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Released: 29-Jun-2021 7:05 AM EDT
Alerta dos especialistas: 4 benefícios da cirurgia robótica da coluna vertebral
Mayo Clinic

A cirurgia robótica, ou cirurgia assistida por robô, permite que os médicos realizem muitos procedimentos complexos, incluindo aqueles realizados na coluna vertebral, com mais precisão, flexibilidade e controle do que as técnicas convencionais.

Released: 29-Jun-2021 7:05 AM EDT
Advertencia del experto: 4 beneficios de la cirugía robótica de la columna
Mayo Clinic

La cirugía robótica, o cirugía mediada por robot, permite a los médicos realizar muchos procedimientos complejos con más precisión, flexibilidad y control que las terapias convencionales, como aquellos que involucran a la columna.

Released: 28-Jun-2021 3:05 PM EDT
Energy Technologies Move Closer to Commercial Use
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Federal and industry-matched funding will move 11 PNNL technologies closer to commercialization where they will help bolster U.S. competitiveness.

Released: 28-Jun-2021 1:00 PM EDT
Researchers are using photos of toasters and fridges to train algorithms to detect COVID
Edith Cowan University

New research using machine learning on images of everyday items is improving the accuracy and speed of detecting respiratory diseases, reducing the need for specialist medical expertise

Released: 28-Jun-2021 11:40 AM EDT
Mouse Brain Imaged From the Microscopic to the Macroscopic Level
University of Chicago Medical Center

Researchers at the University of Chicago and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have leveraged existing advanced X-ray microscopy techniques to bridge the gap between MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and electron microscopy imaging, providing a viable pipeline for multiscale whole brain imaging within the same brain

Released: 28-Jun-2021 8:30 AM EDT
AI Learns to Predict Human Behavior from Videos
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

New Columbia Engineering study unveils a computer vision technique for giving machines a more intuitive sense for what will happen next by leveraging higher-level associations between people, animals, and objects.“Our algorithm is a step toward machines being able to make better predictions about human behavior, and thus better coordinate their actions with ours,” said Computer Science Professor Carl Vondrick. “Our results open a number of possibilities for human-robot collaboration, autonomous vehicles, and assistive technology.”

Released: 27-Jun-2021 11:05 PM EDT
Human Voice Recognition AI Now a reality — “Thai Speech Emotion Recognition Data Sets and Models” Now Free to Download
Chulalongkorn University

Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Arts have jointly developed the “Thai Speech Emotion Recognition Data Sets and Models”, now available for free downloads, to help enhance sales operations and service systems to better respond to customers’ needs.

   
Released: 27-Jun-2021 8:55 AM EDT
Chula Students Come up with a Business Idea – SOPet, an Online Veterinarian Service
Chulalongkorn University

SOPet, an online veterinary clinic and popular startup that gives instant advice on pet issues, is the brainchild of Chula sophomore students in the Bachelor of Arts and Science in Integrated Innovation (BAScii) degree, under CU Innovation Hub – a highlight of the strength of the social enterprise, fast, reliable, and affordable. Based on the life experience of pet owners who need urgent advice and assistance in times of crisis but are unable to rush to the clinic or veterinary hospital in time, SOPet was created.

Released: 25-Jun-2021 3:55 PM EDT
Backscatter Breakthrough Runs Near-Zero-Power IoT Communicators at 5G Speeds Everywhere
Georgia Institute of Technology

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Nokia Bell Labs, and Heriot-Watt University have found a low-cost way for backscatter radios to support high-throughput communication and 5G-speed Gb/sec data transfer using only a single transistor.

Released: 25-Jun-2021 3:50 PM EDT
DHS Awards $2M for Small Businesses to Develop Machine Learning for Detection Technologies
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS SBIR Program recently awarded funding to two small businesses to develop non-contact, inexpensive machine learning training and classification technologies.

Released: 25-Jun-2021 3:15 PM EDT
DHS S&T Funds Veteran-Owned Florida Small Business to Develop Longer-Lasting Disinfectant to Fight COVID-19
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T's SVIP has awarded $105,877 in Phase 1 funding for Bloodstone Division, LLC’s development of an anti-viral disinfectant under the SVIP Emerging Needs: COVID-19 Response & Future Mitigation solicitation.

