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Released: 23-Apr-2018 10:05 AM EDT
New High-Resolution Exascale Earth-Modeling System Announced for Energy
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A new Earth-modeling system unveiled today will have weather-scale resolution and use advanced computers to simulate aspects of Earth’s variability and anticipate decadal changes that will critically impact the U.S. energy sector in coming years.

20-Apr-2018 12:00 PM EDT
Institute to Host Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Financial Services
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

The Center for Financial Studies in the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will host a one-day workshop titled Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Financial Services. The workshop will take place on April 27 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies Auditorium on campus.

   
Released: 20-Apr-2018 2:25 PM EDT
Costa’s Hummingbirds, White-Tailed Deer and Malaria, Coffee Commitment, and more in the Wildlife News Source
Newswise

The latest research and experts on Wildfires in the Wildlife News Source

       
Released: 20-Apr-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Wayne State Professor Earns NSF CAREER Award to Improve Wireless Wearable Biosensors
Wayne State University Division of Research

ai-Yen Chen, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Wayne State University’s College of Engineering, recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, the organization’s most prestigious accolade for up-and-coming researchers in science and engineering. Chen is the recipient of a five-year, $500,000 grant for his project, “Integrated Research and Education on Self-Activated, Transparent Harmonics-Based Wireless Sensing Systems Using Graphene Bioelectronics.”

Released: 20-Apr-2018 10:00 AM EDT
Start of Work for the World's Largest Electric Truck
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

The eDumper dump truck is the largest electric vehicle in the world and will be in operation in the quarry from 20 April. In cooperation with industry partners, the Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH, the NTB Interstaatliche Hochschule für Technik Buchs and Empa have developed the environmentally friendly truck.

Released: 19-Apr-2018 12:00 PM EDT
Researchers Achieve HD Video Streaming at 10,000 Times Lower Power
University of Washington

Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a new HD video streaming method that doesn’t need to be plugged in. Their prototype skips the power-hungry components and has something else, like a smartphone, process the video instead.

Released: 18-Apr-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Study: How to Calculate Pricing and Resources for Cloud Computing
University at Buffalo

Researchers in the University at Buffalo School of Management have developed a new algorithm that cloud computing service providers can use to establish pricing and allocate resources.

Released: 18-Apr-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Screen Reader Plus Keyboard Helps Blind, Low-Vision Users Browse Modern Webpage
University of Washington

By using a keyboard to provide tactile feedback along with a screen reader, users were three times more successful at navigating complex modern webpages, like an Airbnb booking site.

   
Released: 17-Apr-2018 5:05 PM EDT
Battery’s Hidden Layer Revealed
Argonne National Laboratory

An international team led by Argonne National Laboratory makes breakthrough in understanding the chemistry of the microscopically thin layer that forms between the liquid electrolyte and solid electrode in lithium-ion batteries. The results are being used in improving the layer and better predicting battery lifetime.

Released: 17-Apr-2018 1:05 PM EDT
How Coastal Surveillance Could Benefit from Enterprise Information Sharing
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

Today, the Integrated Maritime Domain Enterprise - Coastal Surveillance System (IMDE-CSS) has evolved well beyond the initial information-gathering requirement into an information-sharing capability.

Released: 17-Apr-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Text Messaging Tool May Help Fight Opioid Epidemic
Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Epharmix, a digital health company, have created a new automated text messaging service that may curb opioid abuse and prevent relapse. Patients receive text messages to gauge if they’re feeling OK or struggling with potential relapse. Patients also can activate a panic button to request immediate help.

Released: 17-Apr-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Multidisciplinary Study Provides New Insights About French Revolution
Indiana University

New research from experts in history, computer science and cognitive science shines fresh light on the French Revolution, showing how rhetorical and institutional innovations won acceptance for the ideas that built the French republic's foundation and inspired future democracies.

Released: 17-Apr-2018 11:05 AM EDT
WVU Assistant Professor Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
West Virginia University

— Brian Popp, assistant professor of chemistry at West Virginia University, has been awarded the National Science Foundation’s prestigious CAREER award. The award recognizes Popp’s development of new methods utilizing carbon dioxide reactions to prepare chemicals for manufacturing pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and other materials.

