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Newswise: Researchers recycle CDs into flexible biosensors
Released: 26-Jul-2022 8:05 AM EDT
Researchers recycle CDs into flexible biosensors
Binghamton University, State University of New York

New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York offers a second life for CDs: Turn them into flexible biosensors that are inexpensive and easy to manufacture.

Newswise: Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Spotlights the Advanced Photon Source’s Game-Changing Long Beamlines
Released: 25-Jul-2022 5:30 PM EDT
Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Spotlights the Advanced Photon Source’s Game-Changing Long Beamlines
Argonne National Laboratory

The technology housed in the new Long Beamline Building will lead to more efficient solar cells, longer-lasting batteries, more durable materials for airplanes and much more.

Released: 25-Jul-2022 3:55 PM EDT
Bridging the Digital Divide with 6G Technology
University of Strathclyde

Light-based technology, for making telecommunications more accessible in remote and rural areas, is to be developed in a collaboration between the University of Strathclyde and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) in Germany.

Newswise: Smaller, stronger magnets could improve devices that harness the fusion power of the sun and stars
Released: 25-Jul-2022 3:10 PM EDT
Smaller, stronger magnets could improve devices that harness the fusion power of the sun and stars
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

PPPL researchers have found a way to build powerful magnets smaller than before, aiding the design and construction of machines that could help the world harness the power of the sun to create electricity without producing greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.

Newswise: The Structure of the Smallest Semiconductor Was Elucidated
Released: 25-Jul-2022 2:25 PM EDT
The Structure of the Smallest Semiconductor Was Elucidated
Institute for Basic Science

A semiconductor is a material whose conductivity lies somewhere between that of a conductor and an insulator. This property allows semiconductors to serve as the base material for modern electronics and transistors.

Newswise: New COVID-19 Rapid-test Technology Performs PCR Faster than Similar Tests on the Market
Released: 25-Jul-2022 8:05 AM EDT
New COVID-19 Rapid-test Technology Performs PCR Faster than Similar Tests on the Market
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Researchers at Columbia Engineering and Rover Diagnostics announced today that they have built an RT-PCR platform that gives results in 23 minutes that match the longer laboratory-based tests--faster than other PCR tests on the market. It can be adapted to test for a broad range of infectious diseases including not just COVID-19 but also flu, strep, and other viruses that require fast diagnosis.

Released: 22-Jul-2022 8:05 AM EDT
‘Smart Necklace’ Biosensor May Track Health Status Through Sweat
Ohio State University

Researchers have successfully tested a device that may one day use the chemical biomarkers in sweat to detect changes in a person’s health.

   
Newswise: Human-occupied submersible Alvin makes historic dive
Released: 21-Jul-2022 8:00 PM EDT
Human-occupied submersible Alvin makes historic dive
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Earlier today (July 21, 2022) the human-occupied submersible Alvin made history when it successfully reached a depth of 6,453 meters (nearly 4 miles) in the Puerto Rico Trench, north of San Juan, P.R. This is the deepest dive ever in the 58-year history of the storied submersible.

   
Newswise: Brookhaven Lab's Visiting Faculty Program Fosters New Nano Center at SUNY – Buffalo State
Released: 21-Jul-2022 5:30 PM EDT
Brookhaven Lab's Visiting Faculty Program Fosters New Nano Center at SUNY – Buffalo State
Brookhaven National Laboratory

In a successful pilot extension of the Visiting Faculty Program, Saquib Ahmed leveraged the program’s resources to build out a nanoscience center at his home institution.

Newswise: AI Speeds Sepsis Detection to Prevent Hundreds of Deaths
18-Jul-2022 11:05 AM EDT
AI Speeds Sepsis Detection to Prevent Hundreds of Deaths
 Johns Hopkins University

Patients are 20% less likely to die of sepsis because a new AI system developed at Johns Hopkins University catches symptoms hours earlier than traditional methods, an extensive hospital study demonstrates. The system, created by a Johns Hopkins researcher whose young nephew died from sepsis, scours medical records and clinical notes to identify patients at risk of life-threatening complications. The work, which could significantly cut patient mortality from one of the top causes of hospital deaths worldwide, is published today in Nature Medicine and Nature Digital Medicine.

Newswise: FAU’s Hari Kalva, Ph.D., Inducted as Fellow of National Academy of Inventors
Released: 21-Jul-2022 8:30 AM EDT
FAU’s Hari Kalva, Ph.D., Inducted as Fellow of National Academy of Inventors
Florida Atlantic University

Hari Kalva, in FAU’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, is a named inventor on more than 18 standard essential patents that are used in virtually all modern video distribution and streaming products and services.