Released: 25-Jun-2021 12:50 PM EDT
Brain-Computer Interface Enables Johns Hopkins Study Participant to Touch and Feel Holographic Objects
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

As part of a larger study exploring neural multiplexing and new modes of perception enabled by brain-computer interface (BCI), Johns Hopkins researchers have demonstrated the ability to “feel” virtual objects by integrating neural stimulation in a mixed-reality environment.

Released: 25-Jun-2021 11:25 AM EDT
تنبيه من الخبراء: 4 فوائد لجراحة العمود الفقري الروبوتية
Mayo Clinic

مدينة روتشستر، ولاية مينيسوتا- تسمح الجراحة الروبوتية، أو الجراحة بمساعدة الروبوت، للأطباء بإجراء العديد من الإجراءات المعقدة - منها ما يشمل العمود الفقري - بمزيد من الدقة والمرونة والتحكم بالمقارنة مع التقنيات التقليدية.

Released: 25-Jun-2021 10:40 AM EDT
Argonne researchers use AI to optimize a popular material coating technique in real time
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne researchers have demonstrated that AI approaches can be used to transform a vital layering technique for semiconductors.

Released: 24-Jun-2021 6:05 PM EDT
Disaster Response and Mitigation in an AI World
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL researchers are expanding PNNL’s operational Rapid Analytics for Disaster Response (RADR) image analytics and modeling suite to predict the path of fires, floods and other natural disasters, giving first responders an upper hand. The suite utilizes a combination of image-capturing technology (satellite, airborne, and drone images), artificial intelligence, and cloud computing, to not only assess damage but predict it as well.

Released: 24-Jun-2021 4:50 PM EDT
ORNL’s Kurfess, Schmitz receive SME 2021 International Honor Awards
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Two researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been recognized by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers for their work in leading critical breakthroughs and advancements in manufacturing technologies, processes and education.

Released: 24-Jun-2021 3:05 PM EDT
Is it a Virus or Bacteria? New Tech Rapidly Tests for COVID-19 and More
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

S&T is preparing for future outbreaks/pandemics by investing in a new tech that can quickly discriminate between bacterial and viral infections so that the U.S. can triage patients and plan a response without delay.

   
Released: 24-Jun-2021 1:00 PM EDT
What Was Learning At Home Like For Under-Connected Families?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Internet access is up dramatically since 2015, but 18 percent of lower-income families had their service cut at least once during the pandemic due to cost, and 12 percent still have no computer at home at all, according to a report led by Rutgers and other researchers that highlights digital inequity after a year of learning at home.

Released: 24-Jun-2021 12:30 PM EDT
A tecnologia de IA e ECG pode descartar rapidamente a infecção por COVID-19, concluiu o estudo da Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic

A inteligência artificial (IA) pode oferecer uma maneira de determinar com precisão se uma pessoa não está infectada com a COVID-19. Um estudo retrospectivo internacional descobriu que a infecção pelo SARS-CoV-2, o vírus que causa a COVID-19, cria mudanças elétricas sutis no coração. Um eletrocardiograma (ECG) habilitado com IA pode detectar essas alterações e, potencialmente, ser usado como um teste de triagem rápido e confiável para descartar a infecção por COVID-19.

   
Released: 24-Jun-2021 12:10 PM EDT
妙佑医疗国际(Mayo Clinic)的研究发现,AI赋能的心电图技术有可能迅速排除COVID-19感染
Mayo Clinic

AI (人工智能)有可能提供准确判断一个人未感染COVID-19(2019冠状病毒病)的方法。一项国际回顾性研究发现,如果感染了导致COVID-19的SARS-CoV-2病毒,患者的心脏会产生微妙的电学变化。AI赋能的心电图(EKG)可以检测到这些变化,并有望被用于进行快速、可靠的COVID-19筛查检测,以排除COVID-19感染。

   
Released: 24-Jun-2021 11:45 AM EDT
New, Tiny Battery Powers Big Insight into Fish Passage for Hydropower
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL scientists developed a tiny battery and tag to track younger, smaller species, to evaluate behavior and estimate survival during downstream migration.

23-Jun-2021 11:10 AM EDT
No Lab Required: New Technology Can Diagnose Infections in Minutes
McMaster University

Engineering, biochemistry and medical researchers from McMaster University have created a hand-held rapid test for bacterial infections that can produce accurate, reliable results in less than an hour, eliminating the need to send samples to a lab.

23-Jun-2021 11:05 AM EDT
Protocells spring into action
University of Bristol

A University of Bristol-led team of international scientists with an interest in protoliving technologies, has today published research which paves the way to building new semi-autonomous devices with potential applications in miniaturized soft robotics, microscale sensing and bioengineering.

