Researchers devise new method to get the lead out
Now they can better measure lead in your tap waterCredit: Washington University in St. Louis Commercially sold water filters do ...
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Smart tablecloth can find fruit and help with watering the plants
Interactive fabric senses everyday non-metallic objectsCredit: Figure courtesy of XDiscovery Lab. HANOVER, N.H. - October 29, 2020 - Researchers have ...
Researcher making drones smarter, situationally aware and team-oriented
NSF-funded project to enable UAVs to monitor themselves and each other, taking into account different scenariosCredit: Courtesy Northern Arizona University ...
‘Time machine’ offers new pancreatic cancer drug testing approach
Testing drugs within a tumor may combat pancreatic cancer drug resistanceCredit: Purdue University/Rebecca McElhoe WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Many patients ...
Breakthrough quantum-dot transistors create a flexible alternative to conventional electronics
Quantum dot logic circuits provide the long-sought building blocks for innovative devices, including printable electronics, flexible displays, and medical diagnosticsCredit: ...
Corporations directing our attention online more than we realize
Credit: Photo courtesy Harsh Taneja CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- We know how search engines can favor certain results and how social ...
American Institute of Physics announces 2020 Science Communication Award winners
Credit: Hockfield, Sokol, Manley WASHINGTON, October 29, 2020 -- The American Institute of Physics recognizes the winners of the 2020 ...
Machine learning helps pinpoint sources of the most common cardiac arrhythmia
Credit: Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Researchers from Skoltech and their US colleagues have designed a new machine learning-based approach ...
Advanced facade material for urban heat island mitigation
Using analytical models to evaluate the reflection directional performance of the retro-reflective materials applied to building facadesCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI ...
Sensors driven by machine learning sniff-out gas leaks fast
ALFaLDS works on large oil& gas infrastructure, can help cut methane emissions by 90%Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, ...
NUS researchers develop novel process that turns waste into nutritional supplements
Credit: National University of Singapore The shells of crustaceans and wood waste such as branches pruned from trees usually end ...
$39 Million to better integrate renewables into power grid
Credit: Erik Jepsen/University of California San Diego The National Science Foundation has awarded $39 million to a team of engineers ...
Study reveals robust performance in aged detonator explosive
PETN explosive is used extensively in commercial detonators and in the nuclear stockpileCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., ...
SoundWatch: New smartwatch app alerts d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing users to birdsong, sirens and other desired sounds
Credit: Jain et al./ASSETS 2020 Smartwatches offer people a private method for getting notifications about their surroundings -- such as ...
Election 2020 chatter on Twitter busy with bots, conspiracy theorists, USC study finds
The partisan divide -- among the botsCredit: USC Institute for Information Sciences Bots and conspiracy theorists have infested the Twitter ...
Researchers break magnetic memory speed record
Advance could lead to new generation of ultrafast computer chips that retain data even when there is no powerCredit: Image ...
CAMERA awarded £10 million for interactive and visual computing research
Credit: University of Bath The University of Bath is thrilled to announce that CAMERA, the Centre for the Analysis of ...
Artificial intelligence dives into thousands of WW2 photographs
In a new study, researchers have used AI to analyse large amounts of historical photos from WW2. Among other things, ...
UConn professor patents more efficient carbon capture reactor
Credit: Al Ferreira/UConn Photo The development of carbon capture technologies is of the utmost importance right now, as carbon dioxide ...
NTU spin-off ARTICARES launches portable arm rehabilitation device
Credit: Tan Tock Seng Hospital A new portable arm rehabilitation robot will help patients to carry out robot-aided therapy at ...
