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Released: 16-Apr-2019 9:05 AM EDT
New Discovery Makes Fast-Charging, Better Performing Lithium-Ion Batteries Possible
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Creating a lithium-ion battery that can charge in a matter of minutes but still operate at a high capacity is possible, according to research from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute just published in Nature Communications.

Released: 16-Apr-2019 8:05 AM EDT
Optimizing Network Software to Advance Scientific Discovery
Brookhaven National Laboratory

A team optimized software for Intel’s high-speed communication network to accelerate particle physics and machine learning codes.

11-Apr-2019 4:05 PM EDT
SLAC’s High-Speed ‘Electron Camera’ Films Molecular Movie in HD
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

With an extremely fast “electron camera” at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, researchers have made the first high-definition “movie” of ring-shaped molecules breaking open in response to light. The results could further our understanding of similar reactions with vital roles in chemistry, such as the production of vitamin D in our bodies.

Released: 15-Apr-2019 10:05 AM EDT
A sex-determining gene might help guarantee better papaya production
Texas A&M AgriLife

A gene that dictates which of three sexes a papaya tree will become could spur a leap in the ultra-nutritious crop’s production.

Released: 15-Apr-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Department of Energy Announces $95 Million for Small Business Research and Development Grants
Department of Energy, Office of Science

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry today announced that the Department of Energy will award 86 grants totaling $95 million to 74 small businesses in 21 states.

   
Released: 15-Apr-2019 6:00 AM EDT
The Future of DNA is Unfolding Now
Arizona State University (ASU)

In recognition of National DNA Day, scientists at Arizona State University took time to reflect on some big questions: What brought us to this point and where are we going from here. And just because we can, should we?

Released: 12-Apr-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Heads in the cloud: Scientists predict internet of thoughts 'within decades'
Frontiers

Imagine a future technology that would provide instant access to the world's knowledge and artificial intelligence, simply by thinking about a specific topic or question. Communications, education, work, and the world as we know it would be transformed.

Released: 12-Apr-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Innovative S&T Developed Training Transitioned to Border Patrol Results in Enhanced Tracking Skills
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T worked with United States Border Patrol (USBP) and FLETC to research and develop training content and methods to enable USBP agents to leverage knowledge, skills, and abilities of the expert trackers in their workforces.

Released: 12-Apr-2019 11:05 AM EDT
S&T Taps Open Innovation to Identify New Tools to Combat the Opioid Crisis
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T is prioritizing swift interventions to help address the opioid crisis, and using open innovation to expediently source new tools to counter the supply side of the crisis.

Released: 12-Apr-2019 10:35 AM EDT
DHS S&T Awards $2.9M to ENSCO, Inc. for Additional Development of Integrated Sensor System
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T today announced a new 18-month, $2.9 million contract award to ENSCO, Inc. for continued work on SenseNet, an effort to develop a low-cost integrated sensor system that can detect biological health hazards in buildings and other high-occupancy indoor facilities.

9-Apr-2019 1:05 PM EDT
SLAC develops novel compact antenna for communicating where radios fail
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

A new type of pocket-sized antenna, developed at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, could enable mobile communication in situations where conventional radios don’t work, such as under water, through the ground and over very long distances through air.

Released: 11-Apr-2019 2:05 PM EDT
DHS S&T Awards $1.5M to Zeteo Tech to Develop and Test Real-Time Biological Threat Detection Technology
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T has awarded $1.5 million to Zeteo Tech to develop and test a new sensor technology prototype that combines trigger and detector functions and will enable real-time detection of aerosolized biological threat agents including bacteria, viruses, and toxins.

Released: 11-Apr-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Engineers tap DNA to create ‘lifelike’ machines
Cornell University

Tapping into the unique nature of DNA, Cornell engineers have created simple machines constructed of biomaterials with properties of living things.

Released: 11-Apr-2019 11:40 AM EDT
The Right Polymers for the Job
University of Delaware

One of the most promising clean energy technologies just got even better. Researchers from the University of Delaware have developed the most powerful, durable hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cell components on record.

Released: 11-Apr-2019 10:05 AM EDT
The Golden Path towards New Two-Dimensional Semiconductors
Michigan Technological University

Gold atoms ski along boron nitride nanotubes and stabilize in metallic monolayers. The resulting gold quantum dots could be a promising material for future electronics and quantum computing.

Released: 11-Apr-2019 9:05 AM EDT
Assistive robot learns to feed
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

A million Americans with injury or age-related disabilities need someone to help them eat. Now engineers have taught a robot to pick up food with a fork and gingerly deliver it to a person’s mouth.

Released: 10-Apr-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Professor using VR to aid learning among students with autism
Kennesaw State University

Using virtual reality (VR) technology and a custom-built computer program, Kennesaw State University professor Chao Mei is developing an innovative method of therapy for children with autism and attention deficit disorder.