Released: 24-Jun-2021 10:10 AM EDT
Researchers World-Wide Find Great Value in ReaxFF Reactive Force Field
Penn State Materials Research Institute

More than 1,600 researchers in six of the world’s seven continents have requested parameters for a ReaxFF reactive force field developed by a Penn State researcher and used as a valuable research tool in fields as varied as biomaterials, polymers, batteries and 3D printing.

Released: 23-Jun-2021 12:10 PM EDT
Phone swabs can accurately detect COVID-19
University College London

An accurate, non-invasive, and low-cost method of testing for COVID-19 using samples taken from the screens of mobile phones has been developed by a team led by UCL researchers at Diagnosis Biotech.

Released: 23-Jun-2021 10:45 AM EDT
What Bird is Singing? Ask the Merlin Bird ID App for an Instant Answer
Cornell University

With a new feature in the free Merlin Bird ID app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, you can now ID a bird by its sound.

   
Released: 23-Jun-2021 10:05 AM EDT
Computers Design Precise Genetic Programs
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

A change of instructions in a computer program directs the computer to execute a different command. Similarly, synthetic biologists are learning the rules for how to direct the activities of human cells.

Released: 23-Jun-2021 6:05 AM EDT
A Novel Energy Storage Solution Featuring Pipes and Anchors
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

What do pipes and anchors have to do with storing energy? More than you might think! A new IIASA-led study explored the potential of a lesser known, but promising sustainable energy storage system called Buoyancy Energy Storage.

Released: 23-Jun-2021 5:05 AM EDT
Scientists Obtain Magnetic Nanopowder for 6G Technology
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT)

Material scientists have developed a fast method for producing epsilon iron oxide and demonstrated its promise for next-generation communications devices. Its outstanding magnetic properties make it one of the most coveted materials, such as for the upcoming 6G generation of communication devices and for durable magnetic recording. The work was published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C, a journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Released: 22-Jun-2021 7:05 PM EDT
LifeBridge Health Debuts KneeKG System to Aid in Finding Cause of Knee Pain
LifeBridge Health

Advanced Artificial Intelligence System Provides Real-Time Analysis of the Knee in Motion for Improved Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

   
Released: 22-Jun-2021 5:10 PM EDT
Tecnología de inteligencia artificial y ECG puede rápidamente descartar infección por COVID-19
Mayo Clinic

La inteligencia artificial puede ofrecer un manera de determinar con exactitud que una persona no está infectada con la COVID-19. Un estudio internacional y retrospectivo descubrió que la infección por SARS-CoV-2, el virus que causa la COVID-19, provoca sutiles cambios eléctricos en el corazón. Un electrocardiograma (ECG) mediado por inteligencia artificial detecta estos cambios y puede servir como una prueba rápida y confiable para descartar la infección por COVID-19.

   
Released: 22-Jun-2021 3:50 PM EDT
Making Our Computers More Secure
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Columbia Engineering researchers who are leading experts in computer security recently presented two major papers on memory safety that make computer systems more secure at the International Symposium on Computer Architecture. This new research, which has zero to little effect on system performance, is already being used to create a processor for the Air Force Research Lab.

Released: 22-Jun-2021 3:05 PM EDT
Iowa State University and Partners Receive Major National Science Foundation Research Grant to Drive Innovation in Rural Broadband Connectivity
Iowa State University

Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, a consortium of industry partners, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the new regional testbed will focus on wireless research to enable high-throughput, universal and affordable rural broadband.

Released: 22-Jun-2021 2:45 PM EDT
Penn Medicine Hospitals Ranked #50 Globally on Newsweek’s “World’s Best Smart Hospitals 2021” List
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (PPMC) rank #27 in the United States and #50 globally on Newsweek’s World’s Best Smart Hospitals 2021, which ranks the 250 best medical institutions that are leading the field in smart technologies, like digital surgery, imaging, artificial intelligence, telehealth and electronic medical records. Results are based on worldwide recommendations from medical professionals.

Released: 22-Jun-2021 2:35 PM EDT
Department of Energy Announces $28.9 Million for Research to Develop Advanced Chemical Sciences Software
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $28.9 million in funding for nine research projects to advance the development of sophisticated software for the chemical sciences.

