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6-Feb-2024 11:00 AM EST
El Observatorio Rubin impulsará una nueva era en misiones espaciales sin salir de la tierra
NSF's NOIRLab

El Observatorio Vera C. Rubin ayudará a los científicos a identificar objetivos intrigantes para dar prioridad a futuras misiones espaciales, mediante la detección de millones de nuevos objetos en el Sistema Solar y revelar, con el mayor detalle jamás visto, el contexto más amplio en el que existen.

Released: 7-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Getting to know the ​‘ghost’ inside batteries
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne researchers have shed important new light on what the early signs of battery failure look like.

Newswise: Whole-infrared-band camouflage with dual-band radiative heat dissipation
Released: 7-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Whole-infrared-band camouflage with dual-band radiative heat dissipation
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Advanced multispectral detection technologies have emerged as a significant threat to objects. To address the challenge, scientists in China proposed a whole-infrared-band camouflage device (covering the NIR, SWIR, MWIR, and LWIR bands), which exhibits remarkable camouflage performance against thermal emission and solar radiance.

Newswise: Japan's electric vehicle transition by 2035 may be insufficient to combat the climate crisis, but there are solutions
Released: 7-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Japan's electric vehicle transition by 2035 may be insufficient to combat the climate crisis, but there are solutions
Kyushu University

Researchers at Kyushu University have found that Japan's current policy of stopping the sale of gas vehicles by 2035 and transitioning only to hybrids and electric vehicles may be insufficient to reduce the country's CO2 emissions and prevent it from reaching its decarbonization target goals.

Newswise: 3D printed nanocellulose upscaled for green architectural applications
Released: 7-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
3D printed nanocellulose upscaled for green architectural applications
Chalmers University of Technology

For the first time, a hydrogel material made of nanocellulose and algae has been tested as an alternative, greener architectural material.

Newswise: Inexpensive, carbon-neutral biofuels are finally possible
Released: 7-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Inexpensive, carbon-neutral biofuels are finally possible
University of California, Riverside

When it comes to making fuel from plants, the first step has always been the hardest — breaking down the plant matter

Newswise: Shaking Up the Future: A Breakthrough in Motion Detection Technology
Released: 7-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Shaking Up the Future: A Breakthrough in Motion Detection Technology
Chinese Academy of Sciences

MEMS accelerometers, critical in high-precision fields, have historically faced issues with temperature drift and stability, limiting their broader application.

Newswise: Mapping local quality at super-resolution scale
Released: 7-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
Mapping local quality at super-resolution scale
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy images often suffer from noise and artifacts, which are difficult to estimate accurately and finely.

Newswise: Perovskite single-pixel detector for efficient extraction of meta-images in complex environments
Released: 7-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
Perovskite single-pixel detector for efficient extraction of meta-images in complex environments
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Metasurfaces exhibit significant potential for information storage by modulating different degrees of freedom of light. Nevertheless, the absence of compact and efficient data extraction schemes hampers relevant multidimensional data retrieval, particularly in complex environments.

Newswise: Submonolayer Biolasers: Lower Gain, Higher Sensitivity
Released: 7-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
Submonolayer Biolasers: Lower Gain, Higher Sensitivity
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Designing sensitive and single-use biosensors for early diagnosis remains a major challenge. Scientists in China invented submonolayer lasers on optical fibers as ultrasensitive and disposable biosensors.

   
Released: 7-Feb-2024 8:50 AM EST
AI can use human perception to help tune out noisy audio
Ohio State University

Researchers have developed a new deep learning model that promises to significantly improve audio quality in real-world scenarios by taking advantage of a previously underutilized tool: human perception.

Newswise: UTEP Researchers Win Inaugural Award to Support Lithium Extraction Technology
Released: 6-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
UTEP Researchers Win Inaugural Award to Support Lithium Extraction Technology
University of Texas at El Paso

A group of researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso are behind an emerging lithium extraction technology that won the inaugural Hill Prize from the Texas Academies of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology.

Newswise: Study Pinpoints Which Zoom Features Improve Focus—And Which Ones May Not
Released: 6-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
Study Pinpoints Which Zoom Features Improve Focus—And Which Ones May Not
New York Institute of Technology, New York Tech

Research from a New York Institute of Technology psychology expert offers insight that could help remote students and workers combat “Zoom fatigue.”

   
Newswise: Research Team Takes a Fundamental Step Toward a Functioning Quantum Internet
Released: 6-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
Research Team Takes a Fundamental Step Toward a Functioning Quantum Internet
Stony Brook University

A team of Stony Brook University physicists and their collaborators have taken a significant step toward the building of a quantum internet testbed by demonstrating a foundational quantum network measurement that employs room-temperature quantum memories.

