Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science

The use of kites to capture wind energy and turn it into cost-effective 'green' electricity could be coming within reach, ...

Empirical energy consumption model quantifies Bitcoin’s carbon footprint

Researchers have conducted the first analysis of Bitcoin power consumption based on empirical data from IPO filings and localization of ...

£120,000 project to eliminate freight train carbon emissions

Huddersfield's Institute of Railway Research will work with industrial partners to develop environmentally-beneficial hybrid locomotivesCredit: Direct Rail Services RAIL and ...

Could playing computer games improve your peripheral vision?

Researchers have found a significant improvement in the peripheral awareness of people who played computer games specially designed around using ...

Beekee box: A network without the internet or electricity!

Researchers at UNIGE have designed a box that allows users to log on to a learning platform without an internet ...

Eliminating infamous security threats

Speculative memory side-channel attacks are security vulnerabilities in computers for which no efficient solutions have been found. Existing solutions only ...

A deorbit kit for satellites based on low work-function tethers

Project E.T.PACK, coordinated by UC3MCredit: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) Satellites equipped with this kit in the future will ...

New tool can pinpoint origins of the gut’s bacteria

Credit: UCLA Samueli Engineering A UCLA-led research team has developed a faster and more accurate way to determine where the ...

Consortium awarded extra funding to create £9million offshore renewables hub

A national consortium has been awarded additional funding to cement the UK's position as a global leader in offshore renewable ...

An unnatural way to make natural products

Credit: University of South Florida From medicine to fragrances, nature provides many of the key chemical compounds needed in an ...

Electronic inhaler monitoring reduces hospitalizations, ER visits in patients with COPD

Credit: Cleveland Clinic Tuesday, June 11, 2019, Cleveland: In one of the first-of-its-kind studies, Cleveland Clinic researchers found that the ...

Behind the magic: Making moving photos a reality

Credit: University of Washington People moving in and out of photographs used to be reserved for the world of Harry ...

Penn engineers design nanostructured diamond metalens for compact quantum technologies

Credit: Ann Sizemore Blevins At the chemical level, diamonds are no more than carbon atoms aligned in a precise, three-dimensional ...

‘Shield’ of sea creature inspires materials that can handle their own impact

Credit: Purdue University video/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The mantis shrimp, one of the ocean's most ornery creatures, can ...

Innovative robot fingers hold promise for assistive living, prosthetics

Credit: SFU There's nothing quite like the comforting squeeze of your partner's hand. But a robot's hand? That's perhaps a ...

NASA takes Tropical Cyclone’s Vayu’s temperature

Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Northern Indian Ocean and took the temperature of Tropical Cyclone ...

First cyber agility framework to train officials developed to out-maneuver cyber attacks

Credit: US Army -- Shutterstock graphic RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (June 10, 2019) To help train government and industry organizations ...

Army focuses on power, propulsion for future unmanned aircraft systems

Credit: US Army photo The development of power and propulsion technologies for future unmanned aircraft systems will deliver more reach, ...

Electric vehicles would be a breath of fresh air for Houston

Credit: Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell University researchers are expressing hope for the future of Houston's breathable air, despite ...

Holistic view of planning energy self-sufficient communities