Feb 23, 2019 | Updated: 10:49 AM EST

TECH & INNOVATION

Klaus Wakonig and Ana Diaz, Paul Scherrer Institute

Virtual lens improves X-ray microscopy

Feb 04, 2019

With X-ray microscopes, researchers at PSI look inside computer chips, catalysts, small pieces of bone, or brain tissue. The short wavelength of the X-rays makes details visible that are a million times smaller than a grain of sand - structures in the nanometer range (millionths of a millimeter).

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Artificial intelligence ARTIST instantly captures materials' properties

New approach holds potential to slash research and development costs for designer materials and technologies of the future
Invisible Plastic

Feb 04, 2019

Antireflection coating makes plastic invisible

Antireflection (AR) coatings on plastics have a multitude of practical applications, including glare reduction on eyeglasses, computer monitors and the display on your smart-phone when outdoors. Now, researchers at Penn State have developed an AR coating that improves on existing coatings to the extent that it can make transparent plastics, such as Plexiglas, virtually invisible.
Want to squelch fake news? Let the readers take charge

Feb 04, 2019

Want to squelch fake news? Let the readers take charge

Want to squelch fake news? Let the readers take charge
A patient suffering from Red burning skin syndrome

Feb 04, 2019

Artificial skin could give superhuman perception

A new type of sensor could lead to artificial skin that someday helps burn victims 'feel' and safeguards the rest of us, University of Connecticut researchers suggest in a paper in Advanced Materials.
Butterfly-shaped Ligands (IMAGE)

Feb 04, 2019

Materials that open in the heat of the moment

Kyoto University researchers have designed a temperature-controllable copper-based material for sieving or storing different kinds of gases. The rationale used to design the material, described in the journal Science, could act as a blueprint for developing nanoporous materials with a wide variety of energy, medical and environmental applications.
University of Toronto Engineering professor Hoi-Kwong Lo

Feb 04, 2019

Speed of light: Toward a future quantum internet

Engineering researchers have demonstrated proof-of-principle for a device that could serve as the backbone of a future quantum Internet. University of Toronto Engineering professor Hoi-Kwong Lo and his collaborators have developed a prototype for a key element for all-photonic quantum repeaters, a critical step in long-distance quantum communication.
Milken Institute Releases Annual Ranking of Best-Performing Cities

Feb 04, 2019

Milken Institute assesses economic impact of tech and research on US cities

Utah's Provo-Orem metropolitan area took the No. 1 spot in the Milken Institute's Best-Performing Cities index for a second consecutive year, reflecting the robust growth of high-tech industries outside the coastal enclaves that launched the digital revolution.
This technology would help clinicians tailor therapies.

Feb 04, 2019

New Technology for Experimental Zika test under development

A collaboration of scientists including Professor Jean Patterson, Ph.D., of Texas Biomedical Research Institute, is working on a new way to detect Zika virus that will help guide clinicians in their treatment of patients with the disease.
Damaged Mitochondria Targeted by Autophagy Receptors

Feb 04, 2019

Teaching human cells to clean house to delay aging and fight neurodegeneration

Monash researchers have unlocked a key process in all human cells that contributes to diseases like cancer and neurodegenerative diseases as well as ageing.
A New Way to Design and Fabricate 2D Semiconductors

Feb 04, 2019

Breakthrough reported in fabricating nanochips

In the quest for smaller, faster 2D processors, NYU Tandon-led research team invents thermal lithography process for higher quality, lower cost, and mass production potential
These are Listeria monocytogenes

Feb 04, 2019

Computer program aids food safety experts with pathogen testing

An innovative computer program could be a big help for food safety professionals working to keep production facilities free of food-borne pathogens.
A Voltage Meter and Smart Fabric Swatch (IMAGE)

Feb 04, 2019

UMass Amherst materials chemists tap body heat to power 'smart garments'

UMass Amherst materials chemists have developed a fabric that can harvest body heat to power small wearable microelectronics such as activity trackers
A male Japanese tree frog that produces the type of call examined in this study.

Feb 04, 2019

Multi-hop communication: Frog choruses inspire wireless sensor networks

A research collaboration including investigators from Osaka University devise a mathematical model based on the natural coordination of frog choruses, then apply it toward design of efficient networks
Giovanni Montana, University of Warwick

Feb 04, 2019

Artificial intelligence can dramatically cut time needed to process abnormal chest X-rays

New research has found that a novel Artificial Intelligence (AI) system can dramatically reduce the time needed to ensure that abnormal chest X-rays with critical findings will receive an expert radiologist opinion sooner, cutting the average delay from 11 days to less than 3 days.
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