Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science

Scientists design microgrid system that promises improved stability, safety, and resilience A group of American and Chinese researchers has designed ...

Remaining switched on to silicon-based electronics

Tokyo, Japan--The difficulty of further increasing the power conversion efficiency of silicon-based components in power electronics seems to indicate that ...

Leading memory systems researcher receives top computer architecture award

Mark D. Hill recognized for seminal contributions with Eckert-Mauchly AwardCredit: Courtesy, University of Wisconsin, Madison ACM, the Association for Computing ...

Food freshness sensors could replace ‘use-by’ dates to cut food waste

The researchers say the new sensors could help detect spoilage and reduce food waste for supermarkets and consumers. One in ...

Deep learning techniques teach neural model to ‘play’ retrosynthesis

Columbia chemical engineers train a neural network model to plan synthetic routes to any target molecule, optimizing user-specified objectives such ...

NASA-NOAA satellite sees system 91L’s eeach into the western gulf of Mexico

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) System 91L is an area of tropical low pressure ...

Solving the sun’s super-heating mystery with Parker Solar Probe

Credit: Michigan Engineering ANN ARBOR--It's one of the greatest and longest-running mysteries surrounding, quite literally, our sun--why is its outer ...

Bats have an ambulance in their ears

Credit: Virginia Tech Anybody who has been passed by an ambulance at high speed has experienced a physical effect called ...

New DOE program connects fusion companies with national labs, taps ORNL to lead

Credit: Carlos Jones/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy The Department of Energy has established the Innovation Network for ...

Spec fic writers named 2019 Neukom Institute awards winners

Two books and a play set in near future tell cautionary & optimistic talesCredit: Neukom Institute HANOVER, N.H. - June ...

New approach optimizes use of future wave electricity generators during disaster

Variational calculus technique shows the fastest way to provide enough electricity to restart local power grids hit by hurricanes through ...

Estimating the wear and tear of ice on structures over coming decades or even centuries

To face the challenges of a warming climate, a new technique determines the long-term effects of moving Arctic ice on ...

It’s alive! UNH researchers create innovative ‘living’ bridge

Credit: Scott Ripley/ UNH DURHAM, N.H.--Engineers at the University of New Hampshire have designed a unique living laboratory on a ...

VR view of design for Syrian refugee shelter wins first prize in national science photography

An image of a Syrian refugee using virtual reality to help researchers design a shelter has been chosen as the ...

Using physics to print living tissue

Laws of physics replace trial and error in new approaches to bioprintingCredit: Ashkan Shafiee WASHINGTON, D.C., June 4, 2019 -- ...

Can computers make decisions like humans? A new study may have the answer

Method enables artificial intelligence to be more similar to human intelligence A team of British researchers has developed a method ...

Extra finger ‘birth defect’ could provide blueprint for robotic extra limbs

The findings could show us how to tap into the brain's resources to control robotic extra limbs and digits. Worldwide, ...

Geoscience data group urges all scientific disciplines to make data open and accessible