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Tag: RESEARCH/DEVELOPMENT
Dartmouth lab introduces the next wave of interactive technology
HANOVER, N.H. – October 20, 2019 – Technology that advances the way that users interact with the world around them will be introduced by Dartmouth at the 32nd ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium (UIST 2019). The next-generation technology,…
Family members can assist in preventing post-operative delirium by as much as 16.8%
BOSTON (October 21, 2019) – In a study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine , researchers reported that training family members in delirium prevention approaches can significantly reduce the incidence of post-operative delirium by up to 16.8 percent within seven…
Composite metal foam outperforms aluminum for use in aircraft wings
The leading edges of aircraft wings have to meet a very demanding set of characteristics. New research shows that a combination of steel composite metal foam (CMF) and epoxy resin has more desirable characteristics for use as a leading-edge material…
New framework makes AI systems more transparent without sacrificing performance
Researchers are proposing a framework that would allow users to understand the rationale behind artificial intelligence (AI) decisions. The work is significant, given the push move away from “black box” AI systems – particularly in sectors, such as military and…
JILA team demonstrates model system for distribution of more accurate time signals
JILA physicists and collaborators have demonstrated the first next-generation “time scale” — a system that incorporates data from multiple atomic clocks to produce a single highly accurate timekeeping signal for distribution. The JILA time scale outperforms the best existing hubs…
Neural-digital interface advances raise ethical and social issues
Many questions surround the promise, use, and ethics of human-technology interfaces
All plastic waste could become new, high-quality plastic through advanced steam cracking
A research group at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has developed an efficient process for breaking down any plastic waste to a molecular level. The resulting gases can then be transformed back into new plastics – of the same quality…
First demonstration of a 1 petabit per second network node
Gathering the latest advancements in optical fiber telecommunications technology towards practical petabit-class backbone networks
Weaving quantum processors out of laser light
Researchers open a new avenue to quantum computing with a breakthrough experiment: a large-scale quantum processor made entirely of light
Highest throughput 3D printer is the future of manufacturing
Rapid manufacturing on-demand could make parts-warehousing and expensive molds a thing of the past
Alfalfa and potassium: It’s complicated
Has anyone ever told you to eat a banana when you have a muscle cramp or eye twitch? That’s because bananas have potassium. Potassium is an important nutrient for humans, and an even more important nutrient when it comes to…
Computer models show clear advantages in new types of wind turbines
Researchers have modelled the fluid dynamics of multi-rotor wind turbines, and how they interact in wind farms; the research demonstrates a clear advantage for a turbine model with four rotors
What gives a 3-meter-long Amazonian fish some of the toughest scales on Earth
Arapaima gigas is a big fish in a bigger river full of piranhas, but that doesn’t mean it’s an easy meal. The freshwater giant has evolved armor-like scales that can deform, but do not tear or crack, when a piranha–which…
Assembler robots make large structures from little pieces
Systems of tiny robots may someday build high-performance structures, from airplanes to space settlements
Recovering ‘lost dimensions’ of images and video
Model could recreate video from motion-blurred images and ‘corner cameras,’ may someday retrieve 3D data from 2D medical images
New method for quicker and simpler production of lipidated proteins
Some of the body’s proteins are not just made up of amino acids, they are also ‘decorated’ with lipid chains, which significantly influence the biological functions of the protein. An example is the Ras protein, which plays a role in…
NUS team creates interactive, multisensory VR game
Game engages player’s senses of sight, hearing, touch and smell to complete challenge; novel technology can be used to recreate realistic scenarios for training and education purposes
C-Path, CDISC develop standard to represent data for Animal Rule studies
TUCSON, Ariz. and AUSTIN, Texas, October 15, 2019 — The Critical Path Institute (C-Path) and CDISC are pleased to announce the release of a global Foundational Standard that describes how to represent data for the natural history and efficacy studies…
Lehigh to present research, new programs at BMES 2019
3DP for tissue regeneration, biomechanics of Ebola adhesion, and more take center stage in Philadelphia
Controlling superconducting regions within an exotic metal
Superconductivity has fascinated scientists for many years since it offers the potential to revolutionize current technologies. Materials only become superconductors – meaning that electrons can travel in them with no resistance – at very low temperatures. These days, this unique…
Masashi Watanabe elected to inaugural class of Microanalysis Society Fellows
Professional association honors electron microscopy expert and Lehigh University materials science and engineering professor for outstanding leadership and innovation
Skin cancer above the neck more likely to spread, research shows
(MADRID, 11 October, 2019) New results from a descriptive, 6-month clinical study suggest that malignant melanoma (MM) that develops on the neck has a higher chance of spreading beyond the skin compared with MM that develops below the neck. However,…
Mapping white clover heritage
Four-leaved clovers may or may not bring good luck. What’s indisputable is that all white clovers, whether with three or four leaves, have many benefits. The United States Department of Agriculture calls white clover “one of the most important pasture…
5G wireless to connect robots on the ground to AI in the cloud
BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, October 9, 2019 – A research team at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, with the support of the National Science Foundation’s National Robotics Initiative 2.0 , is building the foundations of a wireless system that…
Graphene substrate improves the conductivity of carbon nanotube network
Scientists at Aalto University, Finland, and the University of Vienna, Austria, have combined graphene and single-walled carbon nanotubes into a transparent hybrid material with conductivity higher than either component exhibits separately
Folding a drop of water solves a longstanding challenge in portable diagnostic devices
Researchers with IBM and Polytechnique Montreal ‘fold’ a drop of water, solving a problem that has hindered development of portable diagnostic systems
NCI-sponsored trial explores better treatment for brain tumors in children
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 8, 2019) Children with recurrent brain tumors or newly diagnosed, particularly aggressive tumors called diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas are being enrolled in the first study to examine the efficacy of a drug that inhibits an enzyme these…
Accidental discovery of strong and unbreakable molecular switch
An organic material that can repeatedly change shape without breaking would have many useful applications, such as artificial muscles, pumps or as a switch. Physicists at Radboud University accidentally discovered a material with that property. Their findings will be published…
Cooling nanotube resonators with electrons
Mechanical resonators have been used with great success as new resources in quantum technology. Carbon nanotube mechanical resonators have shown to be excellent ultra-high sensitive devices for the study of new physical phenomena at the nanoscale (e.g. spin physics, quantum…
Nanostics expands ClarityDX prostate clinical study into the United States
Nanostics is expanding its ClarityDX Prostate clinical validation study into the US by opening the Florida-based Century Clinical Research Inc. recruitment site; significantly accelerating the study timeline and increasing patient cohort diversity.
