Technology and Engineering

Lehigh University civil engineering professor, life-cycle engineering pioneer recognized with lifetime achievement awardCredit: Lehigh University Dan M. Frangopol, the inaugural Fazlur R. Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering…

As coronavirus patients are hospitalized, it is difficult for doctors to predict which of them will require intensive care and a respirator. Many different factors come into play, some yet to be fully understood by doctors . As such,…

Montreal medical specialists and 3D printing company team up to find solutions for critical supply shortagesCredit: The Neuro The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented need to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) for…

Credit: K. Kovalev et. al. Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, working with Spanish, French, and German colleagues, have determined and analyzed the high-resolution structure of a protein from the recently…

Lightweight wireless network enables precise mapping of bats' social networksCredit: Simon Ripperger COLUMBUS, Ohio - To truly understand an animal species is to observe its behavior and social networks in the wild. With new…

Turning a brittle oxide into a flexible membrane and stretching it on a tiny apparatus flipped it from a conducting to an insulating state and changed its magnetic propertiesCredit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory One…

Credit: NASA/NRL NASA analyzed the cloud top temperatures in the newly formed Tropical Cyclone Irondro using infrared light to determine where the strongest storms were located. One of the ways NASA researches tropical cyclones…

Credit: Mauricio Loyola A storm nears the coast, stirring up wind and waves. Along the boardwalk that lines the beach, a row of oversize concrete umbrellas begins to tilt downward, transforming from a convenient canopy to a…

A team from MIT has designed disposable face shields that can be mass produced quickly to address hospitals' needs nationwide. The shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) available to healthcare professionals has become…

HOBOKEN, N.J.--April 2, 2020 -- John Wiley and Sons Inc. (NYSE: JW-A) (NYSE: JW-B), a global leader in research and education, today announced the acquisition of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.'s Informatics products including the company's…

Estimation and prediction for hypersonic flight vehicles In the final few minutes of a spacecraft landing it is moving at hypersonic speeds through many layers of atmosphere. Knowing the air density outside of the vehicle can have a…

Cryptocurrencies have been treated as a financial terra incognita - they enjoyed growing interest but also raised concerns due to their virtuality. The use of statistical methods utilizing correlation matrices to analyze the hundred…

To accurately measure the effectiveness of traffic safety management technologyCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview: A joint research team from Toyohashi University of…

Underwater surveillance never looked this cuteCredit: Maarja Kruusmaa A sea cage can hold up to 200000 farmed salmon. If the cage sustains damage, such as a hole in the nets, the fish could swim out through the opening and make…

There is nothing quite like a quarantine to make one itch to do something useful. Three PhD students from the Department of Mathematical Sciences have done just that. The trio of statisticians have repurposed their tedium and isolation…

Understanding how the protein tau moves between neurons yields insight into possible treatments for neurodegenerative diseases In the fight against neurodegenerative diseases such as frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer's and Chronic…

Study shows that a simple urine test can reveal the presence of lung cancer in mice CAMBRIDGE, MA -- People who are at high risk of developing lung cancer, such as heavy smokers, are routinely screened with computed tomography (CT), which…

City, University of London academics Professor David Bawden and Dr. Lyn Robinson say the coronavirus pandemic has given rise to a relentless flood of information which leads people to pick out the bizarre and sensational That the…

Thousands of samples can be analyzed dailyCredit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Rutgers' RUCDR Infinite Biologics has launched a test for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and is using its automation experience and…

Credit: Purdue University/Yuehwern Yih WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Every year natural disasters kill around 90,000 people and affect close to 160 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Such disasters also…