Released: 17-Apr-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Future-Proof Your Radiology Practice at the 2018 RLI Summit
American College of Radiology (ACR)

Registration is now open for the 2018 Radiology Leadership Institute® (RLI) Summit to be held Sept. 7-9 at Babson College in Wellesley, MA. The Summit is the only radiology leadership program that brings together experts in both radiology and business education to provide a comprehensive approach to improving your practices and preparing for the future.

Released: 17-Apr-2018 6:00 AM EDT
Ramp Compression of Iron Provides Insight into Core Conditions of Large Rocky Exoplanets
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

A team of researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Rochester have provided the first experimentally based mass-radius relationship for a hypothetical pure iron planet at super-Earth core conditions. This discovery can be used to evaluate plausible compositional space for large, rocky exoplanets, forming the basis of future planetary interior models, which in turn can be used to more accurately interpret observation data from the Kepler space mission and aid in identifying planets suitable for habitability.

Released: 16-Apr-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Texting System Helps Fisherman Avoid Sturgeon
University of Delaware

A new text alert system is helping fishermen avoid Atlantic sturgeon accidentally caught when searching for other species. Fishermen receive a text showing areas and water depths Atlantic sturgeon are most likely to be found, allowing them to avoid the vulnerable species when targeting other fish.

Released: 16-Apr-2018 11:05 AM EDT
New Biomedical Company Helps Train Clinicians and Test Medical Equipment
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Two University of Arkansas engineering professors and an engineering doctoral student have formed Vivas LLC, a new company with licensed technology that can be used to train clinicians in various procedures and test medical imaging equipment.

   
Released: 16-Apr-2018 10:05 AM EDT
NSF Award Powers New Technology for Electric Vehicles
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Yue Zhao, assistant professor of electrical engineering, has received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Program to support his research on silicon carbide motor drives.

Released: 16-Apr-2018 10:05 AM EDT
ACR National Radiology Data Registry Celebrates a Decade of Quality Improvement
American College of Radiology (ACR)

Now marking its 10-year anniversary, the American College of Radiology (ACR) National Radiology Data Registry (NRDR®) is improving care today and moving radiology into the future.

Released: 16-Apr-2018 10:05 AM EDT
DHS S&T Awards $190K to London Startup to Improve Passenger Processing at Ports of Entry
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

The DHS Science and Technology Directorate awarded $189,863 today to iProov Ltd. of London, England, to improve the screening process for international passengers. This is the first award to an international company from S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP).

Released: 13-Apr-2018 5:05 PM EDT
Argonne’s Next Top Model
Argonne National Laboratory

Designing and manufacturing a new part or product, such as a car engine or wind turbine, can be time-consuming and costly. To combat limitations on these processes, scientists and engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are using cutting-edge machine learning techniques to help organizations reduce design time from months to days and slash development costs.

Released: 13-Apr-2018 4:30 PM EDT
Valleytronics Discovery Could Extend Limits of Moore's Law
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Research appearing today in Nature Communications finds useful new information-handling potential in samples of tin(II) sulfide (SnS), a candidate "valleytronics" transistor material that might one day enable chipmakers to pack more computing power onto microchips. 

Released: 13-Apr-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Better Tools for Supercomputer Research
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

The U.S. Department of Energy will fund research into a novel approach to improving efficiency of next-generation supercomputer simulations with an award to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute doctoral candidate Caitlin Joann Ross.

Released: 13-Apr-2018 1:05 PM EDT
DHS S&T Announces Release of Mobile Security R&D Program Guide Vol. 2
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today released its 2018 Mobile Security Research and Development (R&D) Program Guide that introduces the technology projects, goals and objectives and their alignment with DHS and federal mobile security strategies and priorities.

Released: 13-Apr-2018 12:05 PM EDT
So You Want to Be a...Software Developer
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

Creative, innovative software developers are behind just about every digital technology we touch. Discover how the CSU is preparing students for one of the most in-demand jobs in the nation.

