Technology and Engineering

A Stanford-led research team is helping disaster response officials figure out where injuries are likeliest to occur, so survivors can get to the hospitals best able to treat them In an increasingly urbanized world, population density…

Extreme events in quantum cascade lasers enable an optical neuron system 10,000× faster than biological neuronsCredit: Spitz et al., doi 10.1117/1.AP.2.6.066001 Extreme events occur in many observable contexts. Nature is a prolific…

Research by the University of Nottingham's Rights Lab has identified that slavery and human trafficking are present in 90 per cent of modern wars. Modern slavery experts Professor Kevin Bales, Angharad Smith and Dr Monti Narayan Datta…

Bioplastics may be produced from oil, but that's about the only benefit, researchers say Conventional plastic is made from oil. The production of plastic is not sustainable, and it can contain substances we know are dangerous if ingested.…

Feitian Zhang, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Pei Dong, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, received $15,000 from U.S. Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate and the Virginia…

Credit: NUST MISIS Researchers at National University of Science and Technology MISIS (NUST MISIS) have managed to develop a unique method to process bulk metallic glasses. According to the authors of the study, they have managed…

Duminda Wijesekera, Professor of Computer Science, Acting Chair, Cyber Security Engineering, Computer Science, Paulo Costa, Associate Professor, Systems Engineering and Operations Research, Zoran Duric, Associate Professor, Computer…

As much of Europe is engulfed by a second wave of Covid-19, and track and trace struggles to meet demand, modelling support tools are being increasingly used by policymakers to make key decisions. Most notably, models have been used to…

Credit: Global Research Center for Quantum Information Science, the National Institute of Informatics in Japan Time crystals sound like something out of science fiction, but they may be the next major leap in quantum network research.…

Credit: U.S. Army Operational Test Command photo/Tad Browning WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Drones and other unmanned machines can save human lives on the battlefield, but adversaries could hack into their artificial intelligence…

As insulators, metal oxides - also known as ceramics - may not seem like obvious candidates for electrical conductivity. While electrons zip back and forth in regular metals, their movement in ceramic materials is sluggish and difficult to…

A critical assessment of equity improvements and mode-shiftCredit: Michael McQueen Is shared micromobility the ideal first/last mile supplement to transit? Can electric scooters make it easier for historically disadvantaged populations…

Pilot study demonstrates that robotic training helps children with CP to sit more stablyCredit: Victor Santamaria, Moiz Khan,Tatiana Luna/Columbia Engineering New York, NY--October 22, 2020--Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common…

EFI, Stanford team release California carbon capture and storage action plan Today, the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) and Stanford University released "An Action Plan for Carbon Capture and Storage in California: Opportunities,…

Credit: Michael A. Skeide, 2020 DNA variation in a gene called ROBO1 is associated with early anatomical differences in a brain region that plays a key role in quantity representation, potentially explaining how genetic variability…

APS names Barton the 2021 Jonathan F. Reichert and Barbara Wolff-Reichert Award recipient A Rochester Institute of Technology professor has been recognized by the American Physical Society for excellence in laboratory instruction.…

UC Davis MIND Institute study identifies DNA regions linked to autism in toddlers A new study led by UC Davis MIND Institute researchers found a distinct DNA methylation signature in the cord blood of newborns who were eventually diagnosed…

Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering As robots replace humans in dangerous situations such as search and rescue missions, they need to be able to quickly assess and make decisions--to react and adapt like a human being would.…

University of Kent research has found that when individuals feel that a system or authority is unresponsive to their demands, they are more likely to legitimize hacker activity at an organization's expense University of Kent research has…

An early warning system detects and prevents diseases in banana, a key food security crop in Africa. It relies on machine learning and imagery collected by mobile phones, drones and satellitesCredit: Michael Selvaraj / International Center…