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Urdu2019 Economics Nobel Laureate co-publishes paper demonstrating the potential for digital agricultural advice to ‘sustainably’ raise ‘agricultural productivity’ at low cost for 2 billion smallholder farming families
Tag: RESEARCH/DEVELOPMENT
Institute of Railway Research to receive Queen’s Anniversary Prize
The announcement was made at a special reception held at St James’s Palace
Project aims to make mining more efficient, safer
Efficiency and safety are two aspects paramount to an effective mining operation that industry constantly seeks to improve. Virginia Tech researchers are leading a multidisciplinary team in a three-year, $900,000 project to improve the efficiency of dust scrubbers in underground…
Illinois team develops first of a kind in-vitro 3D neural tissue model
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have successfully used stem cells to engineer living biohybrid nerve tissue to develop 3D models of neural networks with the hopes of gaining a better understanding of how the brain and these…
Blank:a — a unique resource sharing university best practices globally– now online!
An online version of the print magazine Blank:a has been launched by Cactus Communications with the aim of disseminating university best practices globally
Advancing frozen food safety: Cornell develops novel food safety assessment tool
Tool for companies to assess individual production lot risks based on various scenarios
Composite to replace cast iron in harsh maritime environments
Inside the giant engines in the world’s largest ships are huge heat exchangers made of cast iron; for the first time, a new project is looking for an inexpensive composite substitute for the classical iron components, which can cost vast sums to maintain
Crucial collaboration: Expanding naval capability through ties with industry, academia
ARLINGTON, Va.–The secret sauce of successful naval acquisitions requires a vital ingredient: partnerships, particularly among government, industry and academia. To cultivate new partnerships and enhance naval capabilities–as well as bolster existing relationships–the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Technology Transfer (T2)…
SwRI tests fuel delivery device on Blue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle
NASA funding supports design to eliminate harmful vapor bubbles in spacecraft fuel tanks
Print me an organ — Why are we not there yet?
SUTD leads in-depth review on the impending reality of 3D printed organs and analyses recent accomplishments, limitations and opportunities for future research.
High school student publishes scientific paper with assistance from Texas Tech professor
Part of being classified as one of 86 public institutions in the Very High Research Activity (R1) category by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education means attracting some of the best and brightest researchers around the world to…
Illinois team develops first of a kind in-vitro 3D neural tissue model
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have successfully used stem cells to engineer living biohybrid nerve tissue to develop 3D models of neural networks with the hopes of gaining a better understanding of how the brain and these…
Crucial collaboration: Expanding naval capability through ties with industry, academia
ARLINGTON, Va.–The secret sauce of successful naval acquisitions requires a vital ingredient: partnerships, particularly among government, industry and academia. To cultivate new partnerships and enhance naval capabilities–as well as bolster existing relationships–the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Technology Transfer (T2)…
SwRI tests fuel delivery device on Blue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle
NASA funding supports design to eliminate harmful vapor bubbles in spacecraft fuel tanks
Print me an organ — Why are we not there yet?
SUTD leads in-depth review on the impending reality of 3D printed organs and analyses recent accomplishments, limitations and opportunities for future research.
High school student publishes scientific paper with assistance from Texas Tech professor
Part of being classified as one of 86 public institutions in the Very High Research Activity (R1) category by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education means attracting some of the best and brightest researchers around the world to…
Making robots more perceptive
Lehigh University’s Nader Motee is investigating ways to improve robots’ awareness and decision-making capabilities, with over $1M in grants from ONR and AFOSR
Tiny magnetic particles enable new material to bend, twist, and grab
A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and The Ohio State University has developed a soft polymer material, called magnetic shape memory polymer, that uses magnetic fields to transform into a variety of shapes. The material could…
City research draws on Formula 1 technology for the construction of skyscrapers
Civil engineering academic is developing new vibration-control devices based on Formula 1 technology for skyscrapers
Coral growth video wins Nikon Small World In Motion Contest
WOODS HOLE, Mass. — Philippe Laissue of University of Essex, U.K., a Whitman investigator at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), has won first place in the Nikon Small World in Motion Competition, one of the world’s largest and most prestigious…
Lehigh University professor Jeffrey Rickman elected as Fellow of ASM International
Computational materials theorist recognized for pioneering work, service to materials science community
City research draws on Formula 1 technology for the construction of skyscrapers
Civil engineering academic is developing new vibration-control devices based on Formula 1 technology for skyscrapers
Lehigh University professor Jeffrey Rickman elected as Fellow of ASM International
Computational materials theorist recognized for pioneering work, service to materials science community
Coral growth video wins Nikon Small World In Motion Contest
WOODS HOLE, Mass. — Philippe Laissue of University of Essex, U.K., a Whitman investigator at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), has won first place in the Nikon Small World in Motion Competition, one of the world’s largest and most prestigious…
New tool for rapidly analyzing CRISPR edits reveals frequent production of unintended edits
New method unmasks all DNA changes caused by CRISPR in two days vs. two months; Most errant edits may be harmless, but insights essential to gauge patient risks
Smart, self-powered patch to put an end to €2.3 trillion bill caused by rust worldwide
The cost of corrosion runs to 3-4% of the gross world product annually, and therefore there is increasing focus on monitoring infrastructure; Danish researchers are developing a smart patch that can cut huge amounts off the costs of rust
Smart, self-powered patch to put an end to €2.3 trillion bill caused by rust worldwide
The cost of corrosion runs to 3-4% of the gross world product annually, and therefore there is increasing focus on monitoring infrastructure; Danish researchers are developing a smart patch that can cut huge amounts off the costs of rust
Graphene takes off in composites for planes and cars
The Graphene Flagship identified the strategic advantages of integrating graphene into fibre composites, used to build planes and cars.