Released: 6-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
New water-focused innovation engine aims to turn waste into wealth for Great Lakes region 
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne will help a new water-focused innovation engine funded by the National Science Foundation to drive economic development in the Great Lakes region by finding new ways to recover clean water, energy and valuable materials from wastewater.

Newswise: Pore power: high-speed droplet production in microfluidic devices
Released: 6-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Pore power: high-speed droplet production in microfluidic devices
Chiba University

Over the past two decades, microfluidic devices, which use technology to produce micrometer-sized droplets, have become crucial to various applications.

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Released: 6-Feb-2024 10:00 AM EST
IBM leads Google and Microsoft as race to next generation AI heats up
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

US commercial giants IBM, Google and Microsoft lead the way as the companies with the most patent applications in Generative AI (GenAI), with other major firms such as Samsung, Adobe and Intel also in the Top 10.

   
Released: 6-Feb-2024 9:05 AM EST
Bristol scientists supercharge Artificial Intelligence in revolutionary £80million UK initiative
University of Bristol

Experts are helping put the UK at the forefront of AI advances, using it to transform current uses and tackle important global challenges.

Newswise: Image denoising using a diffractive visual processor
Released: 6-Feb-2024 7:05 AM EST
Image denoising using a diffractive visual processor
Chinese Academy of Sciences

While image denoising algorithms have witnessed substantial advances in recent decades, existing methods often suffer from slow processing speeds and high power consumption.

Released: 5-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
One person can supervise ‘swarm’ of 100 unmanned autonomous vehicles, OSU research shows
Oregon State University

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Research involving Oregon State University has shown that a “swarm” of more than 100 autonomous ground and aerial robots can be supervised by one person without subjecting the individual to an undue workload.

Released: 5-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
New AI technology is helping UC Davis physicians quickly identify stroke
UC Davis Health

UC Davis Health has adopted a new technology platform, Viz.ai, to help quickly identify patients suspected of having a stroke. The hospital is the first in the Sacramento region to use the platform.

Newswise: New method monitors grid stability with hydropower project signals
Released: 5-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
New method monitors grid stability with hydropower project signals
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have developed an algorithm to predict electric grid stability using signals from pumped storage hydropower projects.

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Released: 5-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Better together: Beckman imaging facilities share $3M Alzheimer’s research grant
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Beckman researchers and collaborators received $3 million from the U.S. National Institute on Aging to develop diagnostic tools and imaging agents for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease.

   
Released: 5-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
UC Irvine’s ANTrepreneur Center announces winners of AI Innovation Challenge
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 5, 2024 — Weaving human ingenuity with artificial intelligence, nine student teams at the University of California, Irvine claimed the top prizes in the ANTrepreneur Center’s AI Innovation Challenge, devising AI-based solutions in the categories of health impact, storytelling and entertainment, and student experiences.

Newswise: UWF team places in top 5 in national data science competition
Released: 5-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
UWF team places in top 5 in national data science competition
University of West Florida

Congratulations to the three UWF students who placed fifth at the USC National Big Data Health Science Student Case Competition!

   
Newswise: New Technology Unscrambles the Chatter of Microbes
2-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
New Technology Unscrambles the Chatter of Microbes
University of California San Diego

Researchers from University of California San Diego have developed a new search tool to that can match microbes to the metabolites they produce with no prior knowledge, an innovation that could transform our understanding of both human health and the environment.

   
Newswise: Ultra-sensitive lead detector could significantly improve water quality monitoring
Released: 5-Feb-2024 10:00 AM EST
Ultra-sensitive lead detector could significantly improve water quality monitoring
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego engineers have developed an ultra-sensitive sensor made with graphene that can detect extraordinarily low concentrations of lead ions in water.

Released: 5-Feb-2024 9:30 AM EST
UChicago Medicine among the first to offer histotripsy for liver tumors
University of Chicago Medical Center

UChicago Medicine was the first hospital in Illinois to treat patients using histotripsy, a new noninvasive technology that uses ultrasound energy to precisely destroy liver tumors.

Newswise: Development of eco-friendly and low-energy self-regenerative fiber material to recover valuable metals from industrial wastewater.
Released: 5-Feb-2024 12:00 AM EST
Development of eco-friendly and low-energy self-regenerative fiber material to recover valuable metals from industrial wastewater.
National Research Council of Science and Technology

Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announced that Dr. Jae-Woo Choi's team at the Water Resource Cycle Research Center has developed a fiber-like metal recovery material that can recover metal ions in water by adsorbing and crystallizing the metal, and the recovered metal crystals can desorb and regenerate themselves.

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Released: 4-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
NUS researchers develop AI-powered ‘eye’ for visually impaired people to ‘see’ objects
National University of Singapore (NUS)

Shopping for groceries is a common activity for many of us, but for visually impaired people, identifying grocery items can be daunting.

Released: 2-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Speech Accessibility Project begins recruiting people who have had a stroke
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Speech Accessibility Project has begun recruiting U.S. and Puerto Rican adults who have had a stroke.

