Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science

NIST researchers develop a novel chip-based device for quantum communicationCredit: S. Kelley/NIST Some of the most advanced communication systems now ...

Avoiding the crack of doom

New imaging technique reveals how mechanical damage begins at the molecular scaleCredit: NIST Just as a journey of 1,000 miles ...

New microfluidics device can detect cancer cells in blood

Credit: Ian Papautsky Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Queensland University of Technology of Australia, have developed ...

OSU ramping up research to better predict wildfire behavior

Credit: David Blunck, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - On the heels of Oregon's most expensive wildfire season ever in ...

Laser drill leads to world record in plasma acceleration

Novel concept marks milestone for future applications of compact particle accelerators Using a laser to drill through a plasma, scientists ...

Pitt engineer receives $500K award to investigate potentially harmful man-made chemicals

Carla Ng will use the NSF CAREER award to study the health and environmental impact of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl ...

Super Typhoon Wutip’s 25 mile-wide eye seen by NASA-NOAA satellite

Credit: NOAA/NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Cyclone Wutip has strengthened into a powerful super ...

High-powered fuel cell boosts electric-powered submersibles, drones

Credit: McKelvey School of Engineering The transportation industry is one of the largest consumers of energy in the U.S. economy ...

Federal fire grant spending could be more balanced, new model suggests

Alabama, Ohio and Pennsylvania received more than their fair share in 2014, according to new model, while Florida, Texas and ...

High CO2 levels can destabilize marine layer clouds

Loss of low-level clouds can lead to a spike in global warming, new study shows At high enough atmospheric carbon ...

Artificial lung cancer tissue could help find new drug treatments

A new way of growing cancer cells in the lab, developed at U of T Engineering, could speed up the ...

Machines whisper our secrets

Spies can learn what a machine is making from the sounds it makes Lab instruments are important tools throughout research ...

UCI, UCR scientists eavesdrop on DNA synthesizer to steal genetic blueprint

Research shows vulnerability of sensitive procedure to acoustic side-channel attack Irvine, Calif., Feb. 22, 2019 - During the DNA synthesis ...

New membrane water treatment system to reduce toxic waste by over 90 percent

Credit: NTU Singapore A new pilot plant to treat industrial wastewater is being built that could potentially reduce the amount ...

Illinois researchers are first to count growth factors in single cells

Credit: University of Illinois Department of Bioengineering Whether healthy or diseased, human cells exhibit behaviors and processes that are largely ...

Captured carbon dioxide converts into oxalic acid to process rare earth elements

Credit: Nathan Shaiyen/Michigan Tech Until now, carbon dioxide has been dumped in oceans or buried underground. Industry has been reluctant ...

Researchers engineer a tougher fiber

Credit: Michael Dickey, North Carolina State University North Carolina State University researchers have developed a fiber that combines the elasticity ...

NASA-NOAA satellite provides wide view of Tropical Cyclone Oma

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) When you look at a Tropical Cyclone Oma from ...

NASA-NOAA satellite analyzes Typhoon Wutip

Credit: NASA/NOAA/Williams Straka III/UWM/CIMSS Typhoon Wutip was impacting the Federated States of Micronesia in the Southern Pacific Ocean when NASA-NOAA's ...

Virtual reality a promising tool for reducing fears and phobia in autism