Graphene takes off in composites for planes and cars
The Graphene Flagship identified the strategic advantages of integrating graphene into fibre composites, used to build planes and cars.
Water management grows farm profits
A healthy lifestyle consists of a mixture of habits. Diet, exercise, sleep and other factors all must be in balance. Similarly, a sustainable farm operates on a balanced plan of soil, crop, and water management techniques. The western United States…
Liquid crystal polymer learns to move and grab objects
Researchers trained material the same way as Pavlov trained dogs
Water management grows farm profits
A healthy lifestyle consists of a mixture of habits. Diet, exercise, sleep and other factors all must be in balance. Similarly, a sustainable farm operates on a balanced plan of soil, crop, and water management techniques. The western United States…
Freeze frame: Scientists capture atomic-scale snapshots of artificial proteins
Berkeley Lab scientists adapt microscopy technique to build and image peptoid nanosheets with unprecedented atomic precision
Liquid crystal polymer learns to move and grab objects
Researchers trained material the same way as Pavlov trained dogs
Freeze frame: Scientists capture atomic-scale snapshots of artificial proteins
Berkeley Lab scientists adapt microscopy technique to build and image peptoid nanosheets with unprecedented atomic precision
Mason scientist develops game to arm users against climate change ‘fake news’
New game builds resilience against misinformation; ‘inoculates’ users against fake news on climate change; gamifies critical thinking
Russia’s nuclear industry set to fight the climate crisis by exporting education
Challenges and perspectives for Russia’s nuclear industry on its way to assuming a key role in the fight against the climate crisis on a global level, while also ensuring future growth and building on 65 years of prodigious legacy, dating…
Development of a new low-cost gallium nitride (GaN) crystal manufacturing device
A breakthrough in the development of power devices
Russia’s nuclear industry set to fight the climate crisis by exporting education
Challenges and perspectives for Russia’s nuclear industry on its way to assuming a key role in the fight against the climate crisis on a global level, while also ensuring future growth and building on 65 years of prodigious legacy, dating…
Smog-eating graphene composite reduces atmospheric pollution
Graphene Flagship partners the University of Bologna, Politecnico di Milano, CNR, NEST, Italcementi HeidelbergCement Group, the Israel Institute of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, and the University of Cambridge have developed a graphene-titania photocatalyst that degrades up to 70% more…
Mason scientist develops game to arm users against climate change ‘fake news’
New game builds resilience against misinformation; ‘inoculates’ users against fake news on climate change; gamifies critical thinking
Development of a new low-cost gallium nitride (GaN) crystal manufacturing device
A breakthrough in the development of power devices
Smog-eating graphene composite reduces atmospheric pollution
Graphene Flagship partners the University of Bologna, Politecnico di Milano, CNR, NEST, Italcementi HeidelbergCement Group, the Israel Institute of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, and the University of Cambridge have developed a graphene-titania photocatalyst that degrades up to 70% more…
A new way to control microbial metabolism
Chemical engineers program bacteria to switch between different metabolic pathways, boosting their yield of desirable products.
Helping machines perceive some laws of physics
Model registers ‘surprise’ when objects in a scene do something unexpected, which could be used to build smarter AI
Strategic collaboration agreement signed between ScienceOpen and Pensoft
The research discovery platform ScienceOpen and Pensoft Publishers have entered into a strategic collaboration partnership with the aim of strengthening the companies’ identities as the leaders of innovative content dissemination. The new cooperation will focus on the unified indexation, the…
A new way to control microbial metabolism
Chemical engineers program bacteria to switch between different metabolic pathways, boosting their yield of desirable products.
Helping machines perceive some laws of physics
Model registers ‘surprise’ when objects in a scene do something unexpected, which could be used to build smarter AI
Strategic collaboration agreement signed between ScienceOpen and Pensoft
The research discovery platform ScienceOpen and Pensoft Publishers have entered into a strategic collaboration partnership with the aim of strengthening the companies’ identities as the leaders of innovative content dissemination. The new cooperation will focus on the unified indexation, the…
Glass from a 3D printer
Producing glass objects using 3D printing is not easy. Only a few groups of researchers around the world have attempted to produce glass using additive methods. Some have made objects by printing molten glass, but the disadvantage is that this…