“Electronic amoeba” finds approximate solution to traveling salesman problem in linear time
Credit: Masashi Aono Researchers at Hokkaido University and Amoeba Energy in Japan have, inspired by the efficient foraging behavior of ...
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Professor Andrés Lasagni of the TU Dresden elected member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences
Credit: Tobias Ritz Photography The Argentinean-born scientist has set himself ambitious goals in the spirit of the academy's mission to ...
Energy-efficient magnetic RAM: A new building block for spintronic technologies
Credit: POSTECH & SNU Researchers at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) and Seoul National University in South Korea ...
A balancing act: Improved water treatment technique using ‘energy matching’
Scientists in Japan and China develop an innovative system to treat water using direct solar steam generationCredit: PS Photography on ...
Harvesting the sun’s energy for clean drinking water: Where we are, where we need to be
Scientists review some of the research behind a technology that could cauterize a growing global drinking water crisisCredit: Lei Miao ...
Beating the heat: Oxidation in novel coating material for aircraft gas turbine engines
Scientists investigate oxidative reactions in ytterbium silicide, a heat-resistant coating, to improve heat efficiency in aircraft gas turbine enginesCredit: Ryo ...
ERC awards Barbara Mazzolai and Andrea Toma for projects on environmental sustainability
Researchers at IIT are among the grantees awarded by ERC today. Their projects will focus on the creation of intelligent ...
Tri-lab initiative leads innovation in novel hybrid energy systems
Credit: Idaho National Laboratory Future novel hybrid energy systems could lead to paradigm shifts in clean energy production, according to ...
Within a hair’s breadth–forensic identification of single dyed hair strand now possible
Scientists develop modern analytical techniques as a tool for advancing forensic investigationsCredit: Shinsuke Kunimura from Tokyo University of Science In ...
New JILA tools ‘turn on’ quantum gases of ultracold molecules
Credit: Ye Group/JILA JILA researchers have developed tools to "turn on" quantum gases of ultracold molecules, gaining control of long-distance ...
How to make catalysts more efficient
DFG funds new collaborative research center "TrackAct" at KIT for understanding catalytic processesCredit: (Figure: ITCP/KIT) Heterogeneous catalysts based on noble ...
NTU, Surbana Jurong and ENGIE to partner for sustainable liquid air energy storage researc
Credit: NTU Singapore Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Surbana Jurong (SJ), and ENGIE will be collaborating to develop an ...
NUS engineers discover new microbe for simpler, cheaper and greener wastewater treatment
The new strain of bacterium can remove both nitrogen and phosphorous from sewageCredit: National University of Singapore Researchers from the ...
PhD thesis introduces new possibilities of electronic warfare to Estonian Defence Forces
Credit: TalTech Modern warfare is day by day shifting away from man-to-man combat towards electronic warfare. The end result of ...
Let the sunshine in: self-cleaning membrane under visible light treatment
Complete removal of microbial contaminant layer accumulated on the membrane surface by sunlight irradiation. Providing a foundation for the development ...
Can sting rays and electric rays help us map the ocean floor?
Credit: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan have completed a feasibility study indicating ...
Joint initiative to enhance energy resiliency, naval energy resources
Research into energy storage, grid control, among projects supported by $7.36M U.S. Navy funding to Stony Brook and UMass LowellCredit: ...
Algorithms and automation: Making new technology faster and cheaper
Credit: Xinyi Xiao, Penn State Additive manufacturing (AM) machinery has advanced over time, however, the necessary software for new machines ...
Seeing the values behind the numbers
In a new book, "Data Action," Associate Professor Sarah Williams issues a call for thinking ethically about data today.Credit: Photo: ...
7 nations deepen science and technology cooperation to secure Polar region
Credit: U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams The International Cooperative Engagement Program for Polar Research Memorandum of Understanding (ICE-PPR ...
