Approximately 100,000 volumes from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library, the world’s largest oceanography library, have been digitized and are being made publicly accessible as part of a partnership between Google, the University of California and the UC San Diego Libraries.
Kansas State University researchers have found that Nintendo's Wii Fit helped improve balance for a soldier with a traumatic brain injury, a problem many soldiers are facing after serving in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Space satellites that detect nuclear events and environmental gasses face a data logjam because their increasingly powerful sensors produce more information than their bandwidth can easily transmit. Sandia National Laboratories experiments at the International Space Station indicate that sending more complex computer chips into space to pre-reduce the large data stream sent Earthbound could be the answer. But how well do the latest, most sensitive computing electronics fare in the harsh environment of outer space?
Scientists at the Nuclear Science and Technology Division of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are merging decades of nuclear energy and safety expertise with high-performance computing to effectively address a range of nuclear energy- and security-related challenges.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago's Electronics Visualization Laboratory have received a grant to develop what they call the "next-generation" CAVE -- an acronym for Cave Automatic Virtual Environment -- that will be a 3-D research tool for use in science, industry and other applications.
Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new nanotechnology-based “microlens” that uses gold to boost the strength of infrared imaging and could lead to a new generation of ultra-powerful satellite cameras and night-vision devices.
RENCI experts in informatics and computational performance will work with Cambridge Intelligent Systems (CIS) to improve biometric systems used to track and identify suspected terrorists as they enter and leave the U.S.
Changes in a virtual human’s photorealism and motion quality had no significant effect on female viewers, but did influence decisions of male viewers.
NIST has issued the final draft of its Guide for Assessing Security Controls in Federal Information Systems and Organizations and is seeking public comments.
NIST has unveiled the first 'phantom' for calibrating MRI machines -- widely used medical tools that rely on magnetic fields and radio waves to visualize the body's internal structures, especially soft tissues -- that is traceable to standardized values.
A group of Northeastern University student researchers have developed an automated emergency alert system to help elderly people in sudden need of medical attention.
Iowa State University engineers are developing new and improved poles to carry electricity across the countryside. They say the new structures -- which can bend and deflect an extreme load -- would be cheaper, easier to install, more secure and more resistant to cascading failures. That means better electrical service for everybody.
Physicists at McGill University have developed a system for measuring the energy involved in adding electrons to semi-conductor nanocrystals, also known as quantum dots – a technology that may revolutionize computing and other areas of science.
University of Virginia students who converted a Honda to run on electricity will now try to power it – at least partly – with solar energy.
Long-term continuous monitoring of groundwater where contaminants are present or suspected could be streamlined with a technology developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Help America's high school students learn how they can solve the world's energy crisis! The 2011 JETS TEAMS Competition will focus on energy and experts are needed to develop questions regarding energy diversification, efficiency, security and ecological sustainability.
Studies presented at ASH 2010 test the effectiveness of electronic health records and automated performance measures to control blood pressure and cut the risk of death.
IPhone, iPad and Motorola Droid users can now, with the touch of a button, instantly access the Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer office. The new, free app allows anyone to easily connect to the office, which operates as the licensing arm for technologies developed by Hopkins faculty and staff and links entrepreneurs and investors with cutting-edge advances in science.
Research conducted in a computerized microworld by scientists at Arizona State University and Indiana University show how common-pool resources – such as fisheries, forests, water systems or even bandwidth – can be managed effectively by self-organized user groups under certain conditions. The findings are published April 30 in the journal Science.
According to one Ryerson University researcher, the truth behind viewers’ perceptions of 3-D media is in their faces and eyes.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that 11 university teams will square off next week in two contests designed to prove the viability of advanced technologies for robotic manufacturing automation and microrobotics.
Doctors may soon be able to diagnose lung cancer more effectively thanks to new pill-sized ellipsoids developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The objects mimic the density of tumors. NIST researchers hope that the mimics will help scientists increase the accuracy of computed tomography (CT) scans.
Using a pair of exotic techniques including a molecular-scale version of ice fishing, NIST has developed methods to measure accurately the length of "nanopores," the tiny channels found in cell membranes. The "molecular rulers" could serve as a way to calibrate tailor-made nanopores for applications such as rapid DNA analysis.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed the first "dimmer switch" for a superconducting circuit linking a quantum bit (qubit) and a quantum bus. The NIST switch is a new type of control device that can "tune" interactions between these components and potentially could speed up development of a practical quantum computer.