Released: 10-Apr-2019 2:00 PM EDT
Southern Research teams with Ina Research to boost presence in Japan
Southern Research

Southern Research and Japan’s Ina Research announced today they have formed a partnership that calls for Ina to help connect Southern Research with potential new customers for drug development services in the country with the world’s third largest pharmaceutical industry.

   
Released: 10-Apr-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Enhanced Robot “Vision” Enables More Natural Interaction With Humans
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

A wide-eyed, soft-spoken robot named Pepper motors around the Intelligent Systems Lab at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. One of the researchers tests Pepper, making various gestures as the robot accurately describes what he’s doing. When he crosses his arms, the robot identifies from his body language that something is off.

Released: 10-Apr-2019 8:05 AM EDT
New two-photon imaging facility to expand neuroscience research and teaching
West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

A new two-photon imaging facility at West Virginia University is expanding opportunities for neuroscience research in the Department of Biology and beyond.

   
Released: 9-Apr-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Industrial 3D Printing Goes Skateboarding
Michigan Technological University

Plastic pulled from the waste stream can find new use with the Gigabot X, an open source industrial 3D printer. A team from Michigan Tech shows how three Gigabot-printed sporting goods — skateboard decks, kayak paddles and snowshoes — can help burgeoning makerspaces and fab labs economically sustain their 3D printing centers.

Released: 9-Apr-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Study explores how technology can help prompt positive memories for people with depression
Massachusetts General Hospital

Researchers have provided a crucial first step towards understanding how computing technology could be used to help people with depression remember happy memories.

   
4-Apr-2019 11:05 AM EDT
A Jetsons future? Assessing the role of flying cars in sustainable mobility
University of Michigan

In the 1960s animated sitcom The Jetsons, George Jetson commutes to work in his family-size flying car, which miraculously transforms into a briefcase at the end of the trip.

Released: 9-Apr-2019 10:05 AM EDT
High-Tech Tissue Study Reveals Which Cells Drive a Painful Food Allergy
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

New study uses single-cell RNA sequencing technology to find a target for treating EoE. Findings also raise questions about the dietary supplement butyrate.

Released: 9-Apr-2019 9:00 AM EDT
New Algorithm Helps to Detect and Analyze Suspicious Activity in Surveillance Footage
Binghamton University, State University of New York

New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York, could make it easier to track and process suspicious activity in surveillance footage.

Released: 9-Apr-2019 8:00 AM EDT
New open-source software predicts impacts of extreme events on grids
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A new, free, open-source software reliably predicts how damage from hurricanes, ice storms, earthquakes, and other extreme events will restrict power delivery from utility grids. The Severe Contingency Solver for Electric Power Transmission is the only software available—commercially or open-source—that reliably supports analysis of extreme events that cause widespread damage.

Released: 8-Apr-2019 4:45 PM EDT
Newly Devised Static Negative Capacitor Could Improve Computing
Argonne National Laboratory

In a new study, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, together with collaborators in France and Russia, have created a permanent static “negative capacitor,” a device believed to have been in violation of physical laws until about a decade ago.

Released: 8-Apr-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Melissa Cragin Joins SDSC’s Research Data Services Group
University of California San Diego

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego announced today the appointment of Melissa Cragin as Chief Strategist for SDSC’s Research Data Services (RDS) group, effective immediately.

Released: 8-Apr-2019 12:05 PM EDT
SDSC’s Phylogenetics Science Gateway Awarded NSF/Internet2 Grant
University of California San Diego

The widely used CyberInfrastructure for Phylogenetic REsearch (CIPRES) science gateway, based at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), has been awarded a one-year Internet2 grant funded by the NSF to give users AWS cloud access.

Released: 8-Apr-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Scientific computing in the cloud gets down to Earth
Los Alamos National Laboratory

In a groundbreaking effort, seismology researchers have conducted a continent-scale survey for seismic signatures of industrial activity in the Amazon Web Services commercial cloud (AWS), then rapidly downloaded the results without storing raw data or needing a local supercomputer.

Released: 8-Apr-2019 11:05 AM EDT
The cost of computation
Santa Fe Institute

There's been a rapid resurgence of interest in understanding the energy cost of computing. Recent advances in this "thermodynamics of computation" are summarized in a new review published in the Journal of Physics A.

4-Apr-2019 3:00 PM EDT
Projection system to study insect vision could lead to new navigational aids
University of Alabama Huntsville

Development of a virtual reality-like projection system to study insect vision could eventually provide the U.S. Air Force with a new type of navigation system.

6-Apr-2019 1:30 AM EDT
Cybersecurity team testing ternary computing to secure blockchain technology for cryptocurrency and other applications
Northern Arizona University

The team of Northern Arizona University researchers received a $125,000 grant from the U.S. Air Force Research Lab to study how to apply technology to secure blockchain networks, which attract terrorists, criminals and black market businesses who can remain anonymous.

