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Released: 1-May-2019 4:05 PM EDT
New technology helps patients who require frequent X-rays
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The EOS X-ray imaging system uses ultra-low radiation doses (up to 50 times lower depending on the scan type) to capture 2-D and 3-D images. The scan, complete in about eight to 15 seconds, obtains an image of the body in an upright, load-bearing position, which is more representative of the body’s natural function.

Released: 1-May-2019 4:05 PM EDT
AI Could Help Citrus Growers Find, Detect Dangerous Psyllids
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

Precision agriculture engineer Yiannis Ampatzidis sees a day when citrus farmers use artificial intelligence to detect the pin-sized insects that can infect the fruit’s trees with the deadly greening disease. That day could come in the near future, because Ampatzidis and his research team are starting to perfect a system to detect the potentially deadly Asian citrus psyllid.

Released: 1-May-2019 3:05 PM EDT
SDSC’s Sherlock Cloud Expands Hybrid Cloud Offerings
University of California San Diego

The Health Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Division of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego, has partnered with Microsoft Azure Cloud Services (Azure) to expand its portfolio of cloud services.

Released: 1-May-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Innovations for Fairer Markets in the Era of High Frequency and Algorithmic Trading
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Upwards of 70 percent of all trades executed on a daily basis on Wall Street are not executed by humans. In fact, they are not even executed based on a human decision. They are executed by computer algorithms, and occur at almost incomprehensible speed, frequency and scale.

Released: 1-May-2019 11:00 AM EDT
The ‘Little’ Computer Cluster That Could
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

A computer cluster, which switched off April 1, had a storied history in serving high-energy physics and nuclear physics experiments.

Released: 1-May-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 2019
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORNL story tips: Using ORNL’s Summit supercomputer, scientists created some of the largest virtual universes; plant-based, super-sticky material proves stickier than mussels; method to 3D print big components with metal could promise low-cost, high-quality builds with less waste; simulated small modular reactors on Summit ran more efficiently than expected.

Released: 30-Apr-2019 2:25 PM EDT
Snapshot: S&T’s Immersive Imaging System's High-Resolution Images & 360-degree Coverage, Provides Full Scene Situational Awareness
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

S&T’s Immersive Imaging System was recognized at the recent annual R&D 100 Conference among the 100 most exceptional innovations in science and technology from 2018.

29-Apr-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Study analyzes benefits of tracking devices for auto insurance
Washington University in St. Louis

Research published online late last month in Production and Operations Management provides an analytical framework to assess the impact of tracking/monitoring technology on both drivers and insurance companies — and shows how it can benefit both

Released: 30-Apr-2019 8:05 AM EDT
Bots exploiting blockchains for profit
Cornell University

Like high-frequency traders on Wall Street, a growing army of bots exploit inefficiencies in decentralized exchanges, which are places where users buy, sell or trade cryptocurrency independent of a central authority, a new study finds.

Released: 30-Apr-2019 7:05 AM EDT
Ablacon, Inc. Raises $21.5M Series A to Advance AI-Enabled Atrial Fibrillation Mapping System
Ablacon, Inc.

Ablacon, Inc. (www.ablacon.com), a Wheat Ridge, CO-based company developing an advanced mapping system to guide the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AFib)

29-Apr-2019 5:50 PM EDT
LLNL scientists combine X-rays and simulations to mitigate defects in metal 3D builds
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Combining high performance computer simulations with X-ray imaging of the laser powder bed fusion (LBPF) metal additive manufacturing process obtained with SLAC’s synchrotron, researchers have found a way to negate the formation of pores — tiny holes under the surface of a build that can initiate cracking in the finished part under stress.

Released: 29-Apr-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Patterns of compulsive smartphone use suggest how to kick the habit
University of Washington

UW researchers conducted in-depth interviews to learn why we compulsively check our phones.

   
Released: 29-Apr-2019 12:05 PM EDT
The dead may outnumber the living on Facebook within 50 years
University of Oxford

New analysis by academics from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), part of the University of Oxford

Released: 26-Apr-2019 11:05 AM EDT
The cutting edge
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Geneticists have adapted CRISPR technology to correct Duchenne muscular dystrophy mutations (DMD).

Released: 26-Apr-2019 11:00 AM EDT
University of Maryland’s Schools of Medicine and Engineering First to Use Unmanned Aircraft to Deliver Kidney for Transplant
University of Maryland Medical Center

In a first-ever advancement in human medicine and aviation technology, a University of Maryland unmanned aircraft has delivered a donor kidney to surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore for successful transplantation into a patient with kidney failure. This successful demonstration illustrates the potential of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for providing organ deliveries that, in many cases, could be faster, safer, and more widely available than traditional transport methods. The momentous flight was a collaboration between transplant physicians and researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore; aviation and engineering experts at the University of Maryland; the University of Maryland Medical Center; and collaborators at the Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland.

Released: 26-Apr-2019 10:05 AM EDT
News Release: DHS S&T Awards $1.6M to Improve X-ray Scanning Capabilities
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T has awarded $1,656,206.00 to Halo X-ray Technologies Ltd (HXT) in Nottingham, UK, to develop and implement an automatic threat resolution system for use with X-ray imaging of carry-on and checked baggage.

   
Released: 25-Apr-2019 3:30 PM EDT
Filling in the Gaps of Connected Car Data Helps Transportation Planners
Michigan Technological University

A Michigan Tech engineer has created a method to fill in the gaps of available connected vehicle data, which will give transportation planners a more accurate picture of traffic in their cities. It is also a more cost-effective data gathering system than what is currently available.

Released: 25-Apr-2019 3:10 PM EDT
Bridge Over Coupled Waters: Scientists 3D-Print All-Liquid ‘Lab on a Chip’
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Researchers at DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have 3D-printed an all-liquid device that, with the click of a button, can be repeatedly reconfigured on demand to serve a wide range of applications – from making battery materials to screening drug candidates.

Released: 25-Apr-2019 3:10 PM EDT
New Method Proposed for Studying Hydrodynamic Behavior of Electrons in Graphene
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

By studying how electrons in two-dimensional graphene can literally act like a liquid, researchers have paved the way for further research into a material that has the potential to enable future electronic computing devices that outpace silicon transistors.



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