Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science

A new tool will help cancer researchers gain a better understanding of the critical mechanisms at play during metastasis.Credit: Shaner ...

Automated cryptocode generator is helping secure the web

System automatically writes optimized algorithms to encrypt data in Google Chrome browsers and web applications Nearly every time you open ...

Monitoring biodiversity with sound: How machines can enrich our knowledge

Research team lead by Göttingen scientist compares traditional and modern survey methodsCredit: Kevin Darras For a long time, ecologists have ...

Now your phone can become a robot that does the boring work

What you do is what the robot doesCredit: Purdue University/Jared Pike WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- If any factory worker could ...

New study suggests automation will not wipe out truck-driving jobs

While stories in the media present automation as having the potential to eliminate large swaths of jobs in the near ...

New sustainable technologies for wood-to-textile value chain enables increased production of man-made cellulose fibres in Europe

GRETE, the Green chemicals and technologies for the wood-to-textile value chain project, has been granted EUR 2.6 million by the ...

New AI system manages road infrastructure via Google Street View

Geospatial scientists have developed a new program to monitor street signs needing replacement or repair by tapping into Google Street ...

The Nanoscience Days 2019 in Finland

The abstracts of Plenary Speakers now on web #NSDays2019 The Nanoscience Days 2019 (#NSDays2019) will be held on 8th--9th of ...

Emerging device by the fusion of IGZO and ferroelectric-HfO2

Next generation memory with low-power, high-speed, and high capacityCredit: Masaharu Kobayashi As a part of JST PRESTO program, Associate professor ...

‘Hot spots’ increase efficiency of solar desalination

Rice University engineers boost output of solar desalination system by 50%Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (June 18, 2019) -- ...

ELSI researchers use biological evolution to inspire machine learning

Credit: Nicholas Guttenberg As Charles Darwin wrote in at the end of his seminal 1859 book On the Origin of ...

Penn engineers demonstrate superstrong, reversible adhesive that works like snail slime

Credit: Younghee Lee If you've ever pressed a picture-hanging strip onto the wall only to realize it's slightly off-center, you ...

Study reveals new genomic roots of ecological adaptation in polar bear evolution

UMass Amherst genomicist explores how natural selection shaped gene copy numbersCredit: US Fish and Wildlife Service Scientists from the University ...

NASA’s Webb Sunshield undergoes rocket fitting, more testing

Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's spacecraft element, which consists of the observatory's spacecraft bus and the sunshield, ...

Scientists reveal reversible super-glue inspired by snail mucus

Snails secrete a mucous that acts like super-glue, allowing them to adhere to rough surfaces like rocks. Inspired by this ...

No chance for data leeches

KIT researchers have developed an app to protect mobile data without limiting the usability of popular appsCredit: Lydia Albrecht, KIT ...

NASA selects Carnegie Mellon to develop lunar pit exploration technology

New funding will advance technology for eventual moon missionCredit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH--NASA has approved a $2 million research initiative ...

Frontera named 5th fastest supercomputer in the world

TACC's leadership-class system tops all academic supercomputers, achieves 23.5 PetaFLOPS on Top500 benchmarkCredit: Jorge Salazar, TACC The Frontera supercomputer at ...

Dan M. Frangopol awarded 2019 George W. Housner Structural Control and Monitoring Medal

American Society of Civil Engineers honor recognizes impact of Lehigh University professor's pioneering work in integrating structural health monitoring in ...

Your circle of friends, not your Fitbit, is more predictive of your health