Released: 22-Jun-2021 2:25 PM EDT
Department of Energy Announces 2021 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award Call for Nominations
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a call for nominations for the 2021 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, one of the longest running and most prestigious science and technology awards given by the U.S. Government.

Released: 22-Jun-2021 12:20 PM EDT
NAU Mechanical Engineer Receives NSF CAREER Award to Pioneer Robot-assisted Rehabilitation While Integrating Education, Research
Northern Arizona University

Zach Lerner leads the Biomechatronics Lab at NAU, where he studies the use of robotics to help improve the gait of people with walking disabilities. The outcomes for this project have the potential to transform treatment of walking disabilities across a wide range of conditions.

22-Jun-2021 8:30 AM EDT
Synthetic Tree Enhances Solar Steam Generation for Harvesting Drinking Water
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Solar steam generation has emerged as a promising renewable energy technology for water harvesting, desalination, and purification that could benefit people who need it most in remote communities, disaster-relief areas, and developing nations. In Applied Physics Letters, researchers inspired by mangrove trees thriving along coastlines developed a synthetic tree to enhance SSG, replacing capillary action with transpiration, the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from leaves, stems, and flowers.

Released: 22-Jun-2021 10:45 AM EDT
New Machine Learning Methods Could Improve Environmental Predictions
University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering

A team of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, University of Minnesota, and U.S. Geological Survey have developed a new machine learning technique that could improve environmental predictions.

Released: 22-Jun-2021 9:55 AM EDT
Intelligence-Sharing Tools Will Enable Smarter Devices
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

In the not-so-distant future, artificial intelligence and machine learning tasks will be carried out among connected devices through wireless networks, dramatically enhancing the capabilities of future smartphones, tablets, and sensors, and achieving what’s known as distributed intelligence. As technology stands right now, however, machine learning algorithms are not efficient enough to be run over wireless networks and wireless networks are not yet ready to transmit this type of intelligence.

Released: 22-Jun-2021 9:55 AM EDT
PNNL AI Expert Harnesses Open-Source Data to Understand Human Behavior
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL researchers used natural language processing and deep learning techniques to reveal how and why different types of misinformation and disinformation spread across social platforms. Applied to COVID-19, the team found that misinformation intended to influence politics and incite fear spreads fastest.

Released: 22-Jun-2021 7:05 AM EDT
Solar energy from the deep repository
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

During the winter months, renewable energy is in short supply throughout Europe. An international project is now considering an unconventional solution: Renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide are pumped into the ground together, where naturally occurring microorganisms convert the two substances into methane, the main component of natural gas.

Released: 21-Jun-2021 7:00 PM EDT
Kasm Technologies Announces Kasm Workspaces v1.9
KASM Technologies

Kasm Technologies, a software provider of container streaming platforms, has released Kasm Workspaces v1.9 for delivering browser, desktop and application workloads to the web browser.

Released: 21-Jun-2021 5:10 PM EDT
MITRE Engenuity Forms Alliance to Define Strategy for U.S. Investment in Semiconductor Innovation
MITRE

MITRE Engenuity has established a semiconductor alliance to help define strategy for U.S. investment in this critical area.

Released: 21-Jun-2021 3:40 PM EDT
Modeling A Circular Economy For Electronic Waste
University of Pittsburgh

Think about how many different pieces of technology the average household has purchased in the last decade.

Released: 21-Jun-2021 3:05 PM EDT
Unifying Research: DHS S&T Hosts Virtual Whole-of-Government R&D Showcase
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T is convening U.S. government research organizations for the Virtual Whole-of-Government R&D Showcase, a unique four-part virtual content series that kicks off today and will run through August.

Released: 21-Jun-2021 12:15 PM EDT
Study Suggests that Smoother Silicone Breast Implants Reduce Severity of Immune System Reactions
Johns Hopkins Medicine

According to researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Rice University in Houston, silicone breast implants with a smoother surface design have less risk of producing inflammation and other immune system reactions than those with more roughly textured coatings. Results of the experiments using mice, rabbits and samples of human breast tissue advance knowledge of how the body responds to such implants, providing new information to physicians and affirming the benefits of certain smoother surfaces, the researchers say.

   
Released: 21-Jun-2021 10:20 AM EDT
Data Breaches: Most Victims Unaware When Shown Evidence of Multiple Compromised Accounts
University of Michigan

It's been nine years since the LinkedIn data breach, eight years since Adobe customers were victims of cyber attackers and four years since Equifax made headlines for the exposure of private information of millions of people.



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