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29-Jun-2018 4:15 PM EDT
Smart Bandages Designed to Monitor and Tailor Treatment for Chronic Wounds
Tufts University

A “smart” bandage is designed to monitor the condition of chronic wounds and deliver drug treatments to improve chances of healing. While the bandages remain to be assessed in a clinical context, the research is aimed at transforming bandaging from a passive to an active treatment paradigm.

Released: 6-Jul-2018 5:05 AM EDT
NUS builds new 3D printing capabilities, paving the way for construction innovations
National University of Singapore (NUS)

The Centre for Additive Manufacturing (AM.NUS) at the National University of Singapore today announced the launch of the AM.NUS Construction 3D Printing Programme to accelerate the adoption of 3D printing building technology in the construction industry.

Released: 5-Jul-2018 5:05 PM EDT
Novel App Switches You to Healthier Options
Northwestern University

With a simple barcode scan, free new mobile app FoodSwitch -- developed by Northwestern University researchers -- will suggest healthier alternatives to the typical fat-, salt- and sugar- laden packaged foods on grocery store shelves. If a particular food is not listed in 268,000-product database, the food can be quickly added to the app in real time through crowdsourcing. Packaged food manufacturers change products frequently, and FoodSwitch can quickly track how well they are reducing sodium, added sugars or saturated fats in their foods.

Released: 5-Jul-2018 2:05 PM EDT
SPIE Photonics West 2018: High-performance cell diagnostics with Jenoptik’s miniaturized imaging platform
70th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program

With “SYIONS”, Jenoptik is broadening its extensive expertise in diagnostics and analytics solutions to include a digital image capture, processing and analysis platform that can be configured to the customer’s specific needs. Premiere at SPIE BiOS and SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco.

Released: 5-Jul-2018 11:05 AM EDT
DHS Selects Delaware Start-Up to Develop Cyber Security Tech
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

Cyber 20/20, Inc. of Newark, Delaware has been selected by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) to develop security capabilities for financial services as part of S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP).

Released: 5-Jul-2018 11:05 AM EDT
ACR DSI Releases Initial Use Cases for Industry Feedback
American College of Radiology (ACR)

The American College of Radiology Data Science Institute (ACR DSI) began releasing its first use cases in the TOUCH-AI library to industry for comment this month, to generate feedback prior to the projected release of the use cases in the fall of 2018.

   
Released: 5-Jul-2018 10:05 AM EDT
S&T Announces Transition of New Phishing Protection for Mobile Devices
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

New and enhanced mobile phishing and content protection capabilities are being transitioned to the government and private-sector, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced today.

Released: 5-Jul-2018 9:25 AM EDT
Swallowed Sensor Sends Signal if You’re Sick
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

NIBIB-funded researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created an ingestible sensor to non-invasively monitor indicators of disease in the stomach and intestines.

   
Released: 4-Jul-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Merging Antenna and Electronics Boosts Energy and Spectrum Efficiency
Georgia Institute of Technology

By integrating the design of antenna and electronics, researchers have boosted the energy and spectrum efficiency for a new class of millimeter wave transmitters, allowing improved modulation and reduced generation of waste heat. The result could be longer talk time and higher data rates in millimeter wave wireless communication devices for future 5G applications.

Released: 3-Jul-2018 3:40 PM EDT
Radiokrypton Dating Plumbs Mysteries of Water Aquifers
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne physicists are using a unique, laser-based, atom-counting technique called Atom Trap Trace Analysis to selectively capture and count the krypton isotopes 81Kr and 85Kr to determine the age of ice and groundwater. The results provide valuable information about the dynamics, flow rates and direction of water in aquifers, particularly those vital to arid regions.

Released: 3-Jul-2018 3:05 PM EDT
NCAR-Based Climate Model Gets a Significant Upgrade
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has released an updated version of its flagship climate model to include a host of new capabilities

Released: 3-Jul-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Checked Baggage Screening – Preventing New Threats
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

Find out how the research and development that goes into explosives detection does a lot more than shorten the time you stand in line at the airport and ensure the safety of air travel.

Released: 3-Jul-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Missouri S&T receives largest gift in its history with in-kind contribution of seismic data
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Missouri S&T has received the largest gift in its history: an in-kind donation of proprietary seismic data valued at $6.5 million from Calico Jack Holdings LLC and Zion Energy LLC, both Houston-based oil and gas exploration companies.

