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Simplicity Is Key to Co-Operative Robots
Apr. 16, 2014 — A way of making hundreds -- or even thousands -- of tiny robots cluster to carry out tasks without using any memory or processing power has been developed. Engineers have programmed extremely simple ... full story -
Chess Robots to Cause Judgment Day?
Apr. 16, 2014 — Next time you play a computer at chess, think about the implications if you beat it. It could be a very sore loser! A new study reflects upon the growing need for autonomous technology, and suggests ... full story -
Beating the Clock for Ischemic Stroke Sufferers
Apr. 16, 2014 — Researchers have developed a new computer tool to ensure faster care and treatment for stroke patients. The CAD stroke technology is capable of detecting signs of stroke from computed tomography (CT) ... full story -
Red Moon at Night: Stargazer's Delight
Apr. 16, 2014 — Monday night's lunar eclipse proved just as delightful as expected to those able to view it. On the East Coast, cloudy skies may have gotten in the way, but at the National Science ... full story -
Information Storage for the Next Generation of Plastic Computers: Efficient Conversion from Magnetic Storage to Light Is Key
Apr. 16, 2014 — Inexpensive computers, cell phones and other systems that substitute flexible plastic for silicon chips may be one step closer to reality, thanks to new research. Scientists have made a new proposal ... full story -
Mars: Meteorites Yield Clues to Red Planet's Early Atmosphere
Apr. 16, 2014 — Geologists analyzed 40 meteorites that fell to Earth from Mars to understand the history of the Martian atmosphere. Their new article shows the atmospheres of Mars and Earth diverged in important ... full story -
Theoretical Biophysics: Adventurous Bacteria Decide How to Preserve Species?
Apr. 16, 2014 — To reproduce or to conquer the world? Surprisingly, bacteria also face this problem. Theoretical biophysicists have now shown how these organisms should decide how best to preserve their ... full story -
Quantum Computing? Progress in the Fight Against Quantum Dissipation
Apr. 16, 2014 — Scientists have confirmed a 50-year-old, previously untested theoretical prediction in physics and improved the energy storage time of a quantum switch by several orders of magnitude. High-quality ... full story -
Searching for Dark Energy With Neutrons: With Neutrons, Scientists Can Now Look for Dark Energy in the Lab
Apr. 16, 2014 — It does not always take a huge accelerator to do particle physics: First results from a low energy, table top alternative takes validity of Newtonian gravity down by five orders of magnitude and ... full story -
Scientists Capture Ultrafast Snapshots of Light-Driven Superconductivity
Apr. 16, 2014 — A new study pins down a major factor behind the appearance of superconductivity -- the ability to conduct electricity with 100 percent efficiency -- in a promising copper-oxide material. Scientists ... full story -
Floating Nuclear Plants Could Ride out Tsunamis: New Design for Enhanced Safety, Easier Siting and Centralized Construction
Apr. 16, 2014 — When an earthquake and tsunami struck the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant complex in 2011, neither the quake nor the inundation caused the ensuing contamination. Rather, it was the aftereffects -- ... full story -
Making New Materials an Atomic Layer at a Time
Apr. 16, 2014 — Researchers have shown the ability to grow high quality, single-layer materials one on top of the other using chemical vapor deposition. This highly scalable technique, often used in the ... full story -
Ant Colonies Help Evacuees in Disaster Zones
Apr. 16, 2014 — An escape route mapping system based on the behavior of ant colonies could give evacuees a better chance of reaching safe harbor after a natural disaster or terrorist attack by building a map showing ... full story -
Researchers Propose Network-Based Evaluation Tool to Assess Relief Operations Feasibility
Apr. 16, 2014 — The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction reported that disasters have affected around 2.9 billion people worldwide from 2000-2012- killing more than a million, and damaging around 1.7 ... full story -
Global Scientific Team 'Visualizes' a New Crystallization Process
Apr. 16, 2014 — By combining a synchrotron's bright X-ray beam with high speed X-ray cameras, scientists shot a 'movie' showing how organic molecules form into crystals. This is a first. Their new ... full story -
Augmented Reality: Bringing History and the Future to Life
Apr. 16, 2014 — Have you ever wished you had a virtual time machine that could show you how your street looked last century? Or have you wanted to see how your new furniture might look, before you’ve even bought ... full story -
First Mobile Charging System for Electric Vehicles Created
Apr. 16, 2014 — Scientists have developed the first mobile charging system for electric vehicles. This system allows users to charge their vehicle from any plug -not just from a specifically designed one- as long as ... full story -
Relieving Electric Vehicle Range Anxiety With Improved Batteries
Apr. 16, 2014 — A new nanomaterial called a metal organic framework could extend the lifespan of lithium-sulfur batteries, which could be used to increase the driving range of electric vehicles. Researchers added ... full story -
Computer Software Analyzing Facial Expressions Accurately Predicts Student Test Performance
Apr. 16, 2014 — Real-time engagement detection technology that processes facial expressions can perform with accuracy comparable to that of human observers, according to new research. The study used automatic ... full story -
Scientists Achieve First Direct Observations of Excitons in Motion
Apr. 16, 2014 — A quasiparticle called an exciton -- responsible for the transfer of energy within devices such as solar cells, LEDs, and semiconductor circuits -- has been understood theoretically for decades. But ... full story
- Simplicity is key to co-operative robots
- Chess robots to cause Judgment Day?
- Beating the clock for ischemic stroke sufferers
- Red moon at night: Stargazer's delight
- Information storage for the next generation of plastic computers: Efficient conversion from magnetic storage to light is key
- Mars: Meteorites yield clues to Red Planet's early atmosphere
- Theoretical biophysics: Adventurous bacteria decide how to preserve species?
