCredit: ...

Virtual reality faces: animating precise, lifelike avatars for VR in real-time

Researchers to present their work at SIGGRAPH 2019Credit: Image courtesy of Facebook Computer scientists are focused on adding enhanced functionality ...

Biochip advances enable next-generation sequencing technologies

A review of advances in biochip technology shows it's playing a fundamental role promoting the use of next-generation DNA sequencing ...

Researchers create first portable tech for detecting cyanotoxins in water

Credit: Qingshan Wei, NC State University North Carolina State University researchers have developed the first portable technology that can test ...

Machine learning reveals how strongly interacting electrons behave at atomic level

Machine learning helps solve a puzzle of how strongly interacting electrons behave at atomic levelCredit: JC Séamus Davis For the ...

Wearable robot ‘WalkON Suit’ off to Cybathlon 2020

Credit: KAIST Standing upright and walking alone are very simple but noble motions that separate humans from many other creatures. ...

Singapore: the CNRS opens CNRS@CREATE, its first overseas subsidiary

Credit: © CREATE The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) strengthens its presence in Singapore by partnering the Campus ...

Protecting emergency personnel: Platform shows potential of AI in hazardous environments

Rapid assistance in rescue operations and moving autonomously under water Plattform Lernende Systeme identifies conditions and action plans for these ...

Fake news ‘vaccine’ works: ‘Pre-bunking’ game reduces susceptibility to disinformation

Credit: DROG An online game in which people play the role of propaganda producers to help them identify real world ...

A new theory for trapping light particles aims to advance development of quantum computers

The proposed protocol can be used to realize 'optical memories' and achieve on-demand storing and releasing of single photons NEW ...

Researchers create multi-junction solar cells from off-the-shelf components

Multi-junction solar cells are both the most efficient type of solar cell on the market today and the most expensive ...

Stanford researchers teach robots what humans want

Credit: Andy Palan and Gleb Shevchuk Told to optimize for speed while racing down a track in a computer game, ...

Safeguarding Australia’s Great Barrier Reef takes a cultural shift

The deployment of a novel, low cost device to rapidly propagate coral demonstrates a 'cultural shift' in the way science ...

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