Three Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory researchers are preparing their computational chemistry tools for the Blue Waters supercomputer and its quadrillion calculations per second.
Sandia National Laboratories has won two national Federal Laboratory Consortium awards for its efforts to transfer technology to supercomputer manufacturer Cray Inc., and solar energy supplier Stirling Energy Systems, Inc.
Survey data compiled by a national technology transfer organization shows Case Western Reserve University continuing a leadership role among Ohio universities, hospitals and research institutes, and the outlook for ongoing strong performance is bright.
Researchers have developed a program that helps people monitor their normal day-to-day physical activity using an everyday device like a cell phone or mp3 player.
A team of researchers from Japan and Michigan Technological University has built a massively parallel molecular computer using lessons learned from the human brain.
RENCI (the Renaissance Computing Institute) is working with the Department of Psychiatry at Duke University Health Center to build an easy-to-use data analysis dashboard to help doctors quickly determine the best treatment options for their patients.
A senior project for students in the Computer and Information Science Department at Westfield State College had a very practical application: helping the local Kiwanis Club raise record funds at the club's annual auction for its charitable community work.
As a way to simplify lab-on-a-chip devices that could offer quicker, cheaper and more portable medical tests, University of Michigan researchers have created microfluidic integrated circuits.
Zensi, a research startup from the UW and Georgia Tech that uses simple technology to monitor electricity and water use in the home, has been acquired by international electronics company Belkin.
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined the crystal structures of two key fluorescent proteins – one blue, one red – used to “light up” molecules in cells. The researchers now have the first roadmap for rationally designing new and differently colored fluorescent proteins to illuminate the structures and processes in living cells.
A new “gasification” method of converting biomass feedstock into sustainable fuel developed by researchers in Massachusetts and Minnesota greatly reduces greenhouse gas emissions and doubles the amount of fuel made from an acre of biomass feedstock, says UMass Amherst scientist Paul J. Dauenhauer.
Columbia University announced that it has licensed a computer graphics technology to Adobe Systems that can simulate the natural movement and flexibility of strands as fine as a single human hair.
Language Line Services, the leading provider of over-the-phone and video interpretation services, and NexTalk, Inc., the leader in deaf-accessible enterprise communication and remote interpreting solutions, have joined forces to offer an enhanced, computer-based version of Language Line® Video Interpreter Service, providing real-time connectivity to qualified interpreters on-demand, 24/7. This joint venture will create the largest video remote interpreter provider and make video interpretation as accessible as the Internet, and in the process, revolutionize interpreter services for patients in hospitals and physician offices nationwide.
A cat can recognize a face faster and more efficiently than a supercomputer.
Researchers have devised and demonstrated the first random-number generator in which the numbers are certified random by the laws of quantum mechanics.
As the Internet spreads across the globe, countries don’t necessarily need democracy to join the online community, a new study found. Rather, social factors such as population growth and violent conflict are much more important.
A new study on how people in India use mobile computing devices suggests that users devise new and innovative uses for them, if they have sufficient motivation.
Student creates system that makes keeping up with Congress as easy as clicking a mouse.
What if regular people had info about how their Internet connections were performing at their fingertips? A new study on Microsoft Research's Home Watcher system suggests that regular people, if given the right tools, can regulate their broadband connections.
Is that lunchbox under the park bench a bomb, or someone's leftovers? The Optical Dynamic Detection (ODD) solution provides a new and better way to detect explosives.
Two University of Illinois at Chicago computer scientists have won a $1.15 million National Science Foundation grant to develop a new kind of computer operating system that ratchets up security measures in ways not thought necessary when today's major OS such as Windows and Mac were developed.
When students enter college, they either have it or they don't. Which side of the digital divide they fall on can shape their identities and what route they take into careers. Research looked at technology knowledge of 500 undergraduate students and how skills they brought from high school impacted early college work.
Physicists at NIST have built and tested a device for trapping ions that potentially could process dozens at once with the most versatile control of any trap demonstrated to date, an advance towards the ultimate goal of building a practical quantum computer.
A multidisciplinary research team at NIST has found that an organic semiconductor may be a viable candidate for creating large-area electronics, such as solar cells and displays that can be sprayed onto a surface as easily as paint.
A new system makes it possible to add custom features to Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, Apple iTunes or any other program. Custom computing would particularly benefit people with disabilities.
Hiroshi Ishiguro is building androids to understand humans--starting with himself.
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