   
Newswise: Clinique Partners with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to Establish the Mount Sinai-Clinique Healthy Skin Dermatology Center
Released: 2-Feb-2024 9:30 AM EST
Clinique Partners with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to Establish the Mount Sinai-Clinique Healthy Skin Dermatology Center
Mount Sinai Health System

New Research Center Aims to Deliver Breakthrough Advancements in Dermatology and Discover Solutions for Healthy and Allergic Skin

   
Released: 2-Feb-2024 5:05 AM EST
Researchers take new ‘mixed reality’ headsets for a spin
Stanford University

Among the buzziest consumer technologies right now are “mixed reality” or “spatial computing” headsets that convincingly blend views of the real world with digital content.

Released: 1-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
3D-printed pneumatic modules replace electric controls in soft robots
University of Freiburg

In the future, soft robots will be able to perform tasks that cannot be done by conventional robots.

Newswise: Promising heart drugs ID'd by cutting-edge combo of machine learning, human learning
Released: 1-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Promising heart drugs ID'd by cutting-edge combo of machine learning, human learning
University of Virginia Health System

University of Virginia scientists have developed a new approach to machine learning – a form of artificial intelligence – to identify drugs that help minimize harmful scarring after a heart attack or other injuries.

   
Newswise: Rice research unveils key dynamics of 2D nanomaterials with view to larger-scale production
Released: 1-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Rice research unveils key dynamics of 2D nanomaterials with view to larger-scale production
Rice University

A team of Rice University researchers mapped out how flecks of 2D materials move in liquid ⎯ knowledge that could help scientists assemble macroscopic-scale materials with the same useful properties as their 2D counterparts.

Newswise: Jefferson Lab Devotes Efforts to Next-Gen Science & Tech
Released: 1-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
Jefferson Lab Devotes Efforts to Next-Gen Science & Tech
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Ten projects aimed at advancing next-generation science and technology have been awarded funding by Jefferson Lab for fiscal year 2024.

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Released: 1-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
Binghamton battery project named one of 10 NSF Innovation Engines in the nation
Binghamton University, State University of New York

Binghamton University, State University of New York's role as a national leader in battery innovation and manufacturing received a multimillion-dollar investment Monday when the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) designated Upstate New York as one of 10 inaugural NSF Regional Innovation Engines.

Released: 1-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
UW-Madison researchers first to 3D-print functional human brain tissue
University of Wisconsin–Madison

A team of University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists has developed the first 3D-printed brain tissue that can grow and function like typical brain tissue.

   
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31-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
The ShAPE of Buildings to Come: Scrap Aluminum Transforms Recycling Life Cycle
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Post-consumer recycled aluminum to be transformed into high strength building materials and consumer goods with patented ShAPE™ manufacturing process.

Released: 1-Feb-2024 9:30 AM EST
Cleveland Clinic Survey: Most Americans Using Health Monitoring Technology are Experiencing Significant Physical and Mental Benefits
Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic Survey: Most Americans Using Health Monitoring Technology are Experiencing Significant Physical and Mental Benefits

Newswise: Aerosol Jet Printing Revolutionizes Microfluidic Device Fabrication
Released: 1-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
Aerosol Jet Printing Revolutionizes Microfluidic Device Fabrication
Chinese Academy of Sciences

SAW technologies, known for their high precision and rapid actuation, are essential to microfluidics and affect a broad spectrum of research areas.

Released: 1-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
How to Run a Password Update Campaign Efficiently and With Minimal IT Costs
University of California San Diego

Computer scientists found that email notifications to update passwords potentially yielded diminishing returns after three messages.

Newswise: Likely next steps for Neuralink as first human trail gets underway
Released: 1-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
Likely next steps for Neuralink as first human trail gets underway
Arizona State University (ASU)

Neuralink's brain-computer interface technology is going to be a game-changer -- first for patients with paralysis and then for those with a more broad spectrum of neurological issues.

Newswise: Single proton illuminates perovskite nanocrystals-based transmissive thin scintillators
Released: 1-Feb-2024 4:05 AM EST
Single proton illuminates perovskite nanocrystals-based transmissive thin scintillators
National University of Singapore (NUS)

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a transmissive thin scintillator using perovskite nanocrystals, designed for real-time tracking and counting of single protons.

Newswise: Webinar on DOE User Facility's Available Metabolomics Technologies
Released: 31-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Webinar on DOE User Facility's Available Metabolomics Technologies
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory - EMSL

The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory is hosting a free webinar at noon PST on Feb. 7 to detail available metabolomics technologies that the scientific community can access for studying biological systems.

Released: 31-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Lifelong learning will power next generation of autonomous devices
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne researchers address challenges scientists face in developing lifelong learning models for autonomous devices, such as self-driving cars, and recommends design principles going forward.



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