Released: 3-Jul-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Study Reveals Misuse of Archive Services by Fringe Communities on the Web
University of Alabama at Birmingham

In a large-scale analysis, Jeremy Blackburn, Ph.D., and collaborators found that the misuse of web archive services causes loss of ad revenue for popular news websites.

   
Released: 3-Jul-2018 11:05 AM EDT
NIH grant will give professor, undergraduates a boost in researching riboswitches
Creighton University

Creighton University biochemistry professor Juliane Strauss-Soukup, PhD, and her lab of undergraduates, have long been looking at the functions of noncoding RNA. With a three-year NIH grant, they'll no look at a long-term goal of developing antibiological agents, including some with the potential for cancer-fighting applications.

   
Released: 3-Jul-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Smarter, Safer Bridges with Sandia Sensors
Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories has worked with Structural Monitoring Systems for over 15 years to turn science fiction smart bridges that can send out warnings when they’re damaged into science fact.

Released: 3-Jul-2018 10:05 AM EDT
2018 RHIC & AGS Annual Users' Meeting: 'Illuminating the QCD Landscape'
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Scientists and others with a stake in the research taking place at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) gathered at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory June 12-15, for their annual users’ meeting. In a series of workshops and plenary sessions, attendees from across the nation and around the world had a chance to catch up on the latest research results across all aspects of the RHIC-AGS scientific program and engage in conversations about the exciting plans that lie ahead.

   
Released: 3-Jul-2018 6:05 AM EDT
LLNL Applies High-Performance Computing to Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Through a new multi-year project involving the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Livermore (LLNL), Lawrence Berkeley (LBNL) and Argonne (ANL) national laboratories, in collaboration with the Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury (TRACK-TBI) consortium led by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), scientists and engineers plan to simultaneously challenge DOE’s supercomputing resources, advance artificial intelligence capabilities and enable a precision medicine approach for traumatic brain injury (TBI).

   
Released: 3-Jul-2018 3:05 AM EDT
Scientists Pump Up Chances for Quantum Computing
University of Adelaide

University of Adelaide-led research has moved the world one step closer to reliable, high-performance quantum computing.

Released: 2-Jul-2018 8:05 PM EDT
Missouri S&T taps Penn State prof, NSF program director to oversee research in College of Engineering and Computing
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Dr. Angela Lueking, a professor of energy and mineral engineering and chemical engineering at Pennsylvania State University and a recent program director at the National Science Foundation, is joining Missouri S&T as associate dean of research in the College of Engineering and Computing starting Aug. 1.

Released: 2-Jul-2018 4:05 PM EDT
X-Ray Experiment Confirms Theoretical Model for Making New Materials
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Experiments at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have confirmed the predictive power of a new computational approach to materials synthesis. Researchers say that this approach, developed at the DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, could streamline the creation of novel materials for solar cells, batteries and other sustainable technologies.

Released: 2-Jul-2018 9:00 AM EDT
Computer Algorithm Maps Cancer Resistance to Drugs, Therapy
Johns Hopkins Medicine

New methods of studying the evolution of treatment resistance in head and neck cancer are being developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

   
Released: 29-Jun-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Intrusion Technologies and Louroe Electronics Integrate Threat Detection Technologies to Protect Against Active Assailant Threats
Intrusion Technologies

Intrusion Technologies Inc. and Louroe Electronics, the world leader in the audio security industry, today announced their intent to combine technologies to help protect against active assailant threats.

Released: 29-Jun-2018 10:55 AM EDT
IMSA: Developing a Diverse Pipeline of Innovative Leaders for the World
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA)

A strong and diverse pipeline of innovative leaders is preparing to solve the world’s most complex social problems through STEM education.

   
Released: 29-Jun-2018 10:05 AM EDT
The Culprit of Some GaN Defects Could Be Nitrogen
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

As silicon-based semiconductors reach their performance limits, gallium nitride is becoming the next go-to material for several technologies. Holding GaN back, however, is its high numbers of defects. Expanding our understanding of how GaN defects form at the atomic level could improve the performance of the devices made using this material. Researchers have taken a significant step by examining and determining six core configurations of the GaN lattice. They present their findings in the Journal of Applied Physics.

