Wearable sensors that detect gas leaks
Credit: POSTECH Gas accidents such as toxic gas leakage in factories, carbon monoxide leakage of boilers, or toxic gas suffocation ...
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Combining news media and AI to rapidly identify flooded buildings
Credit: MLIT, Shikoku Regional Development Bureau Artificial intelligence (AI) has sped up the process of detecting flooded buildings immediately after ...
Generation of super-resolved optical needle and multifocal array using graphene oxide metalenses
Credit: Opto-Electronic Advances In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI https://doi.org/10.29026/oea.2021.200031, Researchers led by Professor Baohua Jia at Swinburne ...
Medically savvy smartphone imaging systems
Development of smartphone-based imaging systems for medicine and healthcare can be optimized by newly published guidelines for holistic assessmentCredit: Hunt ...
AI pinpoints local pollution hotspots using satellite images
Technique could help find sources of heavy air pollution and allow researchers to better study its effects on human health ...
FSU engineers improve performance of high-temperature superconductor wires
Credit: Mark Wallheiser/FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Florida State University researchers have discovered a novel way to improve the performance of ...
Experts’ predictions for future wind energy costs drop significantly
Berkeley Lab-led study shows expected cost declines of 17%-35% by 2035 and 37%-49% by 2050Credit: Berkeley Lab Technology and commercial ...
Discount on charging electric cars helps to solve traffic jams
Credit: C. Cenedese Charging electric cars can put a strain on the electricity grid. And commuting to work by car ...
Researcher uses bat-inspired design to develop new approach to sound location
Credit: Virginia Tech Inspired by the workings of a bat's ear, Rolf Mueller, a professor of mechanical engineering at Virginia ...
Betting on drones as smart agricultural tools for pesticide use in farms
Researchers assess whether drones can spray pesticides better than conventional technologies in terms of cost, capacity, and management efficiencyCredit: Yuna ...
First 3D-printed proton-conductive membrane paves way for tailored energy storage devices
Credit: Tohoku University The advent and increased availability of 3D printing is leading to more customizable parts at lower costs ...
University of Guam launches Drone Corps for students
Program to help gather footage and data for local agenciesCredit: University of Guam As the use of drones continues to ...
Supercomputing partnership to turbocharge Australian research and green innovation
Credit: Curtin-ICRAR Curtin University and DUG Technology Ltd have entered into a decade-long partnership to collaborate in the fields of ...
Stretching the boundaries of medical tech with wearable antennae
Researchers from Penn State led two international collaborations to prototype a wireless, wearable transmitter while also improving the transmitter design ...
Photonic MEMS switches going commercial
Switch that uses existing fabrication method a step toward integration in data communication networksCredit: Han et al. One of the ...
NPS and US Coast Guard R&D Center to jointly research maritime solutions
Credit: (Screen capture by NPS Office of University Communications) As a result of the Tri-Service Maritime Strategy (TSMS) released in ...
New method measures super-fast, free electron laser pulses
Using photoionization as an ultrafast, optical shutter, slow visible-light cameras can measure femtosecond extreme ultraviolet laser pulsesCredit: Los Alamos National ...
Project teams humans and AI to scan social media posts to aid in disaster response
Credit: Virginia Tech When a disaster strikes, social media can be helpful in alerting the public quickly. Social media posts ...
A European project to develop electrodeless plasma thrusters
Credit: ERC-ZARATHUSTRA project Plasma thrusters consume less propellant than chemical combustion rockets, allowing for longer, more ambitious and economical missions. ...
Transforming circles into squares
Researchers reconfigure material topology on the microscaleCredit: (Image courtesy of Shucong Li/Bolei Deng/Harvard SEAS) Reconfigurable materials can do amazing things. ...
