Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science

4D printing helps create a biomimetic microchannel scaffold made of collagen and hydroxyapatite.Credit: Hanjun Hwangbo, Hyeongjin Lee WASHINGTON, May 4, ...

Cellphone converts into powerful chemical detector

With only $50 worth of components, an ordinary cellphone transforms into a sophisticated scientific instrument, capable of identifying chemicals, drugs, ...

New protocol makes Bitcoin transactions more secure and faster than Lightning

A protocol has been developed at TU Wien that makes transactions with cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin faster and more secure.Credit: ...

Algorithms improve how we protect our data

New algorithms are much better at estimating the security level of encrypted data.Credit: DGIST Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and ...

Strategic formulation of common cement could have a big impact on water purification

Powerful combinatorial analysis amplifies limited experimental data to find the right cement ingredients for water purificationCredit: U.S. Geological Survey Department ...

Researchers advance 3D printing to aid tissue replacement

Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. -- Professor Arda Gozen looks to a future someday in which doctors can hit a button ...

New study traces back the progenitor genomes causing COVID-19 and geospatial spread

Many variant strains were shown to be present before the first known cases identified in ChinaCredit: Sudhir Kumar, Temple University ...

Story tips: Stealthy air leak detection, carbon to chemicals and recycling goes large

Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Buildings - The mirage effect A team of researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...

Social cognition plays a key role in everyday lives of people with multiple sclerosis

Longitudinal study by international MS research team shows that people with relapsing-remitting MS performed significantly lower in several social cognition ...

Caterpillar-Argonne partnership shifts heavy-duty engine design into higher gear

Credit: (Image by Chao Xu/Argonne National Laboratory.) Argonne is helping Caterpillar improve efficiency and reduce emissions in their heavy-duty diesel ...

Renewable energy sources: On the way towards large-scale thermal storage systems

KIT and partners conduct research into inexpensive and highly efficient thermal storage systems of the next generationCredit: Photo: Karsten Litfin, ...

Blockchain as ‘TechQuity’: How tech solutions have the power to help the homeless

Credit: Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin AUSTIN, Texas -- For people experiencing homelessness, missing proof ...

A new way to make AR/VR glasses

University of Rochester researchers combine freeform optics and a metasurface to avoid 'bug eyes'Credit: (University of Rochester illustration / Michael ...

Electric vehicle batteries: The older they get, the safer they are

The neural mechanism of autonomous learning uncovered by researchers at IBEC

The brain can teach artificial intelligence a lesson or twoCredit: Brainx3.com, SPECS lab. Thanks to the so-called deep learning, a ...

Technique to automatically discover simulation configurations for behaviors hard to test

Automated search for "various situations" encountered in automated drivingCredit: © National Institute of Informatics The research team led by Fuyuki ...

New methods: Faster, safer, greener

Chemist from the University of Göttingen receives ERC Advanced GrantCredit: University of Göttingen Professor of Chemistry, Lutz Ackermann from Göttingen ...

‘Twisting’ atomic materials may convert light into electricity

US Army grant to UC Riverside will support the study of the science of light and its interaction with matterCredit: ...

How to invest in a fairer and low carbon energy system

Credit: Heriot-Watt University Governments throughout the world have accelerated their ambitions towards effective climate change mitigation. What is clear, in ...

Electron beam melting gets brittle metal into shape