Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science

May 19, 2019

Columbia engineers develop a clean, damage-free fabrication process that creates pristine transistors made from 2D material stacksCredit: Min Sup Choi/Columbia ...

Mindfulness smoking-cessation app can change the brain

Some research study participants, for whom the app was most effective, showed decreased brain reactivity to smoking images PROVIDENCE, R.I. ...

Washable, wearable battery-like devices could be woven directly into clothes

Wearable electronic components incorporated directly into fabrics have been developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge. The devices could ...

New surface treatment could improve refrigeration efficiency

A slippery surface for liquids with very low surface tension promotes droplet formation, facilitating heat transferCredit: Karim Khalil et al. ...

NYU Tandon & Global Public Health researcher receives Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Exploration

Grant funds technology-forward research using AI to improve vaccination rates in Pakistan Rumi Chunara, assistant professor of computer science and ...

Clean and effective electronic waste recycling

Credit: Prof. Hamid Hosano As the number of electronics devices increases around the world, finding effective methods of recycling electronic ...

UC Berkeley grad wins prestigious dissertation award

Finn's breakthrough approaches significantly advanced machine learning and roboticsCredit: Association for Computing Machinery ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today ...

Big data helps identify better way to research breast cancer’s spread

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Scientists are using a lot of genomic data to identify medical issues sooner in patients, but ...

Online complaint system used by Google and Twitter is like the ‘Wild West’

The online complaint system used by web giants like Google and Twitter is a 'Wild West' with evidence of abuse ...

Generating high-quality single photons for quantum computing

New dual-cavity design emits more single photons that can carry quantum information at room temperature MIT researchers have designed a ...

Cryogenics equipment maker licenses ORNL method for more efficient liquid helium use

Credit: Carlos Jones/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 14, 2019--Advanced Research Systems, Inc., has ...

Following on from Meltdown and Spectre: Austrian researchers discover new security flaws

Credit: Lunghammer - TU Graz ZombieLoad and Store-to-Leak Forwarding are the names of the new exploits which have just been ...

High-tech pets designed to care for seniors

Improving upon an existing line of robotic pets, a UC professor and her class have created a lifelike dog that ...

NASA finds tropical cyclone Ann over the great barrier reef