Weather-responsive intersections could ease traffic congestion
Cities could ease congestion and improve safety during snowstorms by tweaking the timing of traffic lights to take road conditions ...
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Scientists develop a tunable bio-imaging device using terahertz plasmonics
Non-inasive terahertz sensing could be a game changer for future diagnosticsCredit: Scientific Reports Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo ...
Small brains, big picture: Study unveils C. elegans’ microscopic mysteries
Researchers discover how brain cells in the microscopic worm, C. elegans send electrical signalsCredit: OIST It's the small pieces that ...
Do all networks obey the scale-free law? Maybe not
As Benjamin Franklin once joked, death and taxes are universal. Scale-free networks may not be, at least according to a ...
Swimming microbes steer themselves into mathematical order
Credit: Video courtesy of Saverio Spagnolie MADISON, Wis. -- Freeing thousands of microorganisms to swim in random directions in an ...
Magnonic devices can replace electronics without much noise
Magnonic devices of the future could use low power to avoid performance lossesCredit: Balandin Lab at UC Riverside Electronic devices ...
Dental fillings could last twice as long
New material could mean fewer trips to the dentist's office, OHSU scientist reportCredit: OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff A compound used to make ...
Team wins UCAR award for tool that could improve weather forecasting
Credit: MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez BOZEMAN -- When a hail storm unleashes on Montana's plains, a precise warning an ...
Scientists develop printable water sensor
X-ray investigation reveals functioning of highly versatile copper-based compoundCredit: UAM, Verónica García Vegas A new, versatile plastic-composite sensor can detect ...
Bringing more human intelligence to AI, data science and digital automation
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 4, 2019-- The advent of data science, wireless connectivity and ...
Genomic testing of a single patient reveals a gene commonly mutated in pediatric melanoma
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital results make the case for comprehensive clinical genomic testing as a tool to find more ...
U-M researchers, students take sexual assault prevention program to Ghana
ANN ARBOR--Blaming the victim, usually a female, is common in sexual assault cases, but in some places it's more prevalent ...
Mini cheetah is the first four-legged robot to do a backflip
Robot's lightweight, high-power design is the perfect platform to share and play, developers sayCredit: Photo: Bryce Vickmark MIT's new mini ...
New Finnish research and innovation unity promotes oat consumption and business
Oats and oat-based innovations possess a significant global potential for Finnish food industry. Therefore, we want to understand the impact ...
New quantum sensor could improve cancer treatment
A new quantum sensor developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) has proven it ...
Optical clocks started the calibration of the international atomic time
Credit: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Optical clocks of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, ...
Gotcha! Scientists fingerprint proteins using their vibrations
Researchers show that they can quickly measure a protein's microscopic movements, opening new possibilities in medical researchCredit: Credit: Mengyang Xu, ...
Researchers use machine learning to more quickly analyze key capacitor materials
Credit: Allison Barnes, Georgia Tech Capacitors, given their high energy output and recharging speed, could play a major role in ...
How bacteria can help prevent coal ash spills
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique that uses bacteria to produce "biocement" in coal ash ponds, ...
FutureNeuro partners with UCB to give clinicians insights into epilepsy treatments
Dublin, 4 March 2019 - FutureNeuro, the SFI Research Centre for Chronic and Rare Neurological Diseases, based at RCSI (Royal ...