NSF-funded study will examine college tenure and promotion process, challenge assumptions
Lehigh University researchers are part of a study that seeks to shed new light on the role of research productivity ...
Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science
Pumped to assist the heart with an artificial aorta
Credit: © 2021 EPFL / Yoan Civet. In January of this year, EPFL engineers announced in Advanced Science their concept ...
Novel heat-management material keeps computers running cool
Credit: The H-Lab/UCLA UCLA engineers have demonstrated successful integration of a novel semiconductor material into high-power computer chips to reduce ...
Speedy nanorobots could someday clean up soil and water, deliver drugs
Credit: Haichao Wu University of Colorado Boulder researchers have discovered that minuscule, self-propelled particles called "nanoswimmers" can escape from mazes ...
A new piece of the quantum computing puzzle
An efficient two-bit quantum logic gate has been out of reach, until nowCredit: Jung-Tsung Shen Research from the McKelvey School ...
New 2D alloy combines five metals, breaks down CO2
It's first demonstrated use of a 2D, multi-metallic alloyCredit: Mishra Lab A two-dimensional alloy material -- made from five metals ...
World-leading £1.6 million study begins into robotic surgery for knee replacement
A major national study will pitch human skill against machine precision as it compares the benefits of knee replacement surgery ...
Scientists mine the rich seam of body wearable motion sensors
A new study from the University of Bath in the UK finds that conductive seams, when strategically placed in clothing, ...
This crystal impurity is sheer perfection
Scientists at Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley design 3D-grown material that could speed up production of new technologies for smart buildings ...
Quantum random number generator sets benchmark for size, performance
At roughly the size of a fingertip, the integrated photonics chip delivers random number output more than twice as fast ...
Squeeze the shock out: What different phases of piezoelectric materials tell us
Scientists have observed a correlation between the presence of intermediate S-polymorph phases in lanthanum-doped bismuth ferrite thin films and their ...
FAU lands $736,000 from NASA to study the coastal carbon budget from space
FAU harbor branch gulf of Mexico project among 10 grants in the nation and the only university in Florida selected ...
‘Edge of chaos’ opens pathway to artificial intelligence discoveries
Nanowire network trained to solve simple problem mimicking neural pathwaysCredit: Adrian Diaz-Alvarez/NIMS Japan (for nanowire image) Scientists at the University ...
Making seawater drinkable in minutes
A new alternative seawater desalination membrane to produce drinking waterCredit: Elsevier According to the World Health Organization, about 785 million ...
New type of metasurface allows unprecedented laser control
Credit: (Credit: Christina Spägele/Harvard SEAS) The ability to precisely control the various properties of laser light is critical to much ...
Danger caused by subdomains
A dangerous security vulnerability was discovered by TU Wien in collaboration with the Ca' Foscari University (Italy): Anyone who assumes ...
Advanced care: Smart wound dressings with built-in healing sensors
Fluorescent sensors glow brightly under UV light if infection starts to set inCredit: RMIT University Researchers have developed smart wound ...
Pitt faculty, students capture top awards at 2021 CALPHAD Global Conference
Assistant Professor Wei Xiong honored with inaugural CALPHAD Young Leader AwardCredit: Wei Xiong PITTSBURGH (June 25, 2021) ... CALPHAD (CALculation ...
NASA completes additional tests to diagnose computer problem on Hubble space telescope
Credit: NASA NASA is continuing to diagnose a problem with the payload computer on the Hubble Space Telescope after completing ...
Backscatter breakthrough runs near-zero-power IoT communicators at 5G speeds everywhere
Low-cost, low-power devices work over mmWave and use a single transistor to transfer high-volume data anywhereCredit: John Kimionis, Nokia Bell ...
