Tag: Technology/Engineering/Computer Science

Credit: U.S. Army RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C -- The U.S. Army awarded contracts to nine small businesses and nonprofit research ...

Vortex technology developed by NTU spin-off speeds up cooling while saving energy

Credit: NTU Singapore Vortec, a spin-off company from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has launched a new ceiling fan ...

AU researcher receives massive EU grant to investigate alternative climate solutions

The European Research Council has awarded the prestigious ERC Synergy grant of DKK 70 million to a research project headed ...

European funding worth millions for Bielefeld computer scientist

Professor Barbara Hammer and three European colleagues receive ERC Synergy GrantCredit: Photo: Bielefeld University/S. Jonek Secure the supply of drinking ...

Minor fluctuations in sound make it hard to identify in which concert hall music is played

Study shows music volume has a major impact on how the listener experiences the acoustics of a concert hallCredit: Photo: ...

Next-generation computer chip with two heads

EPFL engineers have developed a computer chip that combines two functions - logic operations and data storage - into a ...

Noise reduction via intermittent control by utilizing a plasma actuator

Two motivational artificial beings are better than one for enhancing learning

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that praise delivered by robots and virtual agents improves offline learningCredit: University of ...

Social media can guide public pandemic policy: QUT research

Social media analytics now a valuable tool in understanding the thoughts and actions of the public during a pandemicCredit: QUT ...

Turning up the heat on molten salt valves

$2.5 million DOE grant to advance critical component for concentrating solar powerCredit: Photo by Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia ...

Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers names Sandia Labs Organization of the Year

Sandia computer scientist also bestowed Professional Achievement AwardCredit: Photo by Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories has been ...

Nature-inspired design–Mimicking moth eyes to produce transparent anti-reflective coatings

Scientists develop a simple and scalable strategy to produce resin films with anti-reflective nanostructures--inspired by eyes of mothsCredit: Ian Lindsay ...

DNA in seawater can reveal fish diversity in the deep ocean

eDNA metabarcoding provides comparable and new insights compared to those of conventional methodsCredit: David Cote, Fisheries and Oceans Canada A ...

Building a quantum network one node at a time

Credit: University of Rochester illustration / Michael Osadciw Researchers at the University of Rochester and Cornell University have taken an ...

NASA missions help pinpoint the source of a unique x-ray, radio burst

Credit: Credits: Richard Shaw/UBC/CHIME Collaboration On April 28, a supermagnetized stellar remnant known as a magnetar blasted out a simultaneous ...

Model for acid-tolerant yeast helps guide industrial organic acid production

Credit: Hoang Dinh and Patrick Suthers, Penn State Microbes and other microscopic organisms could serve as sustainable "factories" to create ...

Research lays groundwork for ultra-thin, energy efficient photodetector on glass

Credit: Jennifer M. McMann - Penn State Materials Research Institute Though we may not always realize it, photodetectors contribute greatly ...

‘Monster tumors’ could offer new glimpse at human development

Credit: Daniella McDonald Finding just the right model to study human development--from the early embryonic stage onward--has been a challenge ...

Divide and conquer–modular controller design strategy makes upgrading power grids easier

Credit: Takayuki Ishizaki Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) develop a novel approach for the modular design of ...

A material that “bruises”like the skin?