Released: 12-Apr-2018 4:15 PM EDT
From the Cloud to the Clinic, Wide Range of St. Jude Research Presented at AACR 2018
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

The 2018 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting features research, resources and expertise from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Released: 12-Apr-2018 3:55 PM EDT
Study: Hotels Need to Be Home Smart Home
University of Delaware

A new study by the University of Delaware has found that hotels need to be more than a "home away from home" in order to satisfy guests. The survey showed that when it comes to technology, hotels should be competing with their customers' homes, not other hotels.

Released: 12-Apr-2018 11:00 AM EDT
UNH Researchers Find Combination For Small Data Storage and Tinier Computers
University of New Hampshire

It may sound like a futuristic device out of a spy novel, a computer the size of a pinhead, but according to new research from the University of New Hampshire, it might be a reality sooner than once thought. Researchers have discovered that using an easily made combination of materials might be the way to offer a more stable environment for smaller and safer data storage, ultimately leading to miniature computers.

Released: 12-Apr-2018 10:05 AM EDT
DHS S&T Helps Solve Mystery of 4,000-Year-Old Mummy
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T recently used advanced DNA sequencing to determine the identity of a 4,000-year-old mummy head found in 1915, when American explorers entered an ancient tomb cut in the parched limestone cliffs of the eastern bank of the Nile River, 155 miles south of Cairo.

Released: 12-Apr-2018 10:05 AM EDT
NYIT Names Junius J. Gonzales as Next Provost
NYIT

Henry C. “Hank” Foley, Ph.D., president of New York NYIT, today announced the appointment of Junius J. Gonzales, M.D., as the university’s next provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. Gonzales’ background includes high-level leadership roles across academia, government, and the private sector. Since January 2015, he has been serving as senior vice president for Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina System.

Released: 12-Apr-2018 10:00 AM EDT
The Data Debacle: Many Unaware Researchers Study Their Social Media
University of Kentucky

If you're unaware that your tweets could be analyzed by researchers and published in studies without your consent, you're not alone. A majority of Twitter users don't know that researchers often gather and study their tweets according to a new study.

Released: 12-Apr-2018 7:05 AM EDT
Warwick-Backed State-of-the-Art Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility Opened
University of Warwick

A new state-of-the-art Cryo-Electron Microscope (Cryo-EM) facility that will advance the understanding of the processes of life has been officially opened.

Released: 12-Apr-2018 5:05 AM EDT
Understanding a Cell’s ‘Doorbell’
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A multi-institutional project to understand one of the major targets of human drug design has produced new insights into how structural communication works in a cell component called a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCRs), basically a “doorbell” structure that alerts the cell of important molecules nearby.

Released: 12-Apr-2018 2:05 AM EDT
Tiny Probe Can See and Take Body Temperatures
University of Adelaide

University of Adelaide researchers have invented a world-first tiny fibre-optic probe that can simultaneously measure temperature and see deep inside the body. The probe may help researchers find better treatments to prevent drug-induced overheating of the brain, and potentially refine thermal treatment for cancers.

   
Released: 11-Apr-2018 4:30 PM EDT
Automating Personal Safety with Wearable Smart Jewelry
University of Alabama at Birmingham

The Smart Bracelet, designed by UAB researchers, automatically detects signs of physical assault and alerts emergency personnel of the user’s location.

Released: 11-Apr-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Sending Electrons on a Roller-Coaster Ride
Argonne National Laboratory

A first-of-its-kind X-ray instrument for frontier research with high-brightness X-rays is now in operation at Argonne National Laboratory. The new device uses a unique superconducting technology that speeds electrons on a path much like that of a roller coaster.

Released: 11-Apr-2018 3:05 PM EDT
DHS to Engage Innovative Small Businesses on National Road Tour
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

Small businesses in the innovation research and development domains will have the opportunity to engage with the DHS Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program representatives in their own hometowns beginning April 16th.

10-Apr-2018 1:00 PM EDT
Professor Michael Amitay Receives Air Force Grant To Study Flow Separation on Wing Surfaces
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Michael “Miki” Amitay, the James L. Decker ’45 Endowed Chair in Aerospace Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has received a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to study the phenomenon of flow separation on aircraft wings, which could lead to improved aerodynamic performance in future-generation air vehicles.

