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Electric delivery vehicles: When, where, how they’re charged has big impact on greenhouse gas emissi
The transportation sector is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, and a lot of attention has been devoted to electric passenger vehicles and their potential to help reduce those emissions. But with the rise of…
Passing the ball: Shifting responsibility for care coordination from patient to provider
Study finds HIE event notification promising tool to solve major healthcare challenge
Black hairstyles will inspire innovative building materials in new research
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Natural Black hair texture and styling practices – such a braiding, locking and crocheting – will help inspire and generate novel building materials and architecture structures using computational design processes in new research funded by the…
With $3M grant, UArizona-led center to advance at-home health care technology
A multi-institution team led by the University of Arizona aims to develop clinically validated wearable technologies to remotely monitor patient health
Machine learning models based on thermal data predict solar radiation
A research team at the University of Córdoba has developed and evaluated models for the prediction of solar radiation in nine locations in southern Spain and North Carolina (USA).
EHR alerts go unread, do not lead to deprescribing of medicines linked to dementia
INDIANAPOLIS — The vast majority of electronic health record (EHR) alerts attempting to reduce the prescribing of high-risk medications linked to dementia in older adults went unread in a study led by research scientists from Regenstrief Institute, Purdue University and…
Artificial intelligence provides faster diagnosis for debilitating blistering disease
Scientists at the University of Groningen have trained an Artificial Intelligence system to recognize a specific pattern in skin biopsies of patients with the blistering disease epidermolysis bullosa acquisita. The pattern is characteristic of a specific variant of the disease…
Improving transparency of integrated assessment models related to climate change
Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) connect trends in future socio-economic and technological development with impacts on the environment, such as global climate change. Critics have taken issue with the transparency of IAM methods and assumptions as well as the transparency of…
STFC technology drives more efficient cryoEM imaging
New 100 keV CryoEM camera launching with collaborations from STFC, RFI and Quantum Detectors
Researchers use JUWELS for record-breaking simulations of turbulence’s smallest structures
International collaboration focuses on including intermittency in turbulence simulations.
Climate Engineering in Context Conference
#CEC21 virtual
New radio receiver opens wider window to radio universe
Researchers have used the latest wireless technology to develop a new radio receiver for astronomy. The receiver is capable of capturing radio waves at frequencies over a range several times wider than conventional ones, and can detect radio waves emitted…
Instant COVID sensor to prevent outbreaks and protect communities
Sensor detects COVID-19 and variants on people’s breath, even when they are asymptomatic
Machine learning models based on thermal data predict solar radiation
A research team at the University of Córdoba has developed and evaluated models for the prediction of solar radiation in nine locations in southern Spain and North Carolina (USA). Measuring solar radiation is costly, as are all the tasks related…
2021 ACM Student Research Competition winners announced
Graduate and undergraduate students received travel grants to present their work at ACM conferences
Sandia-led center to advance understanding of new solar panel technology
Research will support perovskite technology performance, reliability, bankability
Digital government needs to better take women’s digital needs into account
Experts explore the persisting digital gender gap in digital government research and practice and present a vision for future research in this Special Issue of Information Polity
Engineering seeds to resist drought
A new seed-coating process could facilitate agriculture on marginal arid lands by enabling the seeds to retain any available water
Ecologists compare accuracy of lidar technologies for monitoring forest vegetation
Findings suggest mobile platforms have great potential for monitoring a variety of forest attributes
ETRI Solves the Challenge in the Next-generation Display Micro LED
Transfer-Bonding processes combined into one process for the first time in the world… Succeeded in developing the leading innovative technology. Equipment investment & process time greatly reduced to 1/10, material & repair costs reduced to 1/100.
FEWSION: Creating more resilient supply chains through nature-inspired design
Diverse supply chains that mimic ecological systems can more readily adapt to unforeseeable disruptions
What kind of sea ice is that? Ask Knut!
A new app under development is using deep learning and artificial intelligence to classify different kinds of sea ice
AR can improve the lives of older adults, so why are apps designed mainly with youngsters in mind?
Older people affected by memory loss have much to gain from AR technology, yet a study from the UK exploring the use of augmented reality to support older adults at home finds the user interface is sometimes confusing for those aged 50+
A universal approach to tailoring soft robots
An integrated design optimisation and fabrication workflow opens new opportunities for tailoring the mechanical properties of soft machines.
Beyond 5G: Wireless communications may get a boost from ultra-short collimating metalens
Screens may be larger on smartphones now, but nearly every other component is designed to be thinner, flatter and tinier than ever before. The engineering requires a shift from shapely, and bulky lenses to the development of miniaturized, two-dimensional metalenses.…
New imaging technique may boost research in biology, neuroscience
Scientists hope it will allow them to see inner workings of systems
Microscopy technique makes finer images of deeper tissue, more quickly
Researchers could rapidly obtain high-resolution images of blood vessels and neurons within the brain.
