Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science

April 27, 2019

New analysis by academics from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), part of the University of Oxford, predicts the dead may ...

Nanoparticles take a fantastic, magnetic voyage

Tiny robots powered by magnetic fields could help drug-delivery nanoparticles reach their targets CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT engineers have designed ...

NASA’s Aqua satellite tracks Tropical Cyclone Lorna

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL As Tropical Storm Lorna continued moving in a southerly direction in the Southeastern Indian Ocean, NASA's Aqua ...

NASA sees remnants of Tropical Cyclone Kenneth over northern Mozambique

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA's Aqua satellite provided a visible image of ...

Carnegie Mellon chemists manipulate the quantum states of gold nanoclusters

Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Chemistry have found a way to control the lifetime ...

University of Maryland first to use unmanned aircraft to deliver kidney for transplant

Groundbreaking effort could help expand donor access to transplantationCredit: University of Maryland Medical Center/University of Maryland School of Medicine BALTIMORE ...

Flexible circuits for 3D printing

New process for flexible and transparent electronicsCredit: Credit: University of Hamburg, Tomke Glier A research cooperation between the University of ...

AI-generated profiles? Airbnb users prefer a human touch

ITHACA, N.Y.- In an online marketplace like Airbnb, host profiles can mean the difference between a booked room and a ...

Diversity and inclusion: Advancing wheelchair technologies at CYBATHLON

Climbing up the stairs, opening a door, sitting at the table are actions that many of us take for granted ...

NASA-NOAA satellite catches intense Tropical Cyclone Kenneth make landfall in northern Mozambique

Credit: NASA/NOAA/ University of Wisconsin - Madison, SSES-CIMSS, William Straka III Mozambique is still recovering from deadly Tropical Cyclone Idai, ...

Filling in the gaps of connected car data helps transportation planners

Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech If you have a new or late model car, most likely it's connected: GPS navigation, that ...

SwRI leaders Hamilton, Stern to be inducted into UT-Austin Academy of Distinguished Alumni

Retiree Abramson also recognized for outstanding achievements SAN ANTONIO -- April 25, 2019 - Three of SwRI's finest will be ...

NASA finds a more circular Tropical Cyclone Lorna

Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and captured a visible image of what appeared ...

How to take the ‘petro’ out of the petrochemicals industry

New paper in Science by U of T Engineering research team charts a road map for displacing fossil fuels in ...

WINTHER trial results

Comprehensive tumor profiling promises new therapeutic options for patients with advanced cancer The WINTHER trial***, NCT01856296, led by investigators from ...

Ice-proof coating for big structures relies on a ‘beautiful demonstration of mechanics’

Credit: Joseph Xu/Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing, University of Michigan ANN ARBOR--A new class of coatings that sheds ice effortlessly ...

Next-generation NASA instrument advanced to study the atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune

Credit: NASA Much has changed technologically since NASA's Galileo mission dropped a probe into Jupiter's atmosphere to investigate, among other ...

New technique uses power anomalies to ID malware in embedded systems

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Texas at Austin have developed a technique for detecting types ...

The first laser radio transmitter

Researchers transmit data via a semiconductor laser, opening the door to ultra-high-speed Wi-FiCredit: Image courtesy of Marco Piccardo/Harvard SEAS You've ...

Wristbands do a health check while you work out