Released: 29-Jun-2018 8:05 AM EDT
Robotic Surgery Now Available at Bayshore Medical Center
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel is now home to the da Vinci® Si™ Surgical system, bringing advanced technology in surgery to the medical center’s operating room and to the community. Robotic surgery enables surgeons to perform minimally invasive surgeries on a variety of diseases and conditions including urology, gynecology and general surgery.

Released: 28-Jun-2018 5:05 PM EDT
UW Professor and Clean Energy Institute Director Daniel Schwartz Wins Highest U.S. Award for STEM Mentors
University of Washington

Daniel Schwartz, University of Washington Professor and Clean Energy Institute Director, received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) this week.

   
Released: 28-Jun-2018 5:05 PM EDT
The Growing Case for Social Media Addiction
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

Dr. Orif Turel, a leading researcher in technology addiction and an associate professor at CSU Fullerton, says compulsively checking Instagram, Facebook and Twitter isn't just fun — it could be hurting our brain.

   
25-Jun-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Atomic Movie of Melting Gold Could Help Design Materials for Future Fusion Reactors
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have recorded the most detailed atomic movie of gold melting after being blasted by laser light. The insights they gained into how metals liquefy have potential to aid the development of fusion power reactors, steel processing plants, spacecraft and other applications where materials have to withstand extreme conditions for long periods of time.

Released: 28-Jun-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Researchers mimic Legos for molecular building blocks, earn $411,000 NSF grant
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Scientists at Missouri University of Science and Technology are drawing inspiration from toy building blocks to create fixed molecular units used to accelerate the material discovery process known as rational design. They’ll use these “molecular blocks” to discover highly ionic conductive materials that could be used to make today’s much sought after all-solid-state lithium batteries.

Released: 28-Jun-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Johns Hopkins Research Points to Increasing Role of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging and Diagnostics
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, and collaborators at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, have developed image analysis and machine learning tools to detect age-related macular degeneration, and report in Nature Medicine that such tools can be applied to other image-based medical diagnoses.

Released: 28-Jun-2018 10:00 AM EDT
New Simulations Break Down Potential Impact of a Major Quake by Building Location and Size
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

A team from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, both U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national labs, is leveraging powerful supercomputers to portray the impact of high-frequency ground motion on thousands of representative different-sized buildings spread out across the California region.

Released: 28-Jun-2018 9:45 AM EDT
Sandia Light Mixer Generates 11 Colors Simultaneously
Sandia National Laboratories

A multicolor laser pointer you can use to change the color of the laser with a button click — similar to a multicolor ballpoint pen — is one step closer to reality thanks to a new tiny synthetic material made at Sandia National Laboratories. Research on the new light-mixing metamaterial was published in Nature Communications earlier today.

Released: 28-Jun-2018 8:50 AM EDT
Reproducibility Matters
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

An international team reported on the results of a large-scale field study to identify the core microbial community for the maize rhizosphere. The work partially replicates earlier trials to identify soil microbes that colonize plants and which can be associated with particular traits.

Released: 27-Jun-2018 6:05 PM EDT
Northern Arizona University receives $2.6 million grant to train, mentor Native American students in STEM disciplines
Northern Arizona University

A team of researchers at NAU was recently awarded $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a new program that will provide Native American students in STEM disciplines with unique opportunities to work with world-class researchers.

   
Released: 27-Jun-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Researchers Solve Structure of Major Brain Receptor That Is Treatment Target for Epilepsy and Anxiety
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern researchers today published the first atomic structure of a brain receptor bound to a drug used to reverse anesthesia and to treat sedative overdoses.

26-Jun-2018 12:00 PM EDT
Game Design Program Among Top 10 Nationwide
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

ideo games represent one of the largest and fastest-growing entertainment industries in the world. Beyond games, today’s interactive technology also helps shape how young people learn, drives national defense strategies via computer simulations, and assists training efforts in biomedicine, physical fitness, anti-terrorism, and much more.

   
Released: 27-Jun-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Virtual Reality Could Be Cure to Public Speaking Fear
Texas A&M University

Dr. Theodora Chaspari, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University is working with Dr. Amir Behzadan, associate professor in the Department of Construction Science, to improve students’ public speaking skills in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) occupations by utilizing virtual reality (VR) technology.