Plant patch enables continuous monitoring for crop diseases
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a patch that plants can “wear” to monitor continuously for plant diseases or other stresses, such as crop damage or extreme heat. “We’ve created a wearable sensor that monitors plant stress and…
NASA space lasers map meltwater lakes in Antarctica with striking precision
From above, the Antarctic Ice Sheet might look like a calm, perpetual ice blanket that has covered Antarctica for millions of years. But the ice sheet can be thousands of meters deep at its thickest, and it hides hundreds of…
Diversification in supply chain crucial to avoid ‘food shock’ in cities
Diversification in the sourcing of food into cities can go a long way to tempering “food shock” — a sudden drop in food supply due to unforeseen events, according to a team of researchers from Penn State and Northern Arizona…
New AI tech for early detection of prostate cancer
Artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic tool spots asymptomatic prostate cancer in seconds
Tiny tools: Controlling individual water droplets as biochemical reactors
Scientists develop a method to better manipulate tiny droplets in lab-on-a-chip applications for biochemistry, cell culturing, and drug screening
SMU professor awarded NSF grant for models to better aid evacuees after natural disasters
‘We can do better with a systems approach…instead of catching up after each hurricane’
Renewal of academic information system after 36 years
New catalog information service corresponding to digital resources to be introduced from 2022
More EVs could reduce CO2 emissions in Hawaii by 93% in less than 30 years
By 2050, faster adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and faster generation of renewable energy will result in 99% less fossil fuel consumed and 93% less CO2 emissions from passenger and freight vehicles on O?ahu. That’s under the most ambitious scenario…
Transformation of controller software to ensure safe behavior under perceptual uncertainty
Bridging the gap between uncertain perception and reality in controller software design
Energycane produces more biodiesel than soybean at a lower cost
URBANA, Ill. ¬- Bioenergy from crops is a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. New crops such as energycane can produce several times more fuel per acre than soybeans. Yet, challenges remain in processing the crops to extract fuel efficiently. Four…
DGIST launched ‘Institute of Next-generation Semiconductor convergence Technology (INST)’
DGIST opened INST to support the creation and further commercialization of next-generation semiconductor convergence technologies. President Young Kuk, DGIST, as well as other prominent administrators and academic members, attended the opening ceremony. Since 2011, DGIST has established the “Seven Core…
University of Maryland researchers record brainwaves to measure ‘cybersickness’
In a first-of-its-kind study, the UMD team used electroencephalography (EEG) to better understand and work toward solutions for VR-induced discomfort
Harnessing AI to discover new drugs
Nature has a vast store of medicinal substances. “Over 50 percent of all drugs today are inspired by nature,” says Gisbert Schneider, Professor of Computer-Assisted Drug Design at ETH Zurich. Nevertheless, he is convinced that we have tapped only a…
New 6G research center unites industry leaders and UT wireless experts
Teaming up with industry titans including Samsung, NVIDIA, and more, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are launching 6G@UT, a new research center to lay the groundwork for 6G, the next generation of wireless technology
Better gripping with intelligent picking robots
Researchers from Germany and Canada work on new AI methods for picking robots
Researcher selected for prestigious global fellowship on artificial intelligence
INDIANAPOLIS — Regenstrief research scientist and Indiana University School of Medicine faculty member Suranga Kasthurirathne, PhD, has been selected as a fellow of the 4th Intercontinental Academia (ICA): Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence. He and the other outstanding early and midcareer…
Non-stop signal achieved in high-power Er3+-doped mid-infrared lasers
The Mid-infrared lasers (MIR) with high peak power and high repetition rate operating in the range of 2.7~3 μm have important application in laser surgery and optical parametric oscillator (OPO). A recent study conducted by SUN Dunlu’s research group at…
Language technologies: Zoom acquires KIT’s spin-off kites
Computer scientists from KIT are experts for real-time speech recognition and translation – kites team to help improve Zoom’s machine translation
Patently harmful: Fewer female inventors a problem for women’s health
Female inventors hold just a quarter of US biomedical patents
ARPHA expands to computer science with International Journal of Universal Computer Science
The scholarly publisher and technology provider Pensoft and its self-developed publishing platform ARPHA welcome The International Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS) to their portfolio . With this addition, the publisher, best known for a wide range of biodiversity-themed journals,…
Still waiting at an intersection? Banning certain left turns helps traffic flow
When traffic is clogged at a downtown intersection, there may be a way to reduce some of the congestion: Eliminate a few left turns. According to Vikash Gayah, associate professor of civil engineering at Penn State, well-placed left-turn restrictions in…
New game-changing zeolite catalysts synthesized
A research team at POSTECH has uncovered a promising new zeolite, anticipated to be a turning point for the oil refining and petrochemical industries. This research was recently published in the scientific journal Science on July 2, 2021. The team…