4-Apr-2019 11:05 PM EDT
Researchers 3D print metamaterials with novel optical properties
Tufts University

Engineers developed 3D printed metamaterials with unique optical properties going beyond what is possible using conventional materials. The fabrication methods developed by the researchers demonstrate the potential, both present and future, of 3D printing to expand the range of optical devices used in instrumentation and telecommunications.

Released: 5-Apr-2019 4:05 PM EDT
Precision Therapeutics Announces Completion of Merger with Helomics HoldingCorporation
Precision Therapeutics Inc.

Precision Therapeutics Inc. today announced the completion of its merger with Helomics Holding Corporation (“Helomics”), which has become the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, providing proprietary data- driven precision medicine solutions for women’s oncology by harnessing the knowledge gained from the patient’s own living tumor using the power of artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

   
Released: 5-Apr-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology gets bronze medal at ICPC
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT)

The world finals of this year’s International Collegiate Programming Championship ended today in Porto, Portugal. MIPT team Shock Content featuring Andrey Sergunin, Ilya Stepanov, and Evgeny Belykh took 10th place and earned a bronze medal by solving seven problems. It also placed seventh in the ICPC Challenge held by Huawei as part of the finals.

Released: 5-Apr-2019 9:30 AM EDT
WIU Computer Sciences to Develop Virtual Reality Program to Improve Social Competencies for Students with Disabilities
Western Illinois University

Western Illinois University Department of Computer Sciences Associate Professor Justin Ehrlich received funding for the development of a virtual reality (VR) program designed to improve social competencies for students with high functioning autism and learning disabilities.

3-Apr-2019 4:30 PM EDT
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology will host 2020 ICPC finals
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT)

Moscow has been selected as the venue for the International Collegiate Programming Contest in June 2020. ICPC is the oldest and most prestigious competitive programming event worldwide. Next year’s finals will be organized by the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with the support of RDI Creative.

Released: 4-Apr-2019 4:05 PM EDT
Durability Vs. Recyclability: Dueling Goals in Making Electronics More Sustainable
Georgia Institute of Technology

Research released by a team at Georgia Institute of Technology, where researchers looked into the impact of government policies put in place to reduce the amount of electronics waste filling up landfills.

Released: 4-Apr-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Strange, Electricity-Conducting Bacteria Yield Secretto Tiny Batteries, Big Medical Advances
University of Virginia Health System

These strange bacteria conduct electricity through a structure never before seen in nature -- a structure scientists can co-opt to miniaturize electronics, create powerful-yet-tiny batteries, build pacemakers without wires and develop a host of other medical advances.

   
Released: 4-Apr-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Robots reading our feelings in real-time
Case Western Reserve University

The latest social robots can "read" our emotions in real-time, setting up applications in health care, particularly mental health.

Released: 4-Apr-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Ecomed Solutions Introduces HEMAsavR™ - A New Option For Blood Management
Ecomed Solutions

Ecomed Solutions, the developer and manufacturer of innovative healthcare solutions, has created and unveiled HEMAsavR™, a new device and option for blood capture and transfer that will help medical professionals reduce costly and complex allogeneic blood transfusions.

Released: 3-Apr-2019 6:05 PM EDT
Berkeley Lab Team Uses Deep Learning to Help Veterans Administration Address Suicide Risks
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Researchers in Berkeley Lab's Computational Research Division are applying deep learning and analytics to electronic health record (EHR) data to help the Veterans Administration address a host of medical and psychological challenges affecting many of the nation’s 700,000 military veterans.

     
Released: 3-Apr-2019 6:05 PM EDT
Ghostly X-ray images could provide key info for analyzing X-ray laser experiments
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Computer simulations by scientists from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory suggest that a new method could turn random fluctuations in the intensity of laser pulses from a nuisance into an advantage, facilitating studies of these fundamental interactions.

Released: 3-Apr-2019 9:00 AM EDT
Rensselaer Digital Gaming Hub Celebrates First Semester as New York State Center of Excellence
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is celebrating its first semester as part of a New York State Center of Excellence in Digital Game Development.

Released: 3-Apr-2019 8:05 AM EDT
A new way to track blood hemoglobin levels may be at your fingertips
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Biomedical engineers have developed a smartphone app for anemia screening that can assess blood hemoglobin levels through the window of the user’s fingernail. The medical results are based on the coloration of the fingernail bed; the quick and pain-free screening could benefit a vast number of people who are affected by anemia around the world.

Released: 2-Apr-2019 4:20 PM EDT
How to Make Self-Driving Cars Safer on Roads
University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering

At USC, researchers have published a new study that tackles a long-standing problem for autonomous vehicle developers: testing the system’s perception algorithms, which allow the car to “understand” what it “sees.”



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