Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science

Virginia Tech lab proves the concept of a natural approach to antiperspirants

Credit: Virginia Tech Sweating is a natural function of the human body, allowing a body to cool itself as sweat ...

Newly discovered enzyme helps make valuable bioactive saponins

Osaka University-led research team discovers new enzyme, opening novel routes for producing a family of valuable chemicals with medical and ...

New method brings physics to deep learning to better simulate turbulence

Credit: Jonathan Freund, The Grainger College of Engineering Deep learning, also called machine learning, reproduces data to model problem scenarios ...

New supercomputer installed at Stony Brook

The Ookami computer is available to researchers nationwide as a testbed for high-performance computing technologyCredit: Stony Brook University STONY BROOK, ...

Ultracompact metalens microscopy breaks FOV constraints

Wide-field microscope imaging with large FOV and high resolution is achieved via ultracompact metalens arrayCredit: Xu et al., doi 10.1117/1.AP.2.6.066004 ...

UCLA researchers create armored emulsions as tiny test tubes for parallel reactions

Advance shows path for 'lab-on-a-particle' technologies to democratize scientific research and health diagnosticsCredit: Di Carlo Research Group/UCLA If you have ...

Success in controlling perovskite ions’ composition paves the way for device applications

Credit: Tachikawa Takashi Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (*1) have received much attention as potential next generation solar cells and as materials ...

Researchers develop ultra-fast polymer modulators that can take the heat

Silicon-polymer hybrid modulators capable of optical data rates of 200 Gbit/s at temperatures up to 110 °C could help reduce ...

Pearls may provide new information processing options for biomedical, military innovations

Credit: Purdue University/Chris Adam WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Pearls have long been favored as objects of beauty. Now, Purdue University ...

Massachusetts is the best state for technology and science, says Milken Institute

New index uses 105 metrics to determine state knowledge economiesCredit: Milken Institute Los Angeles - Nov. 12, 2020 - Massachusetts ...

Once-discounted binding mechanism may be key to targeting viruses

Rice, MD Anderson team models complex that immune system uses to recognize virusesCredit: Kavraki Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Nov. 12, ...

Weather-proof chip aims to take self-driving tech, wireless communications to next level

Credit: The University of Texas at Austin. Modern communications technology, regardless of use, relies on a similar formula: devices send ...

Researchers make key advance for printing circuitry on wearable fabrics

Credit: OSU College of Engineering CORVALLIS, Ore. - Electronic shirts that keep the wearer comfortably warm or cool, as well ...

Study reveals how to improve natural gas production in shale

Molecular-dynamics simulations and high-pressure small-angle neutron scattering help team discover optimal methane-releasing pressure rangeCredit: stock image LOS ALAMOS, N.M., November ...

Pollution and pandemics: A dangerous mix

Research from Chakrabarty lab finds that as one goes, so goes the other -- to a pointCredit: Professor Rajan Chakrabarty, ...

Skoltech scientists developed a novel bone implant manufacturing method

Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Design, Manufacturing, and Materials (CDMM) have developed a method ...

NIST designs a prototype fuel gauge for orbit

Credit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Liquids aren't as well behaved in space as they are on Earth. Inside a spacecraft, ...

Interactive virtual reality emerges as a new tool for drug design against COVID-19

Credit: University of Bristol Bristol scientists have demonstrated a new virtual reality technique which should help in developing drugs against ...

Low speed on a bumpy road is dangerous for vehicle body, says a RUDN University professor