Newswise: Engineers Develop New Tool That Will Allow for More Personalized Cell Therapies
Released: 20-Jul-2022 10:00 AM EDT
Engineers Develop New Tool That Will Allow for More Personalized Cell Therapies
University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering

A University of Minnesota Twin Cities team has developed a new tool to predict and customize the rate of DNA editing, paving the way for more personalized, efficient genetic and cell therapies for diseases such as diabetes and cancer.

   
Newswise: ‘Pulling back the curtain’ to reveal a molecular key to The Wizard of Oz
15-Jul-2022 12:35 PM EDT
‘Pulling back the curtain’ to reveal a molecular key to The Wizard of Oz
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have developed a durable molecular encryption key from sequence-defined polymers that are built and deconstructed in a sequential way. They hid their molecular key in the ink of a letter, which was mailed and then used to decrypt a file.

Newswise: The Human Touch: Johns Hopkins APL Engineers Develop Tech Usability Standards
Released: 19-Jul-2022 4:20 PM EDT
The Human Touch: Johns Hopkins APL Engineers Develop Tech Usability Standards
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

A new technology’s value depends on whether people can actually use it. APL engineers played key roles in developing a Human Readiness Level scale, designed to indicate a system’s readiness for use by humans.

Released: 19-Jul-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Radar Gets a Major Makeover
Sandia National Laboratories

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are working to replace legacy analog radars commonly used by the military with a new, digital, software-defined system called Multi-Mission Radio Frequency Architecture.

Newswise: DMIND Application for Screening Depression – An AI Innovation from CU Faculties of Medicine and Engineering Researchers
Released: 19-Jul-2022 8:55 AM EDT
DMIND Application for Screening Depression – An AI Innovation from CU Faculties of Medicine and Engineering Researchers
Chulalongkorn University

Introducing a new dimension for consultations with those suffering from depression by the Department of Mental Health and the DMIND AI Innovation from Chula’s Faculties of Medicine and Engineering that provides screening for depression through the Mor Prom Application with greater accuracy, accessibility, and convenience thus reducing the burdens on medical practitioners and psychologists in taking care of patients with depression.

Newswise: The Elephant Trunk's Overlooked Tool: Its Skin
Released: 18-Jul-2022 11:05 PM EDT
The Elephant Trunk's Overlooked Tool: Its Skin
Georgia Institute of Technology

A new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology suggests that an elephant’s muscles aren’t the only way it stretches its trunk — its folded skin also plays an important role. The combination of muscle and skin gives the animal the versatility to grab fragile vegetation and rip apart tree trunks.

Newswise: Washington State Academy of Sciences Adds Six PNNL Researchers
Released: 18-Jul-2022 6:05 PM EDT
Washington State Academy of Sciences Adds Six PNNL Researchers
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

The Washington State Academy of Sciences added six people from PNNL to its 2022 class of inductees.

Released: 18-Jul-2022 4:15 PM EDT
How to Find 'Good Oil' at Sea
Flinders University

To save the world’s fish stocks and oceans, scientists are racing to find better and sustainable ways to make healthy nutritional products such as Omega-3 fatty acids, biodiesel, aquaculture and livestock food from fast-growing microalgae.

Released: 18-Jul-2022 12:25 PM EDT
Sandia Researchers Receive Two EO Lawrence Awards
Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories pulsed-power physicist Daniel Sinars and quantum information scientist Andrew Landahl have each received 2021 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Awards, the U.S. Department of Energy’s highest scientific mid-career honor.

Newswise: WVU engineers advance U.S. Air Force search and rescue missions in hostile territories with unmanned drones
Released: 18-Jul-2022 9:30 AM EDT
WVU engineers advance U.S. Air Force search and rescue missions in hostile territories with unmanned drones
West Virginia University

Through a 21-month, $300,000 project with funding from the Small Business Innovation Research of the U.S. Air Force Laboratory and in partnership with Kinnami Software Corporation, engineers in WVU's Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources are making it possible for combat search and rescue operations to pinpoint isolated personnel without using radio GPS that can be intercepted.

   
Newswise: Call for Abstracts – The 17th APRU Multi-Hazards Symposium 2022
Released: 18-Jul-2022 8:55 AM EDT
Call for Abstracts – The 17th APRU Multi-Hazards Symposium 2022
Chulalongkorn University

The Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, would like to cordially invite you to join the 17th APRU Multi-Hazards Symposium 2022, which will be held during November 29 – November 30, 2022 at the Mandarin Hotel Bangkok Samyan, Thailand.

Newswise: Life Gets Easier with ReadMe Program that Digitizes Documents and Images Developed Right Here in Thailand
Released: 18-Jul-2022 8:55 AM EDT
Life Gets Easier with ReadMe Program that Digitizes Documents and Images Developed Right Here in Thailand
Chulalongkorn University

A team from Chula’s Faculty of Engineering have made use of AI Deep Tech to develop a program that scans documents and images into OCR documents. The program is more than 90% accurate when reading Thai scripts and Chula’s UTC is now ready for a spin-off to the market through Eikonnex AI Co. Ltd.