   
27-Jun-2018 10:00 AM EDT
NYU’s Brenden Lake Named to MIT Technology Review’s 2018 Innovators Under 35 List
New York University

New York University’s Brenden Lake has been named to MIT Technology Review’s annual list of Innovators Under 35.

25-Jun-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Winners of the 2018 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists Announced
Blavatnik Family Foundation/New York Academy of Sciences

The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences today announced the 2018 Laureates of the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists, who will each receive $250,000: the largest unrestricted scientific prize offered to America’s most promising faculty-level scientific researchers 42 years of age and younger.

25-Jun-2018 7:05 AM EDT
Platforms for Investigating LncRNA Functions
SLAS

To aid in the discovery and understanding of lncRNA biology, newly published work features the technological platforms and methodology presently used to identify the roles of lncRNA in biology. This work highlights the databases and tools used to study lncRNA and techniques used to study their function.

   
Released: 27-Jun-2018 6:00 AM EDT
Lawrence Livermore-Developed Petawatt Laser System Fully Integrated at Eli Beamlines
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

After evaluation by an international peer review group, the L3-HAPLS advanced petawatt laser system has been declared fully integrated and operational at the ELI Beamlines Research Center in Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic. The group assessed the laser performance, determined that all performance parameters have been successfully met – capable of reaching the 1 petawatt, 10 hertz (Hz) design specification – and that the system is ready for integration with the experimental systems and first experiments.

Released: 26-Jun-2018 5:05 PM EDT
Computer Modeling Helps Keep Aviation Electronics Cool
South Dakota State University

Testing complex heat sink fin configurations, such as rectangular and hexagonal pins, zigzag and arc plates and short plates, as well as pin-and-plate combinations can be done through computational fluid dynamics modeling.

Released: 26-Jun-2018 4:10 PM EDT
New Imaging Technique to Use Bioinspired Camera to Study Tendon, Ligament Damage
Washington University in St. Louis

Tommy John surgery, or reconstruction of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in the elbow, has been dubbed an epidemic among Major League Baseball pitchers. A mechanical engineer at Washington University in St. Louis plans to develop a bioinspired imaging technique to study how damage accumulates in the UCL during loading, or the stress of activating the ligament.

Released: 26-Jun-2018 2:05 PM EDT
How the Silicon Valley Innovation Program Moves at the Speed of Success
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

SVIP was established to reshape how government, startups and industry collaborate to find solutions for homeland security use-cases. SVIP expands DHS S&T’s reach into the innovation community to find new, previously inaccessible technologies that can help strengthen national security.

   
Released: 26-Jun-2018 1:05 PM EDT
New Dual Degree Honors Program at The University of Texas at Austin Combines Business, Computer Science
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

A new, highly selective integrated honors degree program in business and computer science at The University of Texas at Austin will offer a rigorous four-year undergraduate curriculum aimed at preparing students for top technology careers.

Released: 26-Jun-2018 11:05 AM EDT
UVA Darden Alumnus Brings Big Changes To Brazilian Fintech — And One Really Big IPO to NYSE
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

PagSeguro Digital likes to use the word “democratize” to describe its mission. The Brazilian payment-processing company was founded in 2006 to give more small vendors access to the world’s eighth-largest economy by letting them conduct transactions electronically.

Released: 25-Jun-2018 5:05 PM EDT
Team's E-Whiskers May Be a Touchstone for Future of Electronic Skin
University of Texas at Dallas

Those cute little whiskers you see on your pet do more than just twitch adorably. Intrigued by the hairs’ versatility, University of Texas at Dallas researchers used shape-memory polymers to create artificial, electronic versions called e-whiskers, which mimic the properties of the real thing.

Released: 25-Jun-2018 2:55 PM EDT
‘Workhorse’ Lithium Battery Could Be More Powerful Thanks to New Design
Cornell University

Cornell University chemical engineering professor Lynden Archer believes there needs to be a battery technology “revolution” – and thinks that his lab has fired one of the first shots.

Released: 25-Jun-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Building a Better Microscope
Washington University in St. Louis

Microscopes are limited in what they can see because of their resolution, or their ability to see detail. The detail, or information, from the object is there, but some of it gets lost as the light reflecting off of the object moves through the air. Ulugbek Kamilov, an engineer in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, plans to use a three-year, $265,293 grant from the National Science Foundation to capture the information that normally gets lost and add it to the information researchers typically receive from microscopes.



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