Technology and Engineering
UW center receives $16M to work on first implantable device to reanimate paralyzed limbs
(University of Washington) The University of Washington-led Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering has received a $16M NSF grant to develop...
UTA wins $1.24 million Navy grant to show how shockwaves injure brains of soldiers
(University of Texas at Arlington) Michael Cho, chair of bioengineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, has won a...
St. Jude researchers develop powerful interactive tool to mine data from cancer genome
(St. Jude Children's Research Hospital) St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has developed a web-based application to advance pediatric cancer research,...
PRO as a sustainable energy production system is crippled by biofouling
(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) According to the new study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology,...
High-throughput evaluation of synthetic metabolic pathways
(World Scientific) A central challenge in the field of metabolic engineering is the efficient identification of a metabolic pathway genotype...
NTU scientists unveil social and telepresence robots
(Nanyang Technological University) NTU Singapore unveiled two social and telepresence robots today. One is Nadine, a friendly human-like robot who...
Liquid salts deliver drugs through the skin with enhanced efficacy and reduced toxicit
(World Scientific) Formulating drugs as liquid salts may provide a safe and efficient strategy for topical delivery of drugs that...
A new metamaterial will speed up computers
(Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology) A team of scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the...
Scientists variable vectoring technique for propeller powered unmanned aerial vehicles
(Science China Press) The maneuverability of unmanned aerial vehicles can be greatly enhanced through the use of variable vectoring technique....
New acoustic technique reveals structural information in nanoscale materials
(Georgia Institute of Technology) Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new...
A new metamateria will speed up computers
(Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology) A team of scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and...
Liquid salts deliver drugs through the skin with enhanced efficacy and reduced toxicity
(World Scientific) Formulating drugs as liquid salts may provide a safe and efficient strategy for topical delivery of drugs that...
Choreographing the dance of electrons
(National University of Singapore) Scientists at the National University of Singapore have demonstrated a new way of controlling electrons by...
UTA wins $1.24M Navy grant to show how shockwaves injure brains of soldiers
(University of Texas at Arlington) Michael Cho, chair of bioengineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, has won a...
UTA engineer developing more precise lung cancer imaging, radiation results
(University of Texas at Arlington) Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington and the University of Washington are working...
UCLA researchers create exceptionally strong and lightweight new metal
(University of California - Los Angeles) A team led by researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and...
Medical anthropologist explores reproductive travel in ‘Fertility Holidays’
(University of Texas at Arlington) New research from Dr. Amy Speier, assistant professor of medical anthropology at The University of...
Mapping cancer’s ‘social networks’ opens new approaches to treatment
(Cancer Research UK) Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have designed a computer model that applies techniques used to analyze social networks...
Engineers demo first processor that uses light for ultrafast communications
(University of California - Berkeley) Engineers have successfully married electrons and photons within a single-chip microprocessor, a landmark development that...
Optoelectronic microprocessors built using existing chip manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Using only processes found in existing microchip fabrication facilities, researchers at MIT, Berkeley, and University of...