Newswise: Meet Kayla Hernandez: Electrical Engineer Helps Send Particle Beams Into RHIC
Released: 18-Jul-2022 7:05 AM EDT
Meet Kayla Hernandez: Electrical Engineer Helps Send Particle Beams Into RHIC
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Meet Kayla Hernandez: Electrical Engineer Helps Send Particle Beams Into RHIC

Released: 15-Jul-2022 1:55 PM EDT
Deformable Pump Gives Soft Robots a Heart
Cornell University

A collaboration between Cornell researchers and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory has leveraged hydrodynamic and magnetic forces to drive a rubbery, deformable pump that can provide soft robots with a circulatory system, in effect mimicking the biology of animals.

Newswise: Scientists Model 5G Deployment in Future Factories
Released: 15-Jul-2022 9:40 AM EDT
Scientists Model 5G Deployment in Future Factories
Scientific Project Lomonosov

Mathematicians have created a model of future factory, equipped with a large number of devices that communicate with each other through 5G. Scientists were able to avoid drops and to provide the most reliable and fast connection.

Released: 14-Jul-2022 2:05 PM EDT
Ames Laboratory is now Ames National Laboratory
Ames National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has announced a name change, to Ames National Laboratory.

Released: 14-Jul-2022 2:05 PM EDT
NYU Tandon School of Engineering launches new Chief Information Officer (CIO) Program
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

The New York University Tandon School of Engineering is launching its inaugural Chief Information Officer (CIO) Program to provide senior technology leaders and CIOs with the tools, frameworks, and insights needed to advance their careers into executive leadership roles. The program is being launched in collaboration with Emeritus, the global leader in making world-class professional education accessible and affordable, and enrollment is now open for a September 2022 start.

Newswise: ngVLA Engineering Paper Selected for Prestigious IEEE Award
Released: 14-Jul-2022 2:05 PM EDT
ngVLA Engineering Paper Selected for Prestigious IEEE Award
National Radio Astronomy Observatory

A team of engineers testing the design efficiency of reflectors for the National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s upcoming next generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) has received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Harold A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award for their research entitled, “An Optimal 18 m Shaped Offset Gregorian Reflector for the ngVLA Radio Telescope.” The award is presented to the authors of the best applications paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation during the previous year.

Newswise:Video Embedded a-robot-learns-to-imagine-itself
VIDEO
13-Jul-2022 9:50 AM EDT
A Robot Learns to Imagine Itself
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Columbia Engineering researchers have created a robot that--for the first time --is able to learn a model of its entire body from scratch, without any human assistance. In a new Science Robotics study, the researchers demonstrate how their robot created a kinematic model of itself, and then used its self-model to plan motion, reach goals, and avoid obstacles in a variety of situations. It even automatically recognized and then compensated for damage to its body.

Newswise: Underwater glove puts octopus' abilities on the hand of humans
11-Jul-2022 11:30 AM EDT
Underwater glove puts octopus' abilities on the hand of humans
Virginia Tech

Humans aren’t naturally equipped to thrive underwater. There are critical times when this becomes a liability. Rescue divers, underwater archeologists, bridge engineers, and salvage crews all use their hands to extract people and objects from water, and some of those removals suffer damage if subjected to an iron grip. Researchers at Virginia Tech working to solve this problem have developed an octopus-inspired glove capable of securely gripping objects underwater. They call it: Octa-glove.

Newswise: Celebrating CUR Division 2022 Awardees
Released: 13-Jul-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Celebrating CUR Division 2022 Awardees
Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)

The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) recognizes its divisional award recipients for the first half of 2022. CUR’s community aligns across its thirteen divisions. The divisions work to recognize the best of the undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative inquiry community.

   
Released: 13-Jul-2022 9:45 AM EDT
Smart Thermostats Inadvertently Strain Electric Power Grids
Cornell University

Set by default to turn on before dawn, smart thermostats unintentionally work in concert with other thermostats throughout neighborhoods and regions to prompt inadvertent, widespread energy-demand spikes on the grid.

Newswise: Longer Lasting Sodium-Ion Batteries on the Horizon
Released: 13-Jul-2022 8:00 AM EDT
Longer Lasting Sodium-Ion Batteries on the Horizon
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new longer-lasting sodium-ion battery design is much more durable and reliable in lab tests. After 300 charging cycles, it retained 90 percent of its charging capacity.

Released: 12-Jul-2022 12:05 PM EDT
UCI Researchers Invent a Health Monitoring Wearable That Operates Without a Battery
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., July 12, 2022 – A new self-powered, wristwatch-style health monitor invented by researchers at the University of California, Irvine can keep track of a wearer’s pulse and wirelessly communicate with a nearby smartphone or tablet – without needing an external power source or a battery. In a paper published recently in the journal Nano Energy, team members in UCI’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering describe their invention, built via 3D printing of nanomaterials on flexible substrates for real-time and wireless monitoring of vital signs.