Lehigh University materials symposium sets stage for industry-academic partnerships
Institute for Functional Materials and Devices event to identify use-inspired, interdisciplinary research problems that impact society
Scientists observe a single quantum vibration under ordinary conditions
Studying a common material at room temperature, researchers bring quantum behavior ‘closer to our daily life’
Security in a heartbeat
Sandia partnering with New Mexico small business to test biometric technology
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, October 2019
Buildings–Reaching the boiling point Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory demonstrated that metal foam enhances the evaporation process in thermal conversion systems and enables the development of compact heating, ventilation and refrigeration, or HVAC&R, units. Compact and efficient HVAC&R equipment…
Lyncean Technologies awarded €49M to provide world’s most advanced gamma-ray source
Lyncean Technologies, a pioneer in compact accelerator-based light sources for use in science and industry, on October 4th signed a contract with the “Horia Hulubei” National Institute for Research and Development in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Romania, to build…
A new mathematical approach to understanding zeolites
Study of minerals widely used in industrial processes could lead to discovery of new materials for catalysis and filtering
The fast dance of electron spins
Chemists investigate the interactions of metal complexes and light
New metasurface design can control optical fields in three dimensions
A team led by scientists at the University of Washington has designed and tested a 3D-printed metamaterial that can manipulate light with nanoscale precision. As they report in a paper published Oct. 4 in the journal Science Advances , their…
Enago AuthorONE: AI-powered manuscript assessment and automated copy-editing for publishers
Unlike other solutions, AuthorONE delivers explainable, actionable results
Visiting professor collaborates with researchers on artificial muscles
The Army’s corporate research laboratory recently hosted a professor from Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering to collaborate on chemically-powered artificial muscles for the future Soldier. Professor Daniel Hallinan spent 10 weeks at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities…
Printed electronics open way for electrified tattoos and personalized biosensors
The first demonstration of a fully print-in-place electronics technique is gentle enough to work on surfaces as delicate as human skin and paper
Dealing a therapeutic counterblow to traumatic brain injury
A blow to the head or powerful shock wave on the battlefield can cause immediate, significant damage to a person’s skull and the tissue beneath it. But the trauma does not stop there. The impact sets off a chemical reaction…
Hurricane hero: EMILY vehicle a successful partnership between navy, industry
ARLINGTON, Va.–Last month–a day after Hurricane Dorian finished lashing Abaco Island in the Bahamas–a chaotic scene greeted the first disaster responders arriving at the island’s Marsh Harbor. On land, homes sat in ruins, palm trees lay uprooted, and yachts and…
Smartphone typing speeds catching up with keyboards
A study of over 37,000 users shows that the ‘typing gap’, the difference typing speeds between mobile devices and physical keyboards is decreasing, and 10-19-year olds can type about 10 words-per-minute faster than their parents’ generation
Entos Pharmaceuticals announces research, development and collaboration agreement
EDMONTON, Alberta, October 2, 2019 — Entos Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Entos” or the “Company”), a healthcare biotechnology company focused on the development of next-generation nucleic acid-based therapies using their Fusogenix drug delivery platform, today announced it has entered into a research,…
New research center for artificial intelligence at Mainz University
The Carl Zeiss Foundation supports the establishment of the Emergent AI Center at JGU that brings together researchers from the fields of biology, physics, and polymer research
Teams of mobile 3D printing robots could fix bridges on Earth and build them to Mars
BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, October 2, 2019 – Commercial 3D printing — or additive manufacturing (AM) — is a booming industry. But if printers were liberated from the typical setup involving an immobile box and a gantry, and set free…
SwRI hosting Manufacturing Day event showcasing technology, industry trends
Annual event highlights the role of manufacturing in US economy
Battling BPA with biofilms
Pitt researcher awarded $420,000 NSF grant to study growing biofilms on electrodes to degrade bisphenol A