Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science

Credit: Sarah Atkinson/Michigan Tech The number of people who own electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing, but they face a conundrum: ...

‘Handy pen’ lights up when exposed to nerve gas or spoiled food vapors

Credit: Adapted from ACS Materials Letters 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.0c00516 Exposure to some odorless, colorless and tasteless gases, such as nerve ...

New history of photography focuses on presidents

Credit: Book cover courtesy the University of Illinois Press. Obama image from an official White House photo by Pete Souza. ...

CONCERT project: designing configurable collaborative robot to help workers

Researchers will develop configurable robots in order to preserve workers health in workplaces. Cobots will be validated in a construction ...

John Hennessy and David Patterson win the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in ICT

The award has gone in this 13th edition to the two scientists who turned computer architecture into a science and ...

Silicon chip provides low cost solution to help machines see the world clearly

Credit: Pointcloud Inc Researchers in Southampton and San Francisco have developed the first compact 3D LiDAR imaging system that can ...

Prestigious Sci-Tech Oscar goes to three former computer science PhD students

Credit: DFKI Three award winners earned their doctorates under Philipp Slusallek at Saarland University. The university professor and DFKI researcher ...

Object transparency reduces human perception of three-dimensional shapes

Monitoring the body’s fat burning by breath

Credit: Tohoku University Your breath holds the key to monitoring fat burning, and now a research group from Tohoku University ...

Sustainable and safe batteries: Lifecycle research

KIT bundles interdisciplinary expertise in two new battery competence clustersCredit: (Photo: Laila Tkotz, KIT) Recycling and optimized resource cycles, second ...

White contours induce red hue

A new color illusion that resolves a century-old contradiction relating to simultaneous color contrastCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ...

New AI-based tools enable quantum computers to ‘self-tune’ for unparalleled results

Developed by Q-CTRL, automated closed-loop hardware optimization improves performance autonomously in major step towards software abstractionCredit: Q-CTRL LOS ANGELES, Feb. ...

Emerging robotics technology may lead to better buildings in less time

Credit: Jiansong Zhang/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Emerging robotics technology may soon help construction companies and contractors create buildings ...

UTEP awarded $1 million NNSA grant to expose minority students to nuclear energy industry

Credit: Norman Love. EL PASO, Texas - Students from The University of Texas at El Paso will have more opportunities ...

Quantum computing enables simulations to unravel mysteries of magnetic materials

Credit: D-Wave A multi-institutional team became the first to generate accurate results from materials science simulations on a quantum computer ...

Shining a light on the true value of solar power

Credit: Sarah Atkinson/Michigan Tech Beyond the environmental benefits and lower electric bills, it turns out installing solar panels on your ...

Human eye beats machine in archaeological color identification test

Credit: Lindsay Bloch/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A ruler and scale can tell archaeologists the size and weight of a ...

5G testing center for rapid connectivity to launch at Purdue’s Discovery Park District

The NineTwelve center is the first of its kind in the U.S. to create 5G rapid development for faster, low-cost ...

Seventeen from Argonne recognized with Secretary of Energy’s Honor Awards

Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Six groups that included 17 scientists, engineers and other staff from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) ...

Biomaterials could mean better vaccines, virus-fighting surfaces