Released: 11-Apr-2018 8:25 AM EDT
Certifications in Healthcare Simulation Reach More Than 1500 in 30 Countries
Society for Simulation in Healthcare

SSH announced today that 1506 healthcare professionals from 30 countries have achieved certification since the program began in 2012. This year alone, 89 healthcare simulation professionals have earned certification between January 1 and March 31, 2018.

Released: 10-Apr-2018 4:50 PM EDT
DHS S&T Leading Development of Secure Mobile Apps
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

The Mobile App Security project has two primary research and development foci: continuous mobile app monitoring, vetting and security assurance to safeguard against vulnerabilities and future threats and establishing a security framework and integrated development environments that will result in development platforms.

6-Apr-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Tiny Injectable Sensor Could Provide Unobtrusive, Long-Term Alcohol Monitoring
University of California San Diego

Engineers have developed a tiny, ultra-low power chip that could be injected just under the surface of the skin for continuous, long-term alcohol monitoring. The chip is powered wirelessly by a wearable device such as a smartwatch or patch. The goal of this work is to develop a convenient, routine monitoring device for patients in substance abuse treatment programs.

   
Released: 10-Apr-2018 11:05 AM EDT
After Uber, Tesla Incidents, Can Artificial Intelligence Be Trusted?
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Given the choice of riding in an Uber driven by a human or a self-driving version, which would you choose? Following last month’s fatal crash of a self-driving Uber that took the life of a woman in Tempe, Arizona, and the recent death of a test-driver of a semi-autonomous vehicle being developed by Tesla, peoples’ trust in the technology behind autonomous vehicles may also have taken a hit.

9-Apr-2018 9:05 AM EDT
Diamond-Based Circuits Can Take the Heat for Advanced Applications
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

When power generators transfer electricity to homes, businesses and the power grid, they lose almost 10 percent of the generated power. To address this problem, scientists are researching new diamond semiconductor circuits to make power conversion systems more efficient. Researchers in Japan successfully fabricated a key circuit in power conversion systems using hydrogenated diamond. These circuits can be used in diamond-based electronic devices that are smaller, lighter and more efficient than silicon-based devices. They report their findings in this week’s Applied Physics Letters.

Released: 9-Apr-2018 2:05 PM EDT
First Dynamic Spine Brace—Robotic Spine Exoskeleton—Characterizes Spine Deformities
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Columbia Engineering researchers have invented a new Robotic Spine Exoskeleton, a dynamic spine brace that enabled them to conduct the first study that looks at in vivo measurements of torso stiffness and characterizes the three-dimensional stiffness of the human torso. This device may solve current bracing limitations and lead to new treatments for children with spine deformities such as idiopathic scoliosis and kyphosis.

Released: 9-Apr-2018 2:05 PM EDT
DHS S&T to Demonstrate Cyber Technologies at RSA 2018
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will exhibit and demonstrate 13 mature cybersecurity technology solutions that are ready for pilot deployment and commercialization at the RSA 2018 cybersecurity conference, April 16-19, in San Francisco.

   
Released: 9-Apr-2018 1:00 PM EDT
New Wave of Mobile Technology to be Tested in New York City
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

The wireless standard known as 4G turned mobile phones into movie-streaming platforms, but the next wireless revolution promises more than speedy downloads. It could pave the way for surgeons operating remotely on patients, cars that rarely crash and events that can be virtually experienced from thousands of miles away.

Released: 9-Apr-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Gecko-Inspired Adhesives Help Soft Robotic Fingers to Get a Better Grip
University of California San Diego

A team of California researchers has developed a robotic gripper that combines the adhesive properties of gecko toes and the adaptability of air-powered soft robots to grasp a much wider variety of objects than the state of the art. Researchers will present their findings at the 2018 International Conference on Robotics and Automation May 21 to 25 in Brisbane, Australia.

Released: 9-Apr-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Wireless ‘Living Laboratory' Coming to Utah
University of Utah

Cutting-edge research in mobile and wireless communications will be tested on a new platform to be built at the University of Utah and in Salt Lake City. The PAWR Project Office has selected the University of Utah and Rice University to create and operate a “living laboratory” for wireless technologies that will be built on the U campus and along a section of Salt Lake City.



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