Newswise: How Environmentally Responsible Is Lithium Brine Mining? It Depends on How Old the Water Is
Released: 12-Jul-2022 10:35 AM EDT
How Environmentally Responsible Is Lithium Brine Mining? It Depends on How Old the Water Is
University of Massachusetts Amherst

A groundbreaking new study recently published in the journal Earth’s Future and led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in collaboration with the University of Alaska Anchorage, is the first to comprehensively account for the hydrological impact of lithium mining.

Released: 11-Jul-2022 3:05 PM EDT
Soft but tough: Biohybrid material performs like cartilage
Cornell University

Producing biomaterials that match the performance of cartilage and tendons has been an elusive goal for scientists, but a new material created at Cornell demonstrates a promising new approach to mimicking natural tissue.

   
Newswise:Video Embedded clearbuds-first-wireless-earbuds-that-clear-up-calls-using-deep-learning
VIDEO
Released: 11-Jul-2022 1:55 PM EDT
ClearBuds: First wireless earbuds that clear up calls using deep learning
University of Washington

University of Washington researchers created ClearBuds, earbuds that enhance the speaker’s voice and reduce background noise.

Newswise: Nanoparticles Can Save Historic Buildings
Released: 11-Jul-2022 1:40 PM EDT
Nanoparticles Can Save Historic Buildings
Vienna University of Technology

Buildings made of porous rock can weather over the years. Now, for the first time, scientists at TU Wien (Vienna) have studied in detail how silicate nanoparticles can help save them.

   
Newswise: Responsive Soft Robots Inspired by Sputtering Ketchup Bottle
Released: 8-Jul-2022 3:50 PM EDT
Responsive Soft Robots Inspired by Sputtering Ketchup Bottle
AMOLF

A smartly designed pressure valve allows soft robots to respond to their environment without the need for computer control, reveal AMOLF researchers in their article in the journal Matter.

Newswise: A Major Step Forward for Organ Biofabrication
Released: 8-Jul-2022 3:35 PM EDT
A Major Step Forward for Organ Biofabrication
Harvard John A. Paulson School Of Engineering And Applied Sciences

Heart disease — the leading cause of death in the U.S. — is so deadly in part because the heart, unlike other organs, cannot repair itself after injury.

   
Newswise: Next-generation data centers within reach thanks to new energy-efficient switches
Released: 8-Jul-2022 2:05 PM EDT
Next-generation data centers within reach thanks to new energy-efficient switches
University of Washington

In a paper published online July 4 in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers report the design of an energy-efficient, silicon-based non-volatile switch that manipulates light through the use of a phase-change material and graphene heater, which could aid in making data centers more energy efficient.

Newswise: Forum to Address Challenging Issues in Driving Data Science and AI Technology
Released: 8-Jul-2022 9:30 AM EDT
Forum to Address Challenging Issues in Driving Data Science and AI Technology
Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study, City University of Hong Kong

The HK Tech Forum on Data Science and AI (DSAI) gathers world-renowned scholars in data science and AI to address challenging issues in driving data science and AI technology for the benefit of the society. Media are welcome to attend. Link to registration included in release.

Newswise: Urban Timber Construction: Colored Façades Increase Acceptance
Released: 8-Jul-2022 3:05 AM EDT
Urban Timber Construction: Colored Façades Increase Acceptance
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Wood as a building material has deep roots in the cultural memory of many regions. A study by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) now shows how much future building with wood opens up. Considering the cultural, technical, and design aspects of building with wood, the study examines how timber construction can make a comeback in cities. Its proposition is that more color is the key to greater acceptance. The reference project for the study is “Vinzent,” a residential and office building with colorful, planted wooden façades in Munich’s Neuhausen district.

7-Jul-2022 11:25 AM EDT
Study: Making an Artificial Heart Fit for a Human — with Focused Rotary Jet Spinning, Not 3D
University of Pittsburgh

In a new study published in Science, a team of researchers from Harvard, University of Pittsburgh, University of California, Irvine and University of Zurich have come together to utilize a new, more advanced method to fabricate artificial tissues and organs. The researchers proposed the process of focused rotary jet spinning. This team included Qihan Liu, an assistant professor in the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering.

   
Newswise: ORNL’s Maldonado receives 2022 ASME Old Guard Early Career Award
Released: 7-Jul-2022 12:05 PM EDT
ORNL’s Maldonado receives 2022 ASME Old Guard Early Career Award
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, or ASME, selected Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) researcher Bryan Maldonado for the 2022 Old Guard Early Career Award. He was recognized for exceptional service to ASME activities including science and engineering student mentorship.



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