- Quantum computing? Progress in the fight against quantum dissipation
- Searching for dark energy with neutrons: With neutrons, scientists can now look for dark energy in the lab
- Scientists capture ultrafast snapshots of light-driven superconductivity
- Floating nuclear plants could ride out tsunamis: New design for enhanced safety, easier siting and centralized construction
- Making new materials an atomic layer at a time
- Ant colonies help evacuees in disaster zones
- Researchers propose network-based evaluation tool to assess relief operations feasibility
- Global scientific team 'visualizes' a new crystallization process
- Augmented reality: Bringing history and the future to life
- First mobile charging system for electric vehicles created
- Relieving electric vehicle range anxiety with improved batteries
- Computer software analyzing facial expressions accurately predicts student test performance
- Scientists achieve first direct observations of excitons in motion
- A small connection with big implications: Wiring up carbon-based electronics
- Net neutrality balancing act
- At the origin of cell division: The features of living matter emerge from inanimate matter in simulation
- Environmentally compatible organic solar cells in the future
- Potential use of Google Glass in surgical settings
- A study in scarlet: Hot newborn stars formed out of the clouds
- Repeated self-healing now possible in composite materials
- Astronomers: 'Tilt-a-worlds' could harbor life
- Earthquake simulation tops one petaflop mark
- Lens turns any smartphone into a portable microscope
- Wind tunnel tests support improved aerodynamic design of B61-12 bomb
- Tiger beetle's chase highlights mechanical law
- Targeting cancer with a triple threat: New nanoparticles can deliver three drugs at once
- Rethink education to fuel bioeconomy, says report
- Key to easy asthma diagnosis is in the blood
- Flaw in 'secure' cloud storage could put privacy at risk
- Researchers help Boston Marathon organizers plan for 2014 race
- Sensitive detection method may help impede illicit nuclear trafficking
- Engineers develop new materials for hydrogen storage
- New sensor improves the level of efficiency in detecting ozone
- Mobile robots support airplane manufacturers
- Wire inspection: As fast as a world-class sprinter
- Scientists come up with method of reducing solar panel glare
- New design for mobile phone masts could cut carbon emissions
- Intelligent prosthetic liners could ease pain for lower limb amputees
- Nanocrystalline cellulose modified into efficient viral inhibitor
- Fiber-optic microscope will help physicians detect cancer, diseases at early stages
- Dragon cargo craft launch scrubbed; Station crew preps for spacewalk
- NASA Cassini images may reveal birth of a Saturn moon
- Futuristic robots allow doctors to examine patients from anywhere
- Brand/type of helmet, mouthguard may not significantly reduce risk of sport-related concussion in high school football players
- New Fusion Technology Increases Prostate Cancer Detection Accuracy to 97 Percent
- 'Problem wells' source of greenhouse gas at unexpected stage of natural gas production
- Nano shake-up: Routine handling can affect nano drug carriers
- Cosmic slurp: Supercomputers help astronomers understand and predict how black holes swallow stars
- Cybersecurity researchers roll out a new heartbleed solution: Red Herring creates decoy servers, entraps, monitors hackers
- Beam on target! Cebaf accelerator delivered high-energy electron beams
- Website information on colon cancer too complex, fails to address key concerns, researcher finds
- Telemedicine training for rural parents of children with autism
- House windows that double as solar panels? Shiny quantum dots brighten future of solar cells
- Patients with kidney failure to get a new lease on life
- Let the sun shine in: Redirecting sunlight to dark urban alleyways
- Device turns flat surface into spherical antenna
- SpaceX’s Dragon headed to space station to create astronaut farmers
- International Space Station to beam video via laser back to Earth
- New 'tunable' semiconductors will allow better detectors, solar cells
- Surgeons develop personalized 3-D printed kidney to simulate surgery prior to cancer operation
- Singlet oxygen: Stable research model for an unstable target
- Genetically modified tobacco plants as an alternative for producing bioethanol
- Novel technique opens door to better solar cells, superconductors and hard drives
- Combs of light accelerate communication
- Look who's evolving now: Using robots to study evolution
- Protein crystal experiment set to fly to International Space Station
- Dual role of carbon dioxide in photosynthesis: Pioneering findings
- Tiny particles could help verify goods
- Glasses strong as steel: A fast way to find the best
- How a Silly Putty ingredient could advance stem cell therapies
- Sharpening microscope images: New technique takes cues from astronomy, ophthalmology
- Greenhouse gas emissions from today will be felt for at least 1,000 years
- Sustainable ways to keep us flying: New technologies to improve safety and efficiency in the aviation industry
- 'Nano-anesthesia: New approach to local anesthesia?
- Odds that global warming is due to natural factors: Slim to none
- Impact of the 1,000 mph supersonic car predicted
- Better solar cells, better LED light and vast optical possibilities
- Eye of the beholder: Improving the human-robot connection
- New form of matter: Exotic hadron with two quarks, two anti-quarks confirmed
- Search for elusive dark matter: Looking for traces by studying particles with low masses and interaction rates
- NASA's Hubble extends stellar tape measure 10 times farther into space
- Nanostructures with applications in infrared and terahertz ranges
- Passive houses save lots of energy
- New self-healing plastics developed
- The ATM strikes back: Researchers protect money with method borrowed from an aggressive beetle
- Sneak a peek through the mist to technology of the future
- 3-D printing cancer cells to mimic tumors
- 'Body hack' app by math researchers shortcuts jet-lag recovery
- New PET/CT scanner more patient friendly
- A modern twist on Young's slits
- Multilayer polymers spring into action: Mechanical vibrations turned into electrical energy
- Forever clean? Metal–organic